Compare and contrast ethnography and ethnology
What will be an ideal response?
Ethnography is descriptive, based on direct fieldwork, and focuses on a single group;
ethnology is comparative, uses data collected by other ethnographers, and generalizes
across cultures or groups. They are both specialties within Cultural Anthropology and
both focus on the phenomenon of culture and cultural adaptation.
You might also like to view...
We are now beginning to understand that the Maya did all of the following except:
A. engaging in warfare frequently. B. occupying cities supported by numerous farming villages. C. maintaining long distance trade connections with Teotihuacan. D. forging and casting iron
In patrilineal societies, lobola gifts
A. make the husband part of the wife's descent group. B. ensure the wealth of the wife. C. ensure the wealth of the children. D. have little effect on descent groups. E. make the children born to the woman full members of her husband's descent group.
The presence of patrilocal residence pattern can often be predicted in societies that __________
A) frequently fight with neighboring groups, so the sons are needed close to home for defense B) rely on women to contribute the largest portion of food to the diet C) live in countries with commercial or money exchange systems D) practice hunting and gathering
Indirect rule of colonies is best described by which of the following?
a. military rule from the home country without interference from civilian government b. using certain indigenous leaders in the colony as proxy rulers c. training native bureaucrats to work in the colonial government d. a civilian colonial government that is free to act without orders from the home country