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ETHNOGRAPHY [1 record]

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Record 1 1989-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anthropology
  • Sociology (General)
DEF

... study of human social systems which involves living in close contact with a research population in order to observe their daily routines, ritual and social acts, economic activities, and other aspects of cultural behavior.

CONT

Ethnography is the primary data-gathering phase of socio-cultural anthropology, that is field work in a given society.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anthropologie
  • Sociologie (Généralités)
DEF

(...) l'observation et l'analyse de groupes humains considérés dans leur particularité et visant à la restitution, aussi fidèle que possible, de la vie de chacun d'eux.

CONT

Discipline de terrain, l'ethnographie constitue une méthode adéquate d'observation et de classification des faits caractéristiques des sociétés sans machinisme.

Spanish

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