AN July 2003 Welcome… Have a seat… We will begin at 6pm
Agenda
End of “Promises” video
Agenda End of “Promises” video Brief comments on the video
Agenda End of “Promises” video Brief comments on the video Review
Agenda End of “Promises” video Brief comments on the video Review Peer editing session – web journals
Agenda End of “Promises” video Brief comments on the video Review Peer editing session – web journals On-line Exhibition Review announcement
Agenda End of “Promises” video Brief comments on the video Review Peer editing session – web journals On-line Exhibition Review announcement Mapping group(s)
Agenda End of “Promises” video Brief comments on the video Review Peer editing session – web journals On-line Exhibition Review announcement Mapping group Films: “The Feast”
“Promises” More information about the film, the filmmakers, the children, and the conflict in Israel-Palestine may be found at the following URL: index.html
“Promises”
As I mentioned before the film, I think it is an example of ethnography that could be useful for learning some the basic vocabulary and the key concepts of cultural anthropology.
“Promises” As I mentioned before the film, I think it is an example of ethnography that could be useful for learning some the basic vocabulary and the key concepts of cultural anthropology. We will review some terms and concepts from the reading; where applicable, examples from “Promises” will illustrate.
Review
A term will appear on the screen.
Review A term will appear on the screen. For each term, you will have a few moments to gather your thoughts before the definition appears.
Review A term will appear on the screen. For each term, you will have a few moments to gather your thoughts and make a few notes before the definition appears. Once the definition has been explained, you will have a few more moments to think of a specific example from “Promises” that illustrates the term/concept.
Sources The following list is a selective list of terms encountered in Monaghan & Just, pp The definitions come from three sources: –Monaghan & Just, Social & Cultural Anthropology. NY: Oxford, –Podolefsky & Brown, Applying Cultural Anthropology. 6 th Edition. Boston: McGraw-Hill, –Kottak, Cultural Anthropology. 9 th Edition. NY: McGraw-Hill, 2002.
fieldwork
The hallmark of research in cultural anthropology, it usually involves long-term residence with the people being studied.
ethnography
The intensive and systematic description of a particular society; ethnographic information is usually collected through the method of long-term participant-observation fieldwork.
colonialism
The political, social, economic, and cultural domination of a territory and its people by a foreign power for an extended time.
participant observation
The primary research method of cultural anthropology, involving long-term observations conducted in natural settings.
serendipitous discovery
See Monaghan & Just, p. 19
methodological, ethical, epistemological issues
See Monaghan & Just, pp
ethnocentrism
The assumption that one’s own group’s lifestyle, values, and patterns of adaptation are superior to all others.
emic
The research strategy that focuses on native explanations and criteria of significance.
etic
The research strategy that emphasizes the observer’s rather than the natives’ explanations, categories, and criteria of significance.
temporal/spatial isolation
See Monaghan & Just, pp
temporal/spatial context
See Monaghan & Just, pp
acquired characteristics
See Monaghan & Just, pp
psychophysics
See Monaghan & Just, pp
classification/social categories/contestation
See Monaghan & Just, pp
ideology
ethnic group
A group of people within larger society with a distinct cultural or historical identity; ethnicity is a common mechanism of social separation in complex, heterogeneous societies.
manifest function
The reasons that natives offer for a custom.
latent function
A custom’s underlying function, often unperceived by natives.
socialization
The development, through the influence of parents and others, of patterns of thought and behavior in children that conform to beliefs and values of a particular culture.
social identity
cross-cultural
A standard form of anthropological analysis using the comparison of traditions and practices from different societies; cross- cultural research explores cultural variations by using ethnographic data from many societies.
total institution
See Monaghan & Just, pp
dualistic expectations
See Monaghan & Just, p. 68
Film “The Feast” An ethnography by John Marshall About two Yanomamo tribes