ANTH 352 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Noble Savage, Slot A, List Of Narrative Techniques
11 Apr 2018
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As an initial profession, anthropology was not in itself colonial (but, inevitably tied) A narrative embedded in an acclaimed utopia/travels : a no place land (imaginary, highly fictional) Examining the human condition ; montaigne on the cannibals . He questions perceived differences in the other (79: e. g. considers them ungroomed (unusual for the time) Makes the claim that the (ancient) greeks considered all foreign as savage. The other as point of reference and source of information. Consider informants and their engagement with their respective environment: avoid false dichotomies. Blatantly criticizes informants who act as if they know more than they do: he gives example of knowing much about one domain (a lake) but writing a book on all bodies of water. Questions the state of nature ( savage natives : challenges the common conception that they have no understanding of contracts, occupations, estates, so on (84) Montaigne on war and sex (the regulation of)
