ANTHROP 1AB3 Chapter 3: Reading 3
1 Apr 2016
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Journal article: crack in spanish harlem; bourgois, phillipe. Ethnographic method: the immersion of researches in the lives and cultures of the people they are trying to understand in order to comprehend the meaning there people ascribe to their existence. Participant observation: an element of eldwork that can involve participating in daily tasks, and observing daily interactions among a particular group. Fieldwork: anthropologists engage in long-term interactions (usually a year or more) with various groups of people. This often involves living with people, observing and contributing to daily chores and tasks (participant observation), and conducing to daily chores and tasks (participant observation) and conducting interviews. Most eldwork in anthropology has historically been qualitative in nature. Ethnography: a written description and analysis of particular group of people, usually based upon anthropological eldwork. Salvage anthropology: an approach to anthropology that arose in the late 1800s when anthropologists witnessed the extinction and/or assimilation of indigenous group throughout the wold.
