ANTH 233 Ethnographic Studies
Winter 2019
I acknowledge that St FX is in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People.

Jan 14, 17, 21, 24: Writing, from classical to contemporary ethnography, to other forms of writing
    January 17: An example of contemporary ethnography. Compare this presentation of ethnographic material, the role of the ethnographer, and the type of subjects with those of Evans-Pritchard. Notice how this author is in conversation with other authors.
    READ: Nolan, Kathleen. 2018. “‘I’m a Kid from the Bronx’: a Reflection on the Enduring Contributions of Willis’s Cultural Production Perspective in Learning to Labour.” Ethnography 19(4): 464–478.

- apply ideas from the different perspectives of Howell, Ingold and Kolshus to Nolan’s writing
- how did she gather her information? Was this “ethnographic fieldwork” according to Howell?
    - what do we know about how she prepared for fieldwork?
- is this writing “ethnographic” in the sense that Howell, Ingold or Kolshus variously define this?
- is this work comparative?
- is this work culturally relative?
- is this work with or of the people she studies?
- is the writing accessible?

- features of the writing:
    - voice
    - authoritative representation
    - engagement with literature
    - theory
    - how is the population described in terms of homogeneity/heterogeneity?
    - is the society described as dynamic or static?
    - what is the role of over-arching political, legal, economic, cultural (etc.) structures within which this society is placed? How isolated/separate is it from other societies?
    - what is the relationship of this work with respect to policy?
    - what is the positionality of the author?