ANTH 1120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Mama Lola, Karen Mccarthy, Ethnography
3 Dec 2016
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Anth 1120: making sense of a changing world. Long answer question (1-2 paragraphs: question on the exam about the alter" in vodou and how it is tied to the. Haitian traditions and the catholic religion- it is an example of synchronization read chapter 2 of the reading: she refers to the alter" as a text you can read like geertz with the. Cockfight" being a readable text which would both be their thesis in their ethnography. Location: tba: mama lola by karen mccarthy brown. An ethnography is an exercise in bridge building, where the anthropologist tries to explain and translate how a group of people create meaning or significance in their lives and the context in which they live. A lot of ethnography is like storytelling, but it is based on evidence. Vodou- a syncretisation of christian beliefs with west african traditions. Vodou is an example of a creole cultural formation.
