ANTH 1120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cockfight, Participant Observation, Development Anthropology
10 Feb 2016
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It"s not enough to observe from a distance. We must learn about people by participating in their daily activities. Participation gives depth to observations and helps guard against mistaken assumptions based on observing from a distance. Balinese cockfight key concepts: participant observation, rapport, deep play, the cockfight is a story the balinese tell themselves about themselves. The cockfight the entire phenomenon of the cockfight, from the grooming of the cocks to the settling of bets tells the story of who the balinese people are. Reflexivity: reflexivity: a critical self-examination of the role the anthropologist plays and an awareness that one"s identity affects one"s fieldwork and theoretical analysis, public anthropology: the use of fieldwork findings. Anthropological knowledge to engage in public debate forces a researcher and an audience to notice and think about the ordinary. Sets us up to understand things cross- culturally (to think beyond ethnocentrism) Unlocks our ability to imagine, see, and analyze the incredible diversity of human cultures.
