ISBN:
9781000798579
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (333 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
301.071/173
Keywords:
Anthropology-Study and teaching (Higher)-United States-Textbooks
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Electronic books
Abstract:
This textbook is written by well-established anthropology professors for, and with, their undergraduate students. It explores what anthropological thinking is, what anthropological approaches are, and how these are applied in real-world settings.
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Frontispiece -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Welcome! -- How Does That All Work for the Book, Exactly? -- Here's Everything in a Nutshell -- Using Your Uncommon Sense -- First, What Is Common Sense? -- The First Kind of Common Sense -- The Second Kind of Common Sense -- Snot -- Finally! What Is Uncommon Sense? -- How to Tell the Difference Between Common and Uncommon Sense? -- Anthropology Basics -- Ethnography -- Complexifying Ethnography -- Complexifying 'Cultural Groups' -- Ethnography On the Inside -- You Are a [research] Tool -- The Field -- Before You Read Chapter 2 -- Notes -- References -- 2 Putting the Basics Together to Understand the University Anthropologically -- Some Orienting Notes to Get You Started -- Seeing the University Like a Culture -- Seeing the University Like a Culture You've Just Entered -- The Circumstances of Your Arrival Here -- Positions in the University -- A Core of Research -- Especial Time -- Especial Spaces, Surrounds and Buildings -- Especial Language -- Plagiarism - Let's Make Some Uncommon Sense -- Uncommon-sense Idea #1 -- Uncommon-sense Idea #2 -- Uncommon-sense Idea #3 -- Other Mapping Exercises -- Before You Read Chapter 3 -- Notes -- References -- 3 Taking Notice, Taking Note: How Do Anthropologists Do Anthropology? -- Some Orienting Notes to Get You Started -- What's the Uncommon Sense to Try to Get From this Chapter? -- What Can You Use this For? -- What Insights Can You Get Into the University By Thinking About How to Do Anthropology? -- Some Basics: Fieldnotes -- Being There -- The Fieldnotes Exercise: the Hard Parts -- Before You Read Chapter 4 -- References -- 4 Rites, Rituals, Graduations and Cakes -- Some Orienting Notes to Get You Started.
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