ANTH 1023 1st Edition Lecture 2 Outline of Last Lecture I. What is cultural anthropology?II. Types of anthropologyIII. Why do we study cultural anthropology?Outline of Current Lecture I. What is fieldwork?II. Early Anthologists III. Other important vocabulary Current LectureI. Fieldwork: involves living with a group of people and participating in and observing their behavioroDocumentaries, photographs, articles oMistakes can be made oQuantitative: numbers oQualitative: data, thoughts, ideas -Ethical ConsiderationsoIBRs: a committee that approves, monitors, and reviews all research that involves human subjects-Informed consent: a requirement that participants should understand the ways in which their participation are likely to affect them -And final representation in the written product- anonymity -Building Rapport in Atlanta and New York City: Claire Sterk's article "Tricking and Tripping"oReciprocity: she watches children, gives rides, helps with groceries oNative anthropologist: of the community of which they are studying -Pros: builds trust, better understanding -Cons: take certain things for granted-Culture shock: feelings of alienation and helplessness that result from immersion in a new different cultureoReverse culture shock: going back to reality to where you are originally from These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.-Fieldwork can be dangerousoSterk was followed and had to deal with pimps and once she got comfortable with them and when they would let her into the crack house, they would trust her by asking her to hold/selldrugs-Ethnography: writing about people your working with II. Early Anthropologistso2 different understandings: 1) degeneration, after the Great flood: people were simple 2) progressivism: societies start out primitive and progress to more advanced state of society oArmchair anthropologists: used others work by trying to make sense of the accounts; saw themselves as superior (social Darwinism), thought they could understand how people interacted over time by going to simple societies (living fossils) -Sir Edward Tylor (1832-1917)-Lewis Henry Morgan (1818-1881)oFranz Boas (1858-1942) born in Germany, trained early anthropologist, believed evolutionaryanthropology was morally defective- these people were being very ethnocentric oBronislaw Malinowski (1884-1942)born in Poland, British anthropologist, long-term field work- WWI happened during his time, was in the islands for a few years; he found that thesepeople were very logical and he figured this because he was there for so long-Long-term field work: how culture changes over long periods of time- seasons, birth, traditions (ex. Fall= Halloween in the US)III. Other Important Vocab oParticipant-Observation: gathering cultural data by observing people's behavior and participation in their livesoInformants (respondent, interlocutor, consultant): a person from whom an anthropologist gathers dataoKey informant: gateway into that community, a person who has a lot of information or cultural knowledge, trusted by community, if associated with your key informant you will be trusted