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2007-03-21 21:40:41 · 3 answers · asked by cocoliciousk 1 in Social Science Anthropology

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an ethnography is a study of people. whichever anthropological slant it comes from, if it describes a culture it is an ethnography. The problem is, many anthropologists study behaviour tradition and culture in a vacuum, looking at the group in isolation. or it focuses on division of labour, food preparation, magic rituals, response to globalisation, etc etc. holistic ethnography is looking at a group of people in a more encompassing way, looking at all facets, internal, external. the probem is that no ethnography is truly holistic. there is always a lense, a slant, a bias. and no anthropologist truly has access to all facets anyway. but it is helpful to try if you want to explain and not just describe.

2007-03-22 00:30:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

The whole point of anthropology is to study the group in isolation....that's the whole way you can study something in purity without outside influences.

I think you mean holisitic ethnology.....it is the study of culture through every lens possible:

language, art, religion, music, traditions, education, marriage rites....everything basically...that is what holistic means.

ethnography is the writing cultures...not the study...that's ethnology.

2007-03-23 05:31:20 · answer #2 · answered by kingelessar2 3 · 0 0

my advice is...

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2007-03-21 22:01:40 · answer #3 · answered by o_mars91 1 · 0 2

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