What is reflexivity‚ and why is it important in the doing of anthropology? Anthropologists research‚ observe and write in order to produce ethnographies. Though many travel to foreign locations to examine natives and exotic ethnic groups‚ others conduct ethnographic research within their own culture. However‚ is the process of ethnography essentially the same regardless of the diverse cultures anthropologists examine‚ and the use of a recording device rather than a notebook? Though there are similarities
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Tylor‚ Muller and Frazer: A Comparative Study on the Origin of Religion. Since the early 1800s‚ there had been an ample amount of skeptics trying to account for the origin of religion. The basic question on everybody’s mind was where does religion come from? Some believed that people developed religion because they didn’t understand the forces of nature around them. Others believe that religion was created as a way of restrain people. In the 19th century‚ people were introduced to social science
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about human culture: ethnography and ethnology. Each approach has a specific goal. Each approach employs a variety of methods for data collection and analysis‚ all of which carry benefits but also challenges. Along with the challenges of data collection‚ field anthropologists face an additional set of logistical‚ emotional‚ and ethical obstacles. Anthropology is a difficult field but provides an important perspective on cultural diversity. Ethnography and Ethnology both attempt at reaching certain
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Field Work Writing Assignment When an anthropologist takes under the task of doing fieldwork he or she is taking on an overwhelming amount of obstacles one must overcome in order to record accurate information regarding a specific civilization. He or she must overcome many obstacles such as language‚ race and culture in order to even start a study on a specific culture. In the films "Shock of the Other" and "Margaret Mead and Samoa" we‚ as the viewer get to see how these fieldworks are done from
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A general public that needs social‚ innovative or monetary improvement is alluded to as a "primitive society." In Peter Winch’s essay of studying a primitive culture‚ he is affirming us that cultures are encompassed in language games. Additionally‚ he is trying to avert other anthropologists from thinking that culture is imprecise from reality. Instead‚ he discerns judgment as a way to cultural imperialism. Correspondingly‚ Winch’s perspective of reality has gotten to be one of the bases of anthropological
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Linh Luu Travis Rountree English 102 April 11‚ 2014 The Inside Look of Nursing My aspiration for nursing was sparked early in my high school years when my mom was diagnosed with Anemia and I visited her at the hospital on a daily basis. This particular experience exposed to me the roles that nurses play in the hospital setting. The functions of the human body and the effects of the environment‚ drugs‚ and genetics on the human never failed to capture my interest‚ however at that moment I knew that
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Superiority or Interest: A Perspective on Hemingway’s “Indian Camp” When one reads “Indian Camp” by Ernest Hemingway one may find themselves wondering many things. Throughout the entire story the Indians are referred to as “Indians.” The woman giving birth is always called “the Indian woman‚” and Uncle George’s shout of “Damn squaw bitch‚” leads many to believe that Hemingway considered the Indians inferior. One may also begin to question why a Doctor was so unprepared for a surgery and whether
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The band is a relatively small and loosely organized kin-ordered group that inhabits a common territory and that may split periodically into smaller extended family groups that are politically and economically independent. Band is a form of anthropological political system noted for its simplicity. According to common anthropological knowledge‚ a band usually consists of not more than 30-50 individuals. Bands display an egalitarian form of authority which advocates equality among members and the
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VSI chapter 1 Ethnography is to a cultural or social anthropologist to what lab research is to a biologist. Anthropoligist study all kinds of culture and societies. However‚ it is a sense of popularity for anthropologist to study the smaller isolated societies since most don’t have a writing record and their culture is in danger due to western influences. Without an ethnographer there‚ there would be no one to observe and record the case. Ina Mone’s support for betrothal mariage is the cause
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Specifically‚ Boas‚ in The Methods of Ethnology‚ argued against the various traditional evolutionary theories proposed by Morgan‚ Marx‚ Tylor and Spencer. Stating simply that these theories had a particular resilience‚ but lacked any sort of empirical evidence‚ Boas argued that the evolutionary theory was based on the counterfactual assumption that our culture was the most advanced and all others were merely following us (Boas‚ 134). After attacking the diffusionists by noting that their data was
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