Lecture 4

what are the 2 basic issues of fieldwork?

language and residence

genealogies

life histories of particular individuals or case studies

Why do anthropologists/ethnographers carry out fieldwork?

interest in a culture or region, but today if you want funding from an organization like the National Science Foundation you must demonstrate that you have thought up one or more social sciencr hypotheses and wish to test

what are the 4 stages to carrying out fieldwork research?

1) adjustment 2) taking a break 3) involvement 4) acheivement

Ethnography (2)

1) collecting data on a community in a face to face setting with its members 2) the book or article about a culture that the ethnographer writes

What are 7 fieldwork methods that ethnographers use?

1) participent observation 2) Interviewing: focus group 3) surveys 4) genealogies 5) casual interlocutor or informant ego-centered networks 6) filmed/taped records 7) team research

native peoples of timor

dani

villages

povoacoes

postos

subdistricts

what were the postos divided into?

sukus

ethnographer

term given to person carrying out ethnographic inquiries