L3: Witchcraft

Question 1

What did Robin Horton in African Traditional Thought and Western Science (ATT) argue in 1967? (2)

Answer 1

“Traditioanl African thought” was scientfic in nature but different in social organisation (1)

Just as logical and rational as Western science (1)

Question 2

What is etic analysis? (1)

Answer 2

Analysis explained by the outside group of a particular group or culture (1)

Question 3

What is emic analysis? (2)

Answer 3

Analysis explained within the culture or society studied (1)

How an informant would talk and explain an issue to us (2)

Question 4

What are similarities between African Traditional Thought and Western Science? (2)

Answer 4

ATT seeks to explain and give causes to aspects of everyday life (1)

Breaks up unitary objects into theorisable aspects (1)

Question 5

What are differences between African Traditional Thought and Western Science? (2)

Answer 5

ATT has a magical approach to words (1)

Ideas are bound to occasions (1)

Question 6

What is the theory of representation? (1)

Answer 6

The theory that our thoughts, ideas and words can sometimes be LIKE things in the world