Fieldwork – DH

THIS WEEKS LEARNINGS:

Module 2 Overview_ Fieldwork and Ethnography_ SCC Sp26 ANTH 310 LEC 16970 Argent PDF ATTACHED

PART 1:

Discussion Topic

In this discussion we are going to explore some of the concepts we’ve learned by analyzing a piece of ethnographic research. In your assigned article, “Deep Play: Notes on a Balinese Cockfight,” Clifford Geertz argues that we should analyze the cockfight as a text through which people create meaning about themselves and their worlds.

Instructions

(75-100 WORDS)

Choose one quote from the article and discuss:

1. How the quotation reveals the “deep play” of the Balinese cockfight? and
2. Why is deciphering meaning from cultural practices important to anthropological research and analysis?

Make sure to discuss the article in an analytical and substantive manner! (This discussion is not a “personal reflection” like in Module 1. DO NOT simply write your personal opinion.)

ONCE PART 1 IS COMPLETE, I WILL ADD CLASSMATES POST THAT YOU CAN RESPOND TO.