ANTH 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Scientific Method, Positivism, Ethnography
12 Jan 2017
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Chapter two- fieldwork: a meeting of cultural traditions. Fieldwork: an extended period of time of close involvement with people who anthropologists are interested in - where they collect data. Asks a set of predetermined questions and records responses -- this can draw out a great amount of info. Participant-observation: the method of observation used to gather info by living with the people whose culture they are studying - better way of understanding. Positivism: that there is a reality that can be detected through senses and there is a scientific method to investigate that. This influenced many ethnographers who established the field work tradition. They realized that there is more than one method to understanding reality. Reflexivity: critically thinking about the way one thinks - reflecting on ones own experiences. The particular way at looking at and studying the world scientifically.
