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July 2011
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9 Citations
Learning to Think Like an Anthropologist of EducationThe Critical Role of “Culture” in Our StudiesMaking Anthropology Useful and Relevant: How Far Should One Go?Working One's Way into AnthropologyStrengthening Ties to AnthropologyReferences
March 2010
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29 Reads
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1 Citation
Council on Anthropology and Education Quarterly
January 2010
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34 Reads
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7 Citations
Qualitative Inquiry
Drawing on his original study about the Sneaky Kid and exploring some of the motives involved, the author reviews how preferable it might be to think about, and sometimes actually employ, the phrase “overdetermined behavior,” to remind each of us that the accounts we provide are always partial and incomplete. This is implied when behavior is described as overdetermined, serving reminder that we can never predict exactly what any one human, including even oneself, will do.
October 2009
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6 Citations
Invited to attend a memorial potlatch in 1987 that marked his own 25–year association with the Kwakiutl people of British Columbia, the author realized how the extended time frame offered a perspective not only on a celebrated Northwest Coast tradition but also on interpersonal complexities of culture acquisition and culture change as that tradition continues into the present. This account examines the potlatch from personal dimensions, a perspective missing from the expansive literature on an otherwise well–documented activity. Jean Lave's notion of “peripheral participation” is introduced as a framework for examining how humans find their “way in” to cultural events like this without necessarily realizing the subtlety of their indoctrination.
October 2009
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751 Reads
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83 Citations
Returning to some unfinished business from the “old” culture-and-personality days, the author notes that although no one really acquires culture, we employ no widely recognized term to point to the unique constellation of cultural competencies that an individual does actually achieve in the course of a lifetime. Grappling with this issue years ago, Ward Goodenough suggested the term propriospect, which he defined as the totality of the private, subjective view of the world and its contents that each human develops out of personal experience. Tracing the historical roots of several related ideas and concepts, the author suggests that we need, and can make good use of, a term like propriospect, both in doing and in teaching anthropology, with the added caution that no one really “acquires” propriospect, either.
October 2009
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348 Reads
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40 Citations
Following a life history approach, this paper presents the story of “Brad,” a twenty-year-old school dropout who found himself living figuratively and literally at the edge of society and who could seem to find neither reasons nor help to get back in. The author uses the case to dramatize the importance of viewing education as comprising far more than schooling. Although Brad's involvement in school was marginal and his academic accomplishments modest, he did acquire basic literacy skills. And although he bounced “from pillar to post” as a child, the world view he described was largely consonant with that of mainstream society. But neither Brad nor the author could find any systematic, constructive educational effort being made on behalf of the community to guide, support, or influence the course of this alienated young adult's life once away from the purview of the school. As the author points out, we leave things to chance, and we take our chances. EDUCATION; ENCULTURATION; LEARNING; LIFE HISTORY; SCHOOLING.
April 2009
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General Anthropology Bulletin of the General Anthropology Division
December 2008
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Qualitative Inquiry
June 2008
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21 Reads
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7 Citations
Investigación y Educación en Enfermería
In june 16, 2003 Harry Wolcott gave ";;The Bornemouth talk revisited for Medellín";; lecture. The talk deals with search for the essence of ethnography and answers the question ";;what makes a study ethnographic?";;The lecturer in his carreer has identified twelve attributes that can reasonably be expected in a ethnographic report. Therefore ethnography is holistc, compatative, of first- hand experience, conduced in natural setting, requires intimate and long- term acquaintance, is non evaluative, basically descriptive, specific, adaptive, corroborative and finally idiosyncratic and individualistic.All those attributes are discussed in the lecture with the warning that there is no absolute set of attributes. Then he could conclude that anyone can borrow the research techniques, and we all draw our data from everyday experience, both our own and of others. The result is far more likely to produce ethnography when a researcher sets out to create ethnography and has a clear idea of what is involved.Key words: Ethonography, Context, Ethnograpers, Qualitative Research.
January 2008
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2 Citations
... However, whereas local knowledge and lived experience are the very essence of ethnography (Wolcott, 2003), this has not always been the case in social work. Professional expertise in social work has long been a topic for debate and research in social work (Fook et al., 1997). ...
June 2008
Investigación y Educación en Enfermería
... They were inquisitive about my work and would ask questions about the nature, purpose, and significance of my research. Wolcott (2010) underlines that the participants have the right to know about the researchers' interest in the topic and their potential gain from conducting the study. I offered the participants as much information as possible so that they could make an informed decision about participating in the research. ...
