Ethnography

Evans-Pritchard and Claude Levi-Strauss present valid ethnographies and analyses of these ethnographies in their writings about the study of magic and witchcraft. Evans-Pritchard, on one hand, only uses one ethnography in his work, whereas Levi-Strauss uses three. There are strengths and weaknesses to each author’s strategy here. By only using one case study, Evans-Pritchard can delve…

which has influenced human nature in distinctive ways. A portion of this entails understanding present human actions and thoughts, such as those involving one’s surroundings and the imagination. Keith Basso touches on this particular topic in his ethnography: Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language Among the Western Apache. He reveals the details of his field work, as he examines specific cultural…

related to family, but that I could’ve elaborated more on some things. Some topics he suggested I should write more on tare he relationship between children and parents, wedding ceremonies, and funerals. One topic Ricardo though I missed in my ethnography was death and funeral services. We briefly discussed it during our second meeting, however I did not feel like I could connect it well to the topic of family. During this meeting he elaborated on funerals a little more, he told me funerals…

Emerson’s “Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes” is a comprehensive study of how data collection within ethnography involves thought, participation, and the realistic illustration of important scenes. Emerson delves into the how’s and why’s of ethnographic field notes to demonstrate that ethnographic research is about immersing oneself and creating an analytical and descriptive record of one’s observations. This research is unique because the researchers become a part of the society to understand…

In the ethnography “Doing Fieldwork among the Yanomamö” by Napoleon Chagnon, it is apparent that these anthropological tools are apparent in his case study of this primitive society. The tool of emic perspective is seen when Chagnon discusses the custom of aggression for the Yanomamö, a key behavior in their interpersonal politics and social interactions. The Yanomamö use aggression constructively, a behavior that we view as being somewhat taboo. Their cultural lens is shaped to encourage…

viewpoint, I applied the concepts in cinematic diegesis, organology and ethnography to put together a research skills presentation on ethnomusicology in films, enlisting ethnic instruments used in Life of Pie (Ang Lee 2012). I found a strong correlation…

One key element for conducting an ethnography research is the collection of data where the group works in the fieldwork. The researcher must respect the daily lives of these individuals in the place of study. Some of the major challenges in this type of research are that one must understand the culture. Also, the data collection requires plenty of time in the field (Creswell, 2007). The researcher should be open minded to look at the data collected through different lenses. In addition, the…

Reverse Anthropology is an ethnography that examines the worlds of the Yonggom. Portraying their way of exchange, their initiation rituals and sorcery. As well as focusing on two political struggles that are going on Papua New Guinea. The first problem relates to the Ok Tedi mine on how the mining has affected the environment on where the Yonggom live. Secondly, he discusses the movement of Yonggom from West Papua into Papua New Guinea. Yonggom, also called Muyu, are people that lived in…

Katherine Dunham was the first choreographer to integrate African American dance with modern dance highlighting the importance of African American culture. She showed the world just how beautiful African American heritage is, but did not stop there. Katherine Dunham influenced the African American culture by fighting her way into the dance community, by developing ethnographic research, and by empowering her Illinois community through the art and outlet of dance. “As an artist, educator,…

with the phantasm of the harem does not mean that the postcards are devoid of any reality and that they must, in fact, contain at least some “minimum of truthfulness,” (Alloula 52). But even in this collection in which the best example of true ethnography is found, the subject’s detailed and unique adornments play into the phantasm of the harem by intimating the infinite, intricate and individual fantasies to be explored in that world of exotic…