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ethnography: see anthropology anthropology, classification and analysis of humans and their society, descriptively, culturally, historically, and physically. Its unique contribution to studying the bonds of human social relations has been the distinctive concept of culture . ..... Click the link for more information. ; ethnology ethnology (ĕthnŏl`əjē), scientific study of the origin and functioning of human cultures. ..... Click the link for more information. . ethnographyDescriptive study of a particular human society. Contemporary ethnography is based almost entirely on fieldwork. The ethnographer lives among the people who are the subject of study for a year or more, learning the local language and participating in everyday life while striving to maintain a degree of objective detachment. He or she usually cultivates close relationships with “informants” who can provide specific information on aspects of cultural life. While detailed written notes are the mainstay of fieldwork, ethnographers may also use tape recorders, cameras, or video recorders. Contemporary ethnographies have both influenced and been influenced by literary theory. See also Bronislaw Malinowski; cultural anthropology. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The essays gathered here are all solidly grounded in ethnographical and historical research, with sophisticated analyses that draw on psychoanalytical and anthropological frameworks. Aside from the laundry room with rugs, the only other photograph not of an ethnographical museum shows a bank in central Zurich. Biddle's book comes across as a thinly veiled cry for an extension of the South's Jim Crow laws across geographical and ethnographical landscapes. |
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