ANTHROPOLOGICA Meanings of

Anthropological
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METHODS
MEANINGS OF
ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH
•An end product of anthropological research, if carried out
properly is a coherent statement about a people, their
beliefs, behaviours or biology of those studied.
Exploratory framework
“This entails the exploration of ideas, theories and
problems that have been either neglected or unidentified.
The purpose of this type of the research is to uncover new
knowledge and understandings.
TYPES OF
ANTHROPOLOGICAL
RESEARCH
Synchronic research: Description of a culture at one
period in time.
Diachronic Research: Studies of changes in a culture
over time
Ethno-historic Research: the study of past cultures
using written accounts and other documents
Ethnographic Research: research on living people
Ethnographic Fieldwork: collecting information from
living people about their way of life, living with them for
extended time limit, should have knowledge of their
language and practices.
AIMS OF ETHNOGRAPHIC
RESEARCH
Ethnography: To collect and record
descriptive data about the cultures of
specific peoples
Ethnology: To explain the past and
present diversity found in cultural
systems in the world. (comparative
perspective)
QUALITATIVE AND
QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
Quantitative Research: Statistic and
measurable information, numbers, ratio,
Portions
Qualitative Research: Non-statistical
information, settlement patterns, kinship
relations customary beliefs and practices,
perosnal life histories, feelings, thinking,
and actions of different people.
RESEARCH
METHODOLOGY
Research Question/Problem
Research Objectives
Research Design
Field Data collection
Tools of data collection
Questionnaire/ types
Interviews / Types / Limitations
RESEARCH
METHODOLOGY
Participation Observation
Misinterpretation of PO
Data classification
Data Analysis
Cross cultural analysis
Reporting
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