When one first looks at the two extracts of writing by, Clifford Geertz’s, Balinese Cockfight and Zora Hurston’s, Of Mules and men, one can easily fall victim to believing that Geertz piece is a more academic piece of ethnography, as it follows the basic and standard set up of how one would expect an ethnography by an anthropologist to be written out. This being the formula of: Man goes to a foreign land. Then, said man, observes and tries to partake in his surroundings with the locals. Until man finally writes up an analyse about his experience, whilst seamlessly constructing a line of argument throughout to prove his position of what it all meant. With Hurston however, the lines between fiction and academic writing seems to be blurred, and
The first group chooses to separate the Indigenous nationalist critical approach from the postcolonial approach while the second group emphasizes the need for engagement of these two approaches. Ortiz suggests that Native critics and writers, who separate other approaches from the Native literary study, should take a central position between these two approaches. He emphasizes that it is the time for theses critics to stop marginalizing themselves and involve themselves to be in the center of the two cultures. According to Ortiz, separatists are faulted for isolate and separate their literary works from other literary studies. He believes that these separatists could not be able to create a literature that might play a major role in building a tribal
One may counter this quite controversial technique. These re-enactments of explanations are how Richter reasonably devised the Indians’ point of view. However, chapter-by-chapter, this stylistic approach laces together diverse material into a single narrative thread.
Roose’s approach was immersion, which could also be associated with ethnocentrism, because he bases his analysis of Liberty off of his native culture. Even analyzing off of these standards, he is still able to assimilate and find his place in Liberty. This gives a more “human” perspective on a culture than just averages and numbers. Roose’s approach is not “scientifically rigorous”, as in he doesn’t use statistics or tests or much less the standard scientific method, but that’s what makes his account all the more relatable. It was important for him to study this subculture through immersion rather than statistics because it’s people like him who this perspective is useful to, which is the more common majority in America than the ever-shrinking fundamentalist Christians.
Desmond does a relatively good job of executing Duneier’s Place Method of ethnography. Instead of telling his readers explicitly how to interpret each of the various
The field notes position the reader right alongside Ralph, which provide a unique sense of positionality between the reader and Ralph. In the first field note, Ralph mentions how the passing of Mrs. Dickerson made him “want to understand the relationship between grandmothers, and their grandchildren in the gang.” (Ralph 20). This guides the reader through Ralph’s anthropological research from a very raw perspective. The positionality helps place both Ralph and the reader closer to the process of field work, as well as the subjects Ralph encounters during such work.
"A Man Called Bee" is a documentary film that explores the fieldwork of anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon among the Yanomamo people of Venezuela. The film provides a glimpse into the complex and controversial world of anthropological fieldwork and raises important questions about the use of the Five Stages of Field Research. In this essay, I will explore Chagnon's use of the Five Stages of Field Research and how they contributed to his success or failures in his fieldwork with the Yanomamo. The Five Stages of Field Research, as outlined in Chapter 5 of the textbook, are planning and designing the research, gaining entry and establishing rapport, collecting and recording data, analyzing and interpreting data, and disseminating results.
Shane the Lone Ethnographer is an introduction guide to ethnography for beginners. This book is displayed in an innovative way of cartoons very similar to a comic style book. The main character Shane, demonstrates how ethnographers work through the process of completing an ethnography. The author used a cartoon like format to provide a new and interesting approach to understanding the art of ethnography. This book walks you through how Shane embarks on her very first research project and we also get to see the theories, methods, and skills used by ethnographic researchers.
Exploring Identity in Literature: A Comparative Analysis Imagine living in a world where you are not recognized and respected for who you are. This is the reality for many Indigenous people who have faced centuries of assimilation. In this essay, I will compare and contrast two works of literature that explore the challenges and experiences of the Indigenous people: Indian Horse by Richard Wagemese and Borders by Thomas King. Indian Horse is a novel about an Indigenous boy named Saul, who survives the horrors of residential school. He finds an escape playing hockey, but his past haunts him which later leads him to alcoholism.
The academic journal that I decided to review is King Philip 's Herds: Indians, Colonists, and the Problem of Livestock in Early New England by Virginia DeJohn Anderson. My overall impression of this work is that it is very well written and packed with a lot of information. The academic journal gives a deeper understanding to the reader as well as showing how livestock played a role in creating problems between the Native Americans and the colonists. In King Philip 's Herds: Indians, Colonists, and the Problem of Livestock in Early New England, the academic journal follows the struggles as well as the conflicts between the colonists and the Native Americans involving livestock as well as both sides of the argument. When the colonists first arrived in America that brought livestock such as pigs, cows, sheep, and horses, which were not native to America, which caused problems for the Native Americans.
REFLECTIVE STATEMENT How was your understanding of cultural and contextual considerations of the work developed through the interactive oral? For the duration of our interactive oral we discussed how the careful and subdued way in which Out Stealing Horses is written, shows the importance of the culture and environment of Norway. This presented us a leading line throughout the novel; the prominent feeling for the need of isolation. This feeling can be traced back to the scarring history of Norway, being invaded and occupied in the Second World War, thereby leaving the idea of justice and moral codes.
The troubled mother who was determined to live a normal life. The wise man who dedicated his life to building boats. The young boy who played his life on the violin. And the beloved father who carried on only for the sake of his family. They were all resilient, holding onto their faith, strength, and integrity.
Sonya Hartnett, the author of “The Silver Donkey” represents the key character, Lieutenant Shepard, in a number of ways. First, she uses figurative language to create a sense of mystery and wonder around him. For example, she describes him as a "ghost" and as “dead" (Chapter 1, The Soldier in the Trees). This language creates a sense of unease and suspense, and it makes the reader want to learn more about him. Second, Hartnett uses dialogue to reveal Shepard's character.
Intro The story “Three Billy Goats Gruff” is about three goats who are going to eat some leaves in a field but encounter a troll underneath a bridge, at least in the Norwegian version. There also is a Polish /German version with a wolf on a mountain path. That is one of the main differences between the two different versions. There also are some similarities.
While the events narrated in the story are important in constructing the author’s point of view on imperialism, the narration itself, and the reactions
The single story creates stereotypes and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story to become the only story (Adichie:2009). In the speech with the same name, Adichie questions the ideas such as the potential of a single narrative to create stereotypes. Also, how the importance of bringing different several stories of representation to inform about the urgency of the search for knowledge, about the proper understanding of the 'other ' cultures not only about the West and European culture and literature.