Backgrounds and People
Books
All About the Symbols
Interpretive Anthropology
Kind of Fun Facts
100
Where was Turner born?
Glasgow, Scotland
100
In which essay was Geertz raided by the police?
Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight
100
Who Developed Symbolic Anthropology Primarily
Turner
100
Interpretive Anthropology Advocates For?
Deep participant observation
100
What was Geertz Relationship to M. Mead?
They were colleagues and friends
200
Name 3 of Geertz Fellowships
MIT, Stanford, Berkley
200
What tribe was the focus of Turners books we discussed?
The Ndembu tribe
200
Key Focuses of Study of Symbolic Anthropology
Myths, rituals and symbols
200
Interpretive Anthropology Goes Against Which Anthropologist and Why?
Malinowski, because he claims for objective and detached observation
200
Who Started the Anthropology Department that Turner attended?
Max Gluckman
300
Where did Turner get his BA and in what field?
Studied poetry and the classics at University College London
300
How many books did Turner write at Cornwell University
3
300
What Does S.A Address?
fundamental questions about human social life
300
What Is Thick Description?
Interpreting culture as text
300
Who influenced Geertz?
Max Weber
400
What school did Geertz and his wife attend together?
Harvard
400
Which book was groundbreaking for Geertz?
The Interpretations of Culture
400
According to Turner What Do Symbols Initiate?
social action and change
400
Finish This Sentence 'Calls for an anthropologist to understand a culture by ....'
Seeing how they interpret themselves and their own experiences
400
True or False Turner was an American Anthropologist?
False. But he had an appreciation for American academic life
500
When did Turner develop an interest in Anthropology?
During war times
500
Which religion did Geertz examine?
The Javanese
500
According to Geertz What Do Symbols Do?
'Source of illumination' for man to orient himself within his culture
500
An Example of Interpretive Anthropology Discussed Today
Balinese Cockfight
500
Turner moved to Virginia and Developed an Interest in What
Performative play and experimental theatre
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