Anthropology short notes · Paper 1

Fieldwork tradition in anthropology

(a) Fieldwork tradition in anthropology

Part of Research methods in Anthropology:

Short notes

Fieldwork tradition in anthropology

Definition

• Objective, third-person, scientific tone.

Thinkers

  • Radcliffe-Brown: Fieldwork in Andaman Islands; Structural-functionalism.
  • L.H. Morgan (Iroquois, 1840s – though semi-field): British Field Tradition.
  • Evans-Pritchard | Social Anthropology is part of Sociology; Ethnology classifies cultures
  • Durkheim | Influenced Functional Anthropology
  • S. C. Dube | Historical context in Indian Anthropology