ANTA02H3 Lecture Notes - Deconstruction, Culture Shock, Dazzle Camouflage
Document Summary
Focus for today: anthropology as a discipline, method; participant observation and field work, the problems with field work. Writing up e. g. translating norms or values for the audience. Cultural anthropology aims to fit in; not necessarily break rules randomly or offend anyone to see if a cultural rule exists. Core concepts (note: understand them, will be on tests e. g. The idea grammar in another sense) and how to understand and use it at home. Reflecting upon why people do the things do what they do and ourselves, our cultural values; using ourselves. The difference: commonalities; patterns; singularities; rules and norms; shared behaviours. Deep hanging out : adapting a mindset or an anthropological sensibility (how we see the world) Anthropology uses own culture shock, own experiences and feelings to understand what feels radically different. The observer apprehends himself as his own instrument of observation : move beyond emphasizing differences and instead emphasize similarities. Levi-strauss: good anthropology is in the details.
