SLGY 3323 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Homeless Shelter, Clifford Geertz, Emic And Etic
24 Sep 2017
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From weighing the pros and cons of the topic chosen-deciding when you have enough data and many other reflections. Common error-too broad in scope think realisticslly- what is available to you. A discussion of any existing gaps or contradictory conclusions o . Working on the above catefories can help you choose both questions. What are the main reasons a family becomes homeless? o . What about theory? suppose we are studying unemployed workers o . How to theorize interview data on unemployed oilfield workers? o . Ethnography has a long tradition in anthropology. One can often uncover insights that insiders take for granted o . Requires proper understanding and necessitates learning the language, customs and worldview of the group studied cultures-power, colonialism, and assumptions of the ethnographer are now a main concern. Anthropology has been cautious about assuming troiuble-free representations of other. Research results are influenced because the subjects know they are being studied.
