AN101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: James George Frazer, Serendipity, Ethnocentrism
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Lecture three: doi(cid:374)g a(cid:374)thropology: field(cid:449)ork i(cid:374) (cid:858)u(cid:374)fa(cid:373)iliar(cid:859) a(cid:374)d (cid:858)fa(cid:373)iliar(cid:859) pla(cid:272)es. Ethnographic field work: an extended period of close involvement with the people in whose way of life anthropologists are interested, during which they collect most of their data. Journey of discovery (cid:862)eth(cid:374)ographi(cid:272) sere(cid:374)dipit(cid:455)(cid:863) (unexpected, exciting discoveries: (cid:862)qui(cid:374)tesse(cid:374)tial a(cid:374)th(cid:396)opologi(cid:272)al e(cid:454)pe(cid:396)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e,(cid:863) (cid:271)ut personal and unique, dis(cid:272)o(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:455) a(cid:271)out (cid:858)self(cid:859) a(cid:374)d (cid:858)othe(cid:396)s(cid:859) th(cid:396)ough (cid:858)refle(cid:454)i(cid:448)e(cid:859) interchanges, ethnog(cid:396)aph(cid:455): (cid:449)(cid:396)itte(cid:374) des(cid:272)(cid:396)iptio(cid:374). (cid:862)empirical a(cid:374)d des(cid:272)(cid:396)ipti(cid:448)e (cid:396)esults of field(cid:449)o(cid:396)k(cid:863) (malinowski, 1966:9) Learns from informants (cid:862)su(cid:271)je(cid:272)ts(cid:863) of study: are teachers & informants: there is a lot of focus on treating people not just as informants but also as collaborators. Participant observation: the method anthropologists use to gather information by living and working with people whose culture they are studying while participating in their lives as much as possible, (cid:862)goi(cid:374)g (cid:374)ati(cid:448)e(cid:863) immersion into community. Value of ethnographic fieldwork: began in the 20th century. Preparatio(cid:374)s: fi(cid:374)di(cid:374)g a (cid:858)pro(cid:271)le(cid:373)(cid:859) or issue to study.
