Ethnographic Analysis
Ethnography is a term that is typically associated with the discipline of Anthropology. The term has been adopted by many other disciplines beyond anthropology which allows for the word and its meaning to evolve along with the ever-changing societies in this world, yet some fundamental aspects have remained the same.
Based off the readings done so far is, a working definition that best fits the interpretation of ethnography is the study and analysis of people based on culture, history, and society. This definition is loosely based off the interpretation by Tim Ingold in his piece That’s enough about ethnography. Yet. From my experience reading ethnographic pieces, it appears that ethnography is far more than a study but also defines the experiences and process of the ethnographer capturing and portraying a social space. A world, through the eyes of a scholar, lends to, “a judgment that is cast upon them through a retrospective conversion of the learning, remembering and note-taking which they call forth into pretexts for something else altogether” (Ingold 386). This judgement is the …show more content…
As aforementioned, ethnographies are created with the judgement of the ethnographer although many try to remain neutral or appear unbiased. Although this form of bias still exists in films and photography, it is not as prevalent as it once was. Film and photography still include editing, cutting, and story-development to share with the rest of the society, which is consistent with the earlier methods of ethnographic work. The biased involvement of the ethnographer is still present in current ethnographies. These biased involvements are essential to ethnography because they provide the audience with the ethnographer’s perspective which can be just as valuable as the actual field
Based off the readings done so far is, a working definition that best fits the interpretation of ethnography is the study and analysis of people based on culture, history, and society. This definition is loosely based off the interpretation by Tim Ingold in his piece That’s enough about ethnography. Yet. From my experience reading ethnographic pieces, it appears that ethnography is far more than a study but also defines the experiences and process of the ethnographer capturing and portraying a social space. A world, through the eyes of a scholar, lends to, “a judgment that is cast upon them through a retrospective conversion of the learning, remembering and note-taking which they call forth into pretexts for something else altogether” (Ingold 386). This judgement is the …show more content…
As aforementioned, ethnographies are created with the judgement of the ethnographer although many try to remain neutral or appear unbiased. Although this form of bias still exists in films and photography, it is not as prevalent as it once was. Film and photography still include editing, cutting, and story-development to share with the rest of the society, which is consistent with the earlier methods of ethnographic work. The biased involvement of the ethnographer is still present in current ethnographies. These biased involvements are essential to ethnography because they provide the audience with the ethnographer’s perspective which can be just as valuable as the actual field