Exam 1 Flashcards
(23 cards)
What sets anthropology apart from other disciplines?
Fieldwork
Define ethnography
An analytical description of your experience in the field
What does field work involve?
Long term immersion in the community
Ethnographic research
What does participant observation include?
Living with the people
Participating in their everyday life
Learning the language
What falls under “preparing for the field”
Funding (NSF) Visas and permission to conduct research Institutional review board (IRB) Specialized equipment Language training Make a plan adjust as you go!
What things do you keep forgetting that are in “working in the field”
Micro cultures and fieldwork
Issues of race, class, gender, and age
What other problems can culture shock create?
Food, language barriers, loneliness
What are fieldwork techniques DAPDR
Deductive approach vs inductive approach
Approach will inform methods
Pilot study
Data collection techniques
Recording culture
What falls under data analysis
Qualitative data Quantitative data Ethnography Organizing data Discovering themes First person vs third person account Who is intended audience?
What are the issues to consider about data analysis?
Access and rapport (sample bias)
Representativeness of data (what conclusions can you draw?)
Objectivity and bias when using ourselves as research instruments (observers)(ethnocentrism and cultural relativity)
Define space
How we orient ourselves to new places and cultures
What are ways to examine the influence of culture on spatial perception and behavior
Embodied species
Gendered species
Inscribed species
What are the different types of calendars
Ecological
Lunar
Arbitrary
Example of an ecological calendar
“Crab season” when crabs migrate. The crab cycle interlocks with many other ecological cycles of short and partially overlapping durations
Example of ecological linked to lunar calendar
“Crab moon” one lunar period during which crabs migrate
Example of lunar linked to ecological calendar
“Crab moon” the name for lunar period defined by sequential moon cycles
Example of lunar calendar
“Third moon” is now the name for the month as defined by sequential lunar cycles
Example of arbitrary calendar
“March” is now the name for the month, which is arbitrary and defined only by sequentiality
What is language
A symbolic system
Define system
Arbitrary representations of meanings (words, gestures)
Meanings are highly variable
Define writing
Symbolic representation of language by graphic signs or symbols
Two adjectives that describe writing
Writing systems are largely arbitrary
Writing is comparatively recent invention
Define linguistics and what are examples
The study of nature, structure, and variation of language
Structural linguistics
