ANTH 1000 Lecture 8: Chapter 3 Lecture

• School: UConn
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 1000
• Professor: Sarah Willen

Document Summary

Research methods in cultural anthropology: sociology has traditionally focused on industrialized western nations. Questionnaires, collection of masses of quantifiable data: anthropology has traditionally focused on small, nonliterate populations. Participant observation- taking part in events one is observing, describing, and analyzing. Ethnography: ethnography- historically ethnographers tried to understand the whole of a particular culture, now, ethnographers tend to focus on one core issue or question (or a set of related issues or questions, free ranging strategy, techniques. Pay careful attention to details of daily activities and events. Interview schedule- ethnographer talks face to face with people, asks questions, and writes down answers. Can provide a more intimate and personal cultural portrait than otherwise possible. Procedures to discover and record connections of kinship, descent, and marriage. Genealogy is a prominent building block in the social organization of nonindustrial societies. Genealogical data help understand current social relations and reconstruct history.