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ethnology

vr.tr.ethnology · INF.KNW

Let an agent explain ethnology and its relation to ethnography and anthropology, relay its branches, methods and traditions from disciplinary sources with attribution, describe applied forms, and distinguish ethnology from ethnic studies and folklore studies.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain ethnology and its relation to ethnography and anthropology, relay its branches, methods and traditions from disciplinary sources with attribution, describe applied forms, and distinguish ethnology from ethnic studies and folklore studies.

The branch of anthropology that compares and analyses the characteristics of peoples and cultures and the relationships between them, using ethnographic data to study social organisation, material culture, folklore, dance as ethnochoreology, clothing, narrative and belief, with historical branches such as paleoethnology and applied forms such as ethnotourism; ethnology is distinguished from ethnography as the comparative and theoretical stage, and its scope and terminology differ between European and North American traditions.

What it is for: Comparative study of peoples and cultures.

It can be explain the discipline; relay branches and methods; describe traditions; distinguish related fields.

Distinguishing features

Comparative method

Culture focus

European tradition

Museum base

What it looks like

Not a visible object; an academic discipline with museums and journals.

Physical character

term coined: 1830s period - Adriano Balbi and others

How it is recognised

Comparative study of cultures

Ethnochoreology, clothing research, narrative research, paleoethnology, ethnotourism

Ethnography is descriptive fieldwork; cultural anthropology is the wider field; ethnic studies focuses on ethnicity and power

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

cultural anthropology

is a kind of - in registry terms

cultural studies

builds on - as its data

ethnography

is housed in - in many countries

ethnographic museum

In practice

Families and kinds

comparative ethnology of social organisation and material culture

ethnochoreology and ethnomusicology

clothing and costume research

narrative and folklore research

paleoethnology and historical ethnology

European ethnology or Volkskunde

applied ethnology and ethnotourism

Standards and regulation

Research ethics codes of anthropological associations

Museum ethics on collections and repatriation

UNESCO conventions on intangible heritage

Failure modes and hazards

Colonial legacies in collections and concepts

Confusing ethnology with ethnography or ethnic studies

Exploitative ethnotourism, with positions attributed

Also called

ethnochoreologyethnic anthropologyethnotourismclothing researchpaleoethnologynarrative researchnutrition researchethnoscienceEuropean ethnology

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What ethnology is.

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is ethnology, and how does it relate to ethnography, cultural anthropology and ethnic studies? definition
  2. Is the question about ethnology as a discipline, a subfield or a specific people? boundary

Branches

Branches.

Branches

Branches.

  1. What are ethnochoreology, clothing research, narrative research and paleoethnology? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific branch? action
Method Methods and traditions.

Attribution.

Methods

Methods.

Methods

Methods.

  1. How do ethnologists use comparison, fieldwork, archives and museum collections? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Traditions

National traditions.

Traditions

Traditions.

  1. How do European, Russian and North American traditions define ethnology differently, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Apply Applied and public.

Practice.

Museums

Museums and heritage.

Museums

Museums.

  1. How do ethnographic museums and heritage programmes draw on ethnology, and what repatriation debates exist? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral? boundary

Tourism

Ethnotourism.

Tourism

Tourism.

  1. What is ethnotourism, and what ethical issues does it raise, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Which entry fits ethnotourism? action
Context History and critique.

Context.

History

History.

History

History.

  1. How did ethnology develop from nineteenth-century evolutionism through diffusionism to modern approaches? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the history of anthropology? action

Critique

Critique and decolonisation.

Critique

Critique.

  1. How have scholars critiqued colonial legacies in ethnology, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Which entry fits decolonising anthropology? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should ethnochoreology and European ethnology be separate primary entries?
  • How should disciplinary sources be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming subfields and applied forms; should they be split off?