The investment of theory in ethnography in social anthropology

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In this article I analyze how theory operates in ethnographic research in social and/or cultural anthropology. I argue that ethnography involves the deployment of certain analytical procedures that lead to the relativization of theory —and, eventually, to its reformulation— through its confrontation...

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Autor principal:	Balbi, Fernando Alberto
Formato:	Artículo revista
Lenguaje:	Español
Publicado:	Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Museo de Antropología 2020
Materias:	Antropología social Etnografía Teoría Metodología Perspectiva etnográfica Antropología Social Social anthropology Ethnography Theory Methodology Ethnographic perspective Antropologia Social Etnografia Teoria Metodologia
Acceso en línea:	https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/antropologia/article/view/25508
Aporte de:	Revistas de la UNC de Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

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topic	Antropología social Etnografía Teoría Metodología Perspectiva etnográfica Antropología Social Social anthropology Ethnography Theory Methodology Ethnographic perspective Social anthropology Antropologia Social Etnografia Teoria Metodologia Perspectiva etnográfica Antropología social
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topic_facet	Antropología social Etnografía Teoría Metodología Perspectiva etnográfica Antropología Social Social anthropology Ethnography Theory Methodology Ethnographic perspective Social anthropology Antropologia Social Etnografia Teoria Metodologia Perspectiva etnográfica Antropología social
author	Balbi, Fernando Alberto
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title	The investment of theory in ethnography in social anthropology
title_short	The investment of theory in ethnography in social anthropology
title_full	The investment of theory in ethnography in social anthropology
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description	In this article I analyze how theory operates in ethnographic research in social and/or cultural anthropology. I argue that ethnography involves the deployment of certain analytical procedures that lead to the relativization of theory —and, eventually, to its reformulation— through its confrontation with ethnographic materials: the dynamic integration of the native perspectives in the analysis; the combination of holism, the restriction of the preselection of ethnographic materials, and their strict contextualization; and various uses of comparison. Next, I illustrate this statement by showing how my ethnographies of the conflicts between the members of a fishermen’s cooperative and of the Peronist concept of ‘loyalty’ gave rise to some theoretical developments around the analysis of the moral dimension of social life. Finally, I suggest that these procedures are the correlate at the level of methodology of the ‘ethnographic perspective’ —a very general theory about the nature of social life that has been developed throughout the history of the discipline.
publisher	Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Museo de Antropología
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url	https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/antropologia/article/view/25508
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