SSCI 2920U Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Franz Boas, Beatrice Webb, Margaret Mead
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Ethnography is an in-depth study of a group, culture, or society that usually entails fieldwork. Researcher frequently lives with the people & becomes a part of their culture. Culture: may be used in the broad sense to mean an entire tribe of indians, for example, or in a more narrow sense to mean one nursing care unit. Researcher strives for intimate familiarity with the group they are studying. Requires the researchers to immerse themselves in a social setting to observe groups in situ . Prior to the mid-19th century, most ethnographic reports were made by travelers. Prone to ethnocentrism (judge others based on your culture"s standards). Over 18th and 19th centuries, us & british social scientists became interested in domestic ethnographies in an effort to promote social change in their own societies. John howard: the state of prisons in england & wales (1777) Beatrice potter: miss jones: a farmer"s daughter (1883)
