English 5870
Commentary on Stoller
Commentary Ten: Stoller Ethnography/Memoir/Imagination/Story According to Stoller, there is not “one best way” to write ethnography. Stoller states that “Each body of ethnographic material is unique and therefore requires a specifically contoured textual strategy…there are key elements that are necessary if ethnographers want their works to be read by a wide range of readers over a... »
5/12/09 Log
Log 5/12/09 English 5870 Dr. DeVries KD: Purpose of presentations is to share observations. Minimum 5 minutes, informal. Not enough time to set up for Power Point, can upload on blog if using slides. Overhead and/or handouts will work. Refers to syllabus. Write-ups/portfolio due 5/26. Everyone brings snacks next week, portfolio doesn’t have to be hard copy. ... »
5/5/09 Log-5870
Joel Manfredi Log for 5-5-09 Dr. De Vries Ferguson, “Don’t Believe The Hype” Joel reads the Log Adam remembers how the book “Dirt” got brought up… because it was from the four points of view of the band members about similar scenarios. The question arises about who is doing discussion for next week and CHAOS ENSUES!! Adam thinks he’s doing it... »
Stoller comentary…
James D. Dyer Dr. DeVries Ethnography Spring 2009 In ethnographies, memoirs, novels, and films anthropologists tell other people’s stories. In so doing, as Adamu Jenitongo once reminded me, we also tell our own stories. Many scholars may well object to this assertion. (Paul Stoller) This is a good article to describe how I feel about ethnography and peoples stories. I just... »
Stoller Commentary
In Ethnography/Memoir/Imagination/Story, Paul Stoller looks at ethnography from an anthropological perspective. He notes that because he thinks of anthropology of the most personal of the human sciences, “the personal usually has a deep impact on the professional. For me, living anthropology has been profoundly personal.” He describes the many areas of expertise that... »
Open House
Dr. Devries and Fellow Classmates, I will be conducting an “open house” ritual at my school tonight from 6:30-7:30. My colleague is out ill and I will be marshaling her room as well as mine. I will try to leave here promptly at 7:30 with the intent of arriving to class at 8pm. I’ll see... »
Stoller commentary
“Can there be some kind of reconciliation between stories and science?” - Stoller p.188 After having many conversations in both this class and others about the nature of writing and the thickness of the lines between poetry and prose, fiction and fact, and after reading Sunstein who flirted... »
Commentary #10
Adam Russell Ethnographer as Storyteller When I read Pryer’s article, I thought that she was making a case for fictionalization in the sense that events are fluid, and some things can be taken out all together while others are embellished. After reading Stoller’s article, I realize that Pryer isn’t validating the use of falsification but rather,... »
Stoller
At the beginning of this course, I had a vague idea that the way to ‘do’ ethnography was to show up with a notebook, a recorder, a video camera, observe, come home, edit everything down and end up with something similar to one of those National Geographic shows about the West Indies. I was... »
Paul Stoller
Joel Manfredi English 5870 Dr. De Vries Paul Stoller–Ethnography/Memoir/Imagination/Story This reading from Paul Stoller seems relevant because it gets back to the idea of writing ethnography in somewhat of a memoir form. Yet Stoller does a great job of reminding us of the balance between objectivity and subjectivity in his writing. From living with the people in... »