Anthropology contra ethnography

• Published in: HAU journal of ethnographic theory Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 21 - 26
• Main Author: Ingold, Tim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago The University of Chicago Press 01.03.2017; University of Chicago Press
• Subjects: Anthropology; Colleges & universities; Cultural anthropology; Ethnography; Field study; participation; anthropology; art; education; method; observation; university; philosophy; ethnography

Ethnography aims to describe life as it is lived and experienced, by a people, somewhere, sometime. Anthropology, by contrast, is an inquiry into the conditions and possibilities of human life in the world. Anthropology and ethnography may have much to contribute to one another, but their aims and o...