Comments on: Anthropological Methodology http://socyberty.com/sociology/anthropological-methodology/ Sun, 19 Feb 2012 09:09:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: a fool http://socyberty.com/sociology/anthropological-methodology/comment-page-1/#comment-59151 a fool Sat, 01 Nov 2008 02:21:20 +0000 http://socyberty.com/sociology/anthropological-methodology/#comment-59151 It is very important that the Anthropologist keeps his/her<br /> feelings in check, and tries not to interfere in the culture.<br /> <br /> Many cultures have unpleasant aspects, if not headhunting then<br /> child rearing, or what they eat. One must simply accept. It is very important that the Anthropologist keeps his/her
feelings in check, and tries not to interfere in the culture.

Many cultures have unpleasant aspects, if not headhunting then
child rearing, or what they eat. One must simply accept.

]]> By: Caitlin Jean http://socyberty.com/sociology/anthropological-methodology/comment-page-1/#comment-59153 Caitlin Jean Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:55:53 +0000 http://socyberty.com/sociology/anthropological-methodology/#comment-59153 Very good points! If you haven't, read Renato Rosaldo's essay "The Politics of Headhunting," and "Grief and a Headhunter's Rage." These are good essay that somehow deal with these questions. Very good points! If you haven’t, read Renato Rosaldo’s essay “The Politics of Headhunting,” and “Grief and a Headhunter’s Rage.” These are good essay that somehow deal with these questions.

]]> By: a fool http://socyberty.com/sociology/anthropological-methodology/comment-page-1/#comment-59149 a fool Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:50:35 +0000 http://socyberty.com/sociology/anthropological-methodology/#comment-59149 That's always been the conundrum. If you are studying a people,<br /> you do need to share the experience; i.e. what they eat, how they<br /> get it, how they prepare it, etc. So in one sense you become<br /> a participant, but you have to pull out and get back to your grundnorm to effectively see what is going on.<br /> <br /> You can't be 'part of it' and study it; for it would be like<br /> you going to your school and studying it...you'd miss everything<br /> because it is 'normal' for you. But were you to go to a University in Ghana you would instantly see the differences.<br /> <br /> It is not a bias as if you are evaluating and/or judging 'better'<br /> it is 'different'.<br /> <br /> If you get too 'deep' into a culture you can no longer view it objectively.<br /> That’s always been the conundrum. If you are studying a people,
you do need to share the experience; i.e. what they eat, how they
get it, how they prepare it, etc. So in one sense you become
a participant, but you have to pull out and get back to your grundnorm to effectively see what is going on.

You can’t be ‘part of it’ and study it; for it would be like
you going to your school and studying it…you’d miss everything
because it is ‘normal’ for you. But were you to go to a University in Ghana you would instantly see the differences.

It is not a bias as if you are evaluating and/or judging ‘better’
it is ‘different’.

If you get too ‘deep’ into a culture you can no longer view it objectively.

]]> By: Caitlin Jean http://socyberty.com/sociology/anthropological-methodology/comment-page-1/#comment-59147 Caitlin Jean Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:06:20 +0000 http://socyberty.com/sociology/anthropological-methodology/#comment-59147 I agree with most of this article. It is very interesting. But as a student of anthropology, let me ask you this: With the ways of anthropological studies changing, do you agree or disagree that a person (while still being careful) who is studying a culture should actively engage themselves in the culture they are studying? How can a person truly understand another group of people unless they have experienced the culture themselves? It's sympathy versus empathy: you can comfort a person who has lost a loved one, or you can really understand what a person is going through and help them through experience. I personally believe that you can only understand a culture by incorporating yourself in the culture itself. By observation only, you still have a much stronger bias against the people you are studying. I agree with most of this article. It is very interesting. But as a student of anthropology, let me ask you this: With the ways of anthropological studies changing, do you agree or disagree that a person (while still being careful) who is studying a culture should actively engage themselves in the culture they are studying? How can a person truly understand another group of people unless they have experienced the culture themselves? It’s sympathy versus empathy: you can comfort a person who has lost a loved one, or you can really understand what a person is going through and help them through experience. I personally believe that you can only understand a culture by incorporating yourself in the culture itself. By observation only, you still have a much stronger bias against the people you are studying.

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