I can´t remember the topics I chose years ago, but I am studying Cultural Anthropology now and would like to get news, papers etc. from that field.
Dear Kathrin,
I am not sure, if I fully understand your query, but are you after the most recent research trends, empirical and theoretical developments etc. in cultural anthropology? Have you been away from the discipline for some years and wish to get up to speed now?
Best,
Julius
I'm uncertain about the specifics of your question, but from an early age I wanted to be an Egyptologist. I was well along in grad school when the 1967 Arab-Israeli War ended that plan. So, liking deserts and high plateaus, I switched me research interest to the American Southwest and Mexico as far south as the Central Valley. I've now be working there for more than 55 years, and with almost 180 professional papers, I'm happy with the switch.
Good luck.
Jonathan
I switched my studies from Psychology and Social Work to Cultural Anthropology. My question is a technical one. I don´t want to get mails concerning the first any longer, but wish to get emails from the latter. Is there a button or something to indicate the choices?
Thanks for your answers so far. Kathrin
@Kathrin. I think you should define your scope of cultural anthropology. You should note there has never been a universal culture because cultures differ within societies. So you should define the culture you want to study.
Now because cultures differ from one place to another the behavior of your participants based on their social actions differs and meaning will differ while there could be similarities between cultures based on shared values.
So you need to define what behaviours of what culture or cultures you want to study. Your instrument of data collection must be qualitative in depth interview, focus group discussion, participatory observation, participant observation with a narrative design. You still cannot escape pshycology since you want to understand why your participants think the way they think in conforming to or in defiance with a culture in a particular society so understanding what folkway, mores and taboos are can help make you achieve a lot about cultural anthropology. Max Weber's Social Action of symbolic interactionalism will help so your targeted audience should not exceed 1000.
I hope this helps
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