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| anthropology'.Culturalanthropology
rejectstheethnocentristassumptions builtintomuchanthropological enquiryandattemptstoreachan understandingofaculture(asinthe caseofGeertz'sfieldworkstudiesin IndonesiaandNorthAfrica)rather thanjustprovideadescriptionofit. Geertzisconcernedtointerpret culturesthroughastudyofthecon- textsinwhichhumanactionsoccur suchthattheybecomeendowedwith meaning.Thisishisso-called'thick description'asoutlinedinhishighly influentialbookThelnterpretationof Cultures(1973)inparticularinthe essay'ThickDescription:Towards anInterpretiveTheoryofCulture'. 'Thindescription'ontheotherhand failstoprovideanyrealinterpre- tationofthecultureinquestionbut contentsitselfwithcataloguingits objectivefeatures.Thestructuralist anthropologyofClaude Levi- Strausswithitsdesiretofind commonobjectivefeaturesacross cultureswouldbeanexampleofthe lattertype. Geertzisanti-ethnocentristbeliev- ingthatanthropologicalenquiryall tooofteninvolvesanimplicitassump- tionofthesuperiorityoftheanthro- pologist'sowncultureoratthevery leastuseshis/herowncultureasa referencepointtoexplainhow otherculturesoperate.Thisanti- ethnocentrismwithitsinsistencethat noonecultureshouldbeprivilegedin termsofinterpre yilai: uggs outlet christian louboutin outlet http://www.public4you.fora.pl/notices,2/on-the-makaloa-mat-londonjack-publishedaaohee,50437.html#87155mens louis vuitton sneakers |
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