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Ethnography: Anthropology’s Distinctive Stratgey

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Traditionally, process of becoming cultural anthropologist required field experience in another society

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Ethnography

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The firsthand personal study of a local setting

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Ethnographic Techniques

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  • -> Direct first hand observation
  • -> Conversation
  • -> The genealogical method
  • -> Detailed work with key consultants
  • -> In-depth interviewing
  • -> Discovery of local beliefs and perceptions
  • -> Problem-oriented research
  • -> Longitudinal research
  • -> Team research
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Observation and participant observation

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Ethnographers pay attention to and record the details of daily life

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Conversation, interviewing, and interview schedules

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Participating in local life means constantly talking to people and asking questions

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Interview Schedule

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Form used to structure a formal, but personal, interview

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Questionnaire

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Form used by sociologists to obtain comparable information from respondents

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The genealogical method

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Using diagrams and symbols to record kin connections

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Key cultural consultants

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Experts on a particular aspect of local life

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Cultural consultants

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People who teach an ethnographer about their culture

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Life history

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A personal portrait of someones life in a culture

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Emic (native oriented) approach

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Investigates how natives think, categorize the world, express thoughts, and interpret stimuli

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Etic (science oriented) approach

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Emphasizes categories, interpretations, and features that the anthropologists considers important

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Problem oriented ethnography

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Most ethnographers enter the field with a specific problem to investigate

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Longitudinal research

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Long-term study, usually based on repeated visits

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Culture, space, and scale

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Traditional ethnographic research focused on single community or culture