How to practice ethnography? Towards a pragmatic theory and description policy

The article first establishes the foundation of a pragmatic anthropology –mainly interestedin the question “How do people do?” - that should guide the ethnographic research. Thenit describes with an ethnographic extract some of the different practices in the celebrationof San Juan/Inti Raymi in Otav...

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Main Author:	Jeremie Voirol
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Pontificia Universidad Javeriana 2013-06-01
Series:	Universitas Humanística
Subjects:	Ethnography Pragmatism Description Celebration Otavalo Ecuador
Online Access:	http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/univhumanistica/article/view/3849

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spelling	doaj-bece340aa63747df8e3dd74bba571b362020-11-24T22:52:10ZengPontificia Universidad JaverianaUniversitas Humanística0120-48072011-27342013-06-01757582104How to practice ethnography? Towards a pragmatic theory and description policyJeremie VoirolThe article first establishes the foundation of a pragmatic anthropology –mainly interestedin the question “How do people do?” - that should guide the ethnographic research. Thenit describes with an ethnographic extract some of the different practices in the celebrationof San Juan/Inti Raymi in Otavalo in the Ecuadorian Andes, with a textual constructionmade from a pragmatic perspective. Finally, the article develops four points that supportthe pragmatic and detailed description: action in the situation, intellectualism overcoming, the situational relations of power and the co-experience of readers.http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/univhumanistica/article/view/3849EthnographyPragmatismDescriptionCelebrationOtavaloEcuador
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title	How to practice ethnography? Towards a pragmatic theory and description policy
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title_full	How to practice ethnography? Towards a pragmatic theory and description policy
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publisher	Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
series	Universitas Humanística
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description	The article first establishes the foundation of a pragmatic anthropology –mainly interestedin the question “How do people do?” - that should guide the ethnographic research. Thenit describes with an ethnographic extract some of the different practices in the celebrationof San Juan/Inti Raymi in Otavalo in the Ecuadorian Andes, with a textual constructionmade from a pragmatic perspective. Finally, the article develops four points that supportthe pragmatic and detailed description: action in the situation, intellectualism overcoming, the situational relations of power and the co-experience of readers.
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How to practice ethnography? Towards a pragmatic theory and description policy

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