ANTH V02- Cultural Anthropology

Fieldwork

Doing Anthropology

Ethnographic Field Techniques
( pg, 26: note field techniques defined by Kottak)

lPhotography & filming

lLearning the language

lA year’s cycle

lParticipant observation

lRecording life histories/interviews

lUsing references

Ethnographic Method

lIntensive study of a culture (fieldwork and research)

lGenerates theory

lEthnography & Ethnographic Films

Ethnocentrism: the tendency to view one’s own culture as best and to judge the behavior and beliefs of culturally different people by one’s own standards

Culture shock: the feeling of uncertainty and anxiety an individual experiences when placed in a strange cultural setting

Stereotype: an oversimplified or fixed idea, image, or opinion (often unfavorable) about what members of a group are like

My Fieldwork

lSemi-Native Status

lInsider/Outsider

“Not just observing…”But also…Meeting key cultural consultants/informants

and building RAPPORT!

La Corsa Degli Asini

The Donkey Race