ANTH 208 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Matrilineality, Ethnography, Anthropology
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A holistic approach, looking at multiple aspects of a society, More factual observations (objectivity) than anything else, Accounting for and recording physical environment as important to daily life, Comparison to things from other cultures should be used sparingly and only ever for further clarification not the only means of it, Conveyance of people"s emotions and how they act shouldn"t be dismissed, A wide range of observations including art, architecture, religion, and the leaders, Utilizing a knowledgeable source from within the culture, good quality translation/exigensen/guidance, Showing an understanding of logic from that culture"s point of view (asking why) Family organization in combination with social organization. Roles that people of various statuses hold. Recognizable ethnography starts being seen in the early 19th century. Notes on the iroquois by henry roe schoolcraft comes out around then (1846), focusing on mostly the ones living in central and western new york. Possibly can count as an ethnography, possibly not.
