Franz Boas And Qualitative Study

Reading Response (Auerbach on Cushing): In chapter one of Explorers in Eden by Jerold Auerbach titled “Cushing in Zuni”, Auerbach gives a detailed summary of Frank Hamilton Cushing’s five year experience in the Zuni Pueblo. I was surprised to learn that Cushing was only a young teen when he came to Zuni. Additionally, I was shocked to read that Cushing had no formal training in Anthropology… in fact he didn’t even graduate from Cornell rather he worked at a very young age at the Smithsonian. Thus, my and many others critiques of Cushing stem back to his lack of anthropological training and Native American education.

Ethnographic research is usually the study of people in their real environment and world where they interact with each other and not in artificial laboratories. Ethnographic research is meant gather information on how people live and what they believe in. The book Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down exemplifies strongly the ethnographic research as it tries to analyze the culture of the Hmong and their relation with the rest of the US people who do not live in that refugee camp. First, the Hmong people are those people who strongly believe in their culture. Laws and Chilton, (p.185) says that they do not interact with the other cultures freely in matters dealing with their health.

Journal 1 - When reading the text from both authors, it can be construed that the language used by Boudinot is much more cordial toward the white rather than the disparaging remarks shown in Apess’ reading. Boudinot characterizes the natives as wrongdoers while comparing the whites if they were gods. “They hang upon your mercy as to a garment. Will you push them from you, or will you save them?” This statement is a clear connection between Boudinot’s merciful attitude toward whites and his desire to depict them as gods.

The reading of Gangstas, wankstas, and Ridas have reinforced my desire of working with the poor communities. The Five Pillars of effective practice in the Ridas’ classroom have helped me to identify the strength of teaching and mentoring. As a mentor, I do plenty of preparation to assist my students as much as possible and prioritize their needs. I strongly agree with Pillar 2, which is serving the community. As bishop Romero, I am a servant of poor people, which is reinforced by the words of Woodson “You cannot serve people by giving them orders as to what to do.

"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.

Indian Removal Homework 1. Although Boudinot knew that there were some Natives in the country that fitted the American stereotype, he was also aware that most Indians were no different from the immigrating Europeans and were innocent victims of oppression. For most Americans during the 1800s, the term ‘Indian’ was “pregnant with ideas most repelling and degrading.”

The definition for Anthropology is “the study of human beings and their ancestors through time and space and in relation to physical character, environmental and social relations, and culture.” (Merriam Webster). In The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis depicts the average human

This idea based on the evidence presented was used to create the culture that we know today as the

In the article, “Anthropology Inc.”, Graeme Wood describes how anthropologists study a specific group of people, and how anthropologist practice research. When I was reading the article, the first example was the study of “Corrida de lesbianas” in home parties. Their goal was to write an ethnographic survey of drinking parties. The anthropologist approached to the study of this people by focusing on what, when, and how people drank Vodka.

Boudinot was the editor of the first Cherokee newspaper, “The Cherokee Phoenix,” In one of his articles, “An Address to the Whites,” he pleas the government to acknowledge the tremendous strides his tribe has taken in order to assimilate with the whites. His first example was the invention of letters. George Guest created a series of symbols that were comprehendible to the Cherokee tribe. In fact, “The Cherokee Phoenix” was written in two languages, one side had the Cherokee symbols and the other side was written in English.

The beginning of conflict between Native Americans and anthropologists is hard to determine, though we know that it is tied to the early creation of American anthropology in the United States. According to Native American authors such as Vine Deloria, the conflict is also tied to the history of gruesome collections and expeditions of past grave-robbing. In these cases anthropologists claimed to be saving pieces of information and history, while the Indians claimed they were being treated like pieces of history that needed to be saved. The relationship between the two parties is one filled with distrust, as very few members on either side appear to understand and recognize the rights of the other. Into each life, it is said, some rain must fall.

“Tale From the Jungle: Margaret Mead”, youtube videos, which was introduced by Professor Ana, humanities professor, are a six long clip video documentaries of the first anthropology’s discoveries ever brought to public, the Samoan civilization. This ‘Samoan civilization’ anthropology discovery was discovered by Mead Margaret, an American female anthropologist, and later by Derek Freeman, an Australian anthologist. According to Mead Margaret, an American female anthropologist, she believes that humans are influenced by nurture. On the other side, Derek Freeman, an Australian anthologist, opposes Mead Margaret’s idea. He believes that humans are influenced by nature.

3. QUALITATIVE RESEARCH THEORY 3.1 QUALITATIVE RESEARCH Qualitative research is a form of research in which the researcher collects and interprets data, meaning the researcher is as important in the research process as the participants and the data they provide. Reason and Rowan (2004) have argued that the core element of a qualitative research approach is to connect meanings to the experiences of respondents and their lives. According to Clissett (2008) qualitative research involves a variety of research methods that can be used to explore human experience, perceptions, motivations and behaviours. Qualitative research is characterised by collection and analysis of words in the form of speech or writing.

Cultural Anthropology is the study of human beings, their behavior and how patterns in their language, personalities, gender, family, art, politics or rituals learned from being a part of a certain society gives meaning to their existence and affects how they organize their lives. Culture Involves Concepts, Generalizations, Abstractions, Assumptions, and Ideas. The ants are locked into the specifics of their nest-building behavior. It must work the same all the time. If some important variable is different, the ants cannot make specific adjustments.

If someone was to ask me what anthropology was, prior to this assignment, I would have probably taken an educated guess such as “the study of life”. In a sense that is correct but not entirely accurate. Anthropology is defined as, “The study of human kind in all times and places” (Haviland, Prins, McBride, & Walrath, 2017). After an extensive analyzation of my experiences, I concluded that I don’t practice anthropology in my life enough. In addition, I discovered that my life doesn’t have much diversity in it.