Objects Of Ethnography Analysis

Synthesis-2 : Aesthetic Perspective: Role of Identity, Audience, Collectors and

creators

Ethnographers believe in observing the different aspects related to a region or their

field of study. Once observed, the interpretations, which are solely their own, are presented to

the whole world and the world interprets/sees the region through the lens provided by the

ethnographers. In recent years, the tendency of ethnographers, as well as general public, to

lean on such observations has been re-evaluated with the help of conversations. In this

synthesis I will analyze several sources, which have discussed the importance of creating and

including new perspectives into the already existing ones. Such a phenomenon not only gives

way

The initial step is to identify this tradition which is

again "self-identification" of the tales with respect to the country they are being collected

While talking about identification, the article “Objects of Ethnography" by Barbara

Krishenblatt-Gimblett, has to be mentioned. It talks about the circumstances and

surroundings being taken into consideration by the ethnographers before concluding about

the context or story related to the object regarding its identity with respect to the site it has

been found. "In considering the problem of the ethnographic object, it is useful to distinguish

in situ from in context, a pair of terms that calls into question the nature of the whole, the

burden of interpretations, and the location of meaning." (Kirshenblatt-Gimblett 388). This

line clearly says that the meaning of the objects is derived from the fragments of the object

and from the place from where it has been acquired. Though the objects can be modified and

re-created to form a new identity, it is necessary to look at the context and site it is

Both of them explore the reasons behind the beliefs and

faith people have towards few sensitive things. "..The bottom line of my experience-centred

theory is the proposition that much folk belief about the spirits is reasonable, that it is

rationally developed from experience." (D. J. Hufford 11). He argues that every belief has an

experience attached to it which has to be considered before concluding it as something absurd

or false. "..Anthropologists use the word “belief" with great assurance, but do not actually

know what people mean when they say they believe in something." (Magliocco 8).

Magliocco points out the fact that many anthropologists use the word "belief" as a declaration

in giving their conclusions without knowing the actual reason behind the formation of the

"belief".

Two very interesting concepts; romanticism and rationalism have been spoken about

by Mary Hufford. Romanticism fears modernization where as rationalism loves it and craves

for it. Belief being fluid, makes it rational to changes. When the objects and tales are

identified, they are categorised under the romantic notion. But when they