ANT-2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: James George Frazer, Lewis H. Morgan, Bronisław Malinowski
Document Summary
Most ca"s gather data by doing fieldwork going to the field: wherever people and culture are to learn about culture = direct observation. Early ca"s conducted research by sitting and reading about other cultures. They read reports written by: travellers, missionaries, explorers. They never explored or visited or had any direct experience. Sir edward tyler proposed first definition (armchair anthropologist) Sir james frazer: wrote myths , rituals and collection symbols from his wide reading. Step closer to learning directly about people of other cultures. Travelled to colonized countries in africa & asia - live near not with them. Send out for native to be interviewed. Due indigenous people decimated by diseases brought in by british colonizers. To collect data he could from the remaining people in order to document. Took steps to learn thru direct observation. The league of the iroquois book - reduce savages interpretation.