January 2010
Qualitative Inquiry
... Just School. So, inspired by three articles (Gusterson 2017;Hirschfeld 2002;Levinson 1999), informed by other synthetic pieces (Delamont 2012;Pelissier 1991;Wortham 2008;Yon 2003) and the long line of frustrated anthropologists arguing, for half a century, for its importance (Erikson 1982;Spindler and Spindler 1983;Varenne 2007;Wolcott 1982Wolcott , 2011, and modeled somewhat on Scheper-Hughes and Lock's (1987) piece, I ask, "Why Don't Anthropologists Care about Learning (or Education or Schools)?" I aim, ultimately, to propose a new and powerful anthropology of learning. ...
July 2011
... Keeping in mind the fact that teaching is cultural transmission while learning is culture acquisition (Spindler, 1987;Wolcott, 1991), it is imperative to investigate the cultural factors influencing science education from a cross-cultural perspective believing that science education reform requires that both teachers and students should be aware of the cultural elements related to science education. According to Gurgel et al., (2016), previous studies highlighted that certain cultural factors such as religion and language represent major barriers to science learning and teaching. ...
October 2009
... Or as Barnett (1938, p. 249) so simply observed, "… the potlatch is a congregation of people, ceremoniously and often individually invited to witness a demonstration of family prerogative." The gifts given to guests serve as a type of payment for serving as a witness (Wolcott 1996). As a daughter of a Haida chief expressed to the writer, why wouldn't a person be paid to witness and validate an important event? ...
October 2009
... Therefore, addressing narcissism in autoethnographic research necessitates an unwavering dedication to the perpetual practice of reflexivity and self-critique. Through active and continuous engagement in these intricate methodological endeavours, systemic arguments and compelling experiences, and well-rendered narratives and vignettes of the self (Wolcott, 2004), researchers can effectively mitigate the potential pitfalls inherent in autoethnographic research and eventually foster research outcomes that are robust, balanced, high-quality, and insightful. This intentional process significantly bolsters the validity and reliability of the research endeavour, ultimately contributing to a profound and comprehensive understanding of the phenomena being researched. ...
June 2004
Auto/Biography
... Neither is there an unbiased arbiter for conclusions drawn from data gathering. The qualitative researcher filters and interprets the data gathered (using his or her own subjective method) and may manipulate such data to support preconceived notions (Borman et al. 1986;Wolcott 1975). In short, the data may not speak for itself as it is gathered, interpreted, and presented through the lens and biases of the researcher. ...
March 2010
Council on Anthropology and Education Quarterly
... Narrative also poses the difficult question of how much one should reveal about oneself (Wolcott, 1983;Gilbourne, 2013). The discomfort of revelation is tempered with the need to present it in such a way to others (eg. ...
October 2009
... İnGel'e yönelik tepki ve eleştiriler sonucunda programın iptal edilme sürecinin program düşünürleri açısından büyük dersler içerdiği düşünülmektedir. Daha önce değinildiği üzere İnGel'in iptaline uzanan süreçte programa yönelik siyasilerin ve genel kamuoyunun tepkileri etkili olmuştur (Dow, 1971(Dow, , 1975Jolly ve Winkler, 2010;Wolcott, 2007). İnGel gibi ayrıntılı bir şekilde hazırlanan ve öğrencilere belirli açılardan yararlı olduğu belirlenen bir programın (Cort ve Peskowitz, 1977;EDC, 1971), program alanı uzmanlığı sahip olmayan siyasiler ve kamuoyunca tepki çekmesi program alanı açısından temel bir ikileme işaret eder. ...
June 2007
... En la F1 de corte cualitativa, se procedió a la operacionalización del problema a través de la recolección de información y selección de corpus. La información provino de cuatro fuentes: de la revisión bibliográfica de referencia sobre la didáctica en MyEP, del análisis documental de la documentación obtenida sobre los talleres y actividades en MyEP presentes en el Trabajo Fin de Máster de la investigadora y en la Tesis Doctoral del investigador (Lavado, 2023; San Martín, 2019) así como de los testimonios y observación participante (Wolcott, 2007) de los investigadores en MyEP durante sus estancias laborales y visitas de campo, donde recabaron datos significativos sobre su funcionamiento (Lavado, 2023;San Martín, 2019). ...
December 2007
Revista de Antropologia Social
