Cultural and social anthropology Cultural anthropology and social anthropology were developed around ethnographic research and their canonical texts, which are mostly ethnographies: e.g. Argonauts of the Western Pacific (1922) by Bronisław Malinowski, Ethnologische Excursion in Johore (1875) by Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay, Coming of Age in Samoa (1928) by Margaret Mead, The Nuer (1940) by E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Naven (1936, 1958) by Gregory Bateson, or "The Lele of the Kasai" (1963) by Mary Douglas. Cultural and social anthropologists today place a high value on doing ethnographic research. The typical ethnography is a document written about a particular people, almost always based at least in part on emic views of where the culture begins and ends. Using language or community boundaries to bound the ethnography is common.Naroll, Raoul. Handbook of Methods in Cultural Anthropology. Ethnographies are also sometimes called "case studies".Chavez, Leo. Shadowed Lives: Undocumented Workers in American Society (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology). 1997, Prentice Hall. Ethnographers study and interpret culture, its universalities, and its variations through the ethnographic study based on fieldwork. An ethnography is a specific kind of written observational science which provides an account of a particular culture, society, or community. The fieldwork usually involves spending a year or more in another society, living with the local people and learning about their ways of life. Ruth Fulton Benedict uses examples of Enthrotyhy in her serious of field work that began in 1922 of Serrano, of the Zuni in 1924, the Cochiti in 1925 and the Pina in 1926. All being people she wished to study for her anthropological data. Benedict's experiences with the Southwest Zuni pueblo is to be considered the basis of her formative fieldwork. The experience set the idea for her to produce her theory of "culture is personality writ large" (modell, 1988). By studying the culture between the different Pueblo and Plain Indians, She discovered the culture isomorphism that would be considered her personalized unique approach to the study of anthropology using ethnographic techniques.
Cultural and social anthropology Cultural anthropology and social anthropology were developed around ethnographic research and their canonical texts which are mostly ethnographies eg Argonauts of the Western Pacific (1922) by Bronisław Malinowski Ethnologische Excursion in Johore (1875) by Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay Coming of Age in Samoa (1928) by Margaret Mead The Nuer (1940) by E E Evans-Pritchard Naven (1936 1958) by Gregory Bateson or "The Lele of the Kasai" (1963) by Mary Douglas Cultural and social anthropologists today place a high value on doing ethnographic research The typical ethnography is a document written about a particular people almost always based at least in part on emic views of where the culture begins and ends Using language or community boundaries to bound the ethnography is commonNaroll Raoul Handbook of Methods in Cultural Anthropology Ethnographies are also sometimes called "case studies"Chavez Leo Shadowed Lives Undocumented Workers in American Society (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology) 1997 Prentice Hall Ethnographers study and interpret culture its universalities and its variations through the ethnographic study based on fieldwork An ethnography is a specific kind of written observational science which provides an account of a particular culture society or community The fieldwork usually involves spending a year or more in another society living with the local people and learning about their ways of life Ruth Fulton Benedict uses examples of Enthrotyhy in her serious of field work that began in 1922 of Serrano of the Zuni in 1924 the Cochiti in 1925 and the Pina in 1926 All being people she wished to study for her anthropological data Benedict's experiences with the Southwest Zuni pueblo is to be considered the basis of her formative fieldwork The experience set the idea for her to produce her theory of "culture is personality writ large" (modell 1988) By studying the culture between the different Pueblo and Plain Indians She discovered the culture isomorphism that would be considered her personalized unique approach to the study of anthropology using ethnographic techniques