AN100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Edward Burnett Tylor, Critical Thinking, Culture Shock
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An100 - lecture 4 - doing field work. Not observing as much as using material (ex letters, documents) Relied on reports, diaries of other europeans rather than on their own fieldwork. Provide first definition of culture - a hierarchical view. Not sitting there asking people to come to you, but involving yourself in the community. Anthropologists were upper class, educated, western, white men. Salvage anthropology: rescue indigenous peoples; record before extinction. Ethnography: empirical and descriptive results of fieldwork (malinowski, 9) Quintessential (typical) anthropological experience, but personal and unique. An extended period of close involvement with the people studied. Journey of discovery - ethnographic serendipity (unexpected, exciting discoveries) Richard lee"s gift of an ox to the king. American student in barbados - class system. Clare sterk studying sex workers in ny and atlanta. From immature student to professional anthropologist (ph. d) Marked by separation (from familiar place), transition (unfamiliar place), reincorporation (back home), member of the club.
