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From the beginning, the proposed work of ethnographic criticism led to several ideas
being rooted by my head; Something related to music, perhaps seeking a relationship
between music and cultures at the level of how we perceive certain melodic and
harmonious patterns depending on our belonging and, therefore, enculturation in a
given region and how from them we give them a concrete emotional meaning.
Perhaps some ethnographic critique based on some sociological account, because
before beginning this degree I attended Psychology with mention to the social
spectrum in that same center, the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Specifically,
"The Social Dynamics of Family Violence" by Angela J. Hattery, which deals with
patterns and behavioral constructs that ultimately derive from the submission of the
other, all based on fear that anxiety ease control in order to disappear, but which does
nothing but become a smoke curtain and, ultimately, increase by itself.
Finally, none of these was chosen, because I have chosen a more daring purpose in
order to leave the comfort zone and enter into other social and humanitarian fields
such as Ethnographic Anthropology. This proposal implies to me a great opportunity
to revise and learn at many levels; Firstly, to review the anthropological baggage of
feminism, because we are now more than ever at a point where this movement
sounds and exposes without fear, giving us knoweledge about many things that until
now had gone unnoticed as they passed through the filter of the dominant patriarchal
man even when they're about to get exposed. Second, analyze and understand, the
called by the author ,"Experimental anthropology" in which the way of writing and
exposing the facts, for example, in the case of annotations and field diary, is not
entirely orthodox in Critical anthropology parameters. And finally the constant
relationship that it has with the postmodernist movement throughout the book and
how it influded directly in obliging this one, and also others, to revise and redefine
themselves
This essay, then, will be developed and based on these three items. How did the fact
that Margery Wolf was a woman influenced her work? How has the perspective
changed since she wrote the texts so far? Why does she self-label her as experimental
anthropology? What does it mean? How does Postmodernism affect and impact on
experimental ethnography?
It influded directly in obliging this one, and also others, to revise and redefine
themselves"
CRITICAL REVIEW:
CONCLUSIONS:
After this critical analysis, we can draw several important conclusions based on the
informative exposition done by Margery Wolf. Actually the true content of the book
is not the succession of facts lived by Mrs. Tan, no. Is the critical background of this
one towards anthropology and the relevance of doing ethnographic fieldwork adding
the fact of beeing a woman.
First of all, lets focus on the constant mention that Margery does to postmodernism
through analyze her work and her role as an anthropologist. Based on this, we can
conclude that, according to Margery, the postmodernist movement has been useful in
the sense that it has forced Anthropology to redefine itself, forcing it to be more
attentive and responsible exposing the facts , to describe situations and to use more
empirical and descriptive methodologies. It must also be said that, for her, what will
continue to maintain living anthropology and preserving it as a discipline is its
content force, not its aesthetic.
Finally, we can deduce the concept of "ethnographic responsibility" which lets us
understand that the author must gain consciousness and contemplate his object of
study and result of it as a representative sample of society, wich should be taken into
account trying to be as careful as possible when it comes to make their searches and
publications.
To sum up, identify Margery as a true social icon highlighted at many levels; being a
woman and carrying out all the work and function that she did, in the way and the
moment she did it, positions her as a pioneer in the field of teaching social research,
second wave of the feminist movement, work of anthropological field and applied
ethnology of the 20th century.
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