ANT-2215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Ethnography, Clifford Geertz, Headhunting
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After prolonged periods of both, structure looks different. Problem of meaning that the ilongots faced in 1974 . What were the changes ushered in by the ferdinand marcos administration (1965- Reacting to geertz- agrees that strauss is too structuralized; webs of significance are out there but i have this problem- headhunters just do (have to equal out the system; they need a place to get rid of their anger) It"s not just confined to the ritual- it"s a process. How banning headhunting from the central state in the phillipines. Target children- schools and more practical things to make (chairs) How do you write about loss when you haven"t had the chance to experience it. Depending on your position in life, you"re in a different place then what"s going on during rituals. But once anthropology realizes theses differences between communities. Then we can start with new models of writing in anthropology.