ANT 2410 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Evolutionism, Materialism, Animism
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Traditionally, process of becoming cultural anthropologist required field experience in. Ethnography emerged as a research strategy in societies with greater cultural uniformity and less social differentiation than modern industrial nations. Direct, firsthand observation of behavior (participant observation) Ethnographers pay attention to and record the details of daily life. Keep personal diary/separate from more personal notes. Strive to establish rapport (ability to get along with subjects) Ethnographer cannot be totally impartial and detached. Participant observation (taking part in community life as we study it). Culture shock- a profound feeling of alienation. Malinowski- the imponderabilia of native life and of typical behavior (trivial basic patterns of behavior. Participating in local life means constantly talking to people and asking questions. Naming phase (to acquire knowledge of the language) Established your interview schedule (used by anthropologists to structure a formal but personal interview) Questionnaire: form used by sociologists to obtain comparable information correspondents.
