Fieldwork and Methods

Question 1

Sterk, Claire “Fieldwork on Prostitution in the Era of AIDS”

Answer 1

An ethnography of New York and Atlanta Prostitutes and the life and culture they are a part of in the 1980s. Looked to depict the world of prostitution from the perspective of the women themselves. In addition, she wanted to highlight the impact of this high risk behavior on their lives. IN depth life history interviews.

Question 2

Babakiueria

Answer 2

Parody film on the way anthropologists treat natives in their research. What attitude do colonizers have towards the natives?

Question 3

Malinowski, Bronisalw “Argonauts of the Western Pacific”

Answer 3

Being active with the community and leaving out bias. Participant observation. Grasp the emic point of view, or how the native sees his world through his eyes. Challenging the idea of the “savage” and destroy stereotypes

Question 4

Shostack, Majorie “Nisa: The Life and Words of a Kung Woman”

Answer 4

Inteviewing !kung women to find their role in society. Hunter gatherers. A woman interviewing women, second wave feminism. The question of gender froma “woman’s point of view”. Salvage ethnography,

Question 5

Merry, Saly “Human Rights Law”

Answer 5

human rights law presents anthropologgy in a demon like way. Tolerance without limits, relativism - culture and values are universal. Universalism - culture is relative toall groups. Emic - in terms of human rights, have to consider the perspectives of those in the culture.

Question 6

hegemony

Answer 6

very diffuse and all encompassing power