ANTH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Eric Wolf, Data Analysis, Black Market

• School: Drexel University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 101
• Professor: Amber Reed

Document Summary

Writing (usually a book) about a culture, group, society, etc. Early ethnographies strived more for objectivity and a positivist orientation. You can relate to humans, you do not have personal experience as an animal. There are certain protections for humans that are not for animals. Prote(cid:272)t the people i(cid:374) your resear(cid:272)h as (cid:373)u(cid:272)h as you (cid:272)a(cid:374). The person has to agree with being researched on. In search of respect: selling crack in el barrio. Philippe bourgios (1956- ), anthropology professor ucla. Student of eric wolf, greatly influenced by marxist ideas. Lives in community for 3 years with his family. Historical factors that contribute to maintaining poverty and limiting upward mobility. History of puerto rican migration to the us. History of colonialism (compare to world here) Alternative ways to earn money and respect in a system that marginalizes certain groups of people (3) People get involved when they are excluded from the mainstream economy u(education, racism, sexism, geography)