Chapter 5

Business An 112 with Brianlagotte at Washburn University

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Conformity and Conflict: Readings in Cultural Anthropology (13th Edition)

Humanity: An Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
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Ethnographic Methods

Research methodologies used to describe a contemporary or historically recent culture.

Comparative Methods

Methods that test hypotheses by systematically comparing elements from many cultures.

Ethnographic Fieldwork

Collecting cultural data by studying and interviewing living members of a society.

Ethnohistoric Research

Studying a people's culture using written accounts and other records.

Interviewing

is the most basic method of collecting cultural data.

Participant Observation

The main technique used in conducting ethnographic fieldwork, involving living among a people and participating in their daily activities.

Consultant or Informant

An individual who supplies the ethnographer with information.

Key consultants or key informants

Individuals whom the local community considers to be expert in some particular area.

Culture Shock

Are symptoms like psychological and sometimes even physiological: paranoia, anxiety, longing for the folks back home, nausea, hypochondria, and frequently diarrhea.

Ethnohistory

Is the study of past cultural systems through the use of written records.

Cross-Cultural Comparison

The most frequently used comparative method for testing a hypothesis using a sample of societies drawn from around the world.

Controlled Historical Comparisons

A methodology for testing a hypothesis using historic changes in society.

Stereotyping

Having preconceived mental images of a group that bias the way one perceives group members and interprets their behavior.

Ethnographic Fieldwork

Involves the collection of cultural date from living individuals.

Structured Interview

Consists of a limited number of specific questions. The interview is best suited for collecting general quantitative data about the group.

Unstructured Interviews

The researcher asks open-ended questions, hoping that the respondent will elaborate on the answers. Questions may be general, about family life, marriage, a particular religious ritual, or economic activity. Most cultural data is collected through unstructured interviews.

Rapport

Means acceptance to the degree that a working relationship is possible, although ethnographers are rarely if ever, totally accepted by the people among whom they work.

Cultural Artifacts

The things people shape or make from natural resources.

Reading

Is a large body of shared knowledge that people learn adn use to engage in this behavior.