ANTH 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ethnography, Salvage Ethnography, Talal Asad
27 Mar 2016
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1 feb 2016 power dynamics- who has the power? the community- without their acceptance its hard to get info the anthropologist. Studying up colonial legacy of studying in commercial places anthros need special permission instead of in a primitive community that doesn"t have a choice to pick him/her out. We have freedom of movement- our passport basically lets us go anywhere. Social hierarchy nuclear family extended family patriarchal family educated/uneducated rich/poor leaders/common people. {clifford geertz} american anthropologist/princeton uni the cock fight (1972) Metaphor for human interaction repressed desires, tales of morality, social solidarity, rivalry, pride gains rapport, which is crucial to gathering info informants will divulge info needed by the anthro to understand cultural totality. **not a fly on the wall, is a part of the scene early piece that showed anthros in the final product. Being an accomplice; partnership in an evil action state of being complex/involved. Particular kind of nostalgia found under imperialism.
