Comments on: the Law & Order of Ethnography http://cultureby.com/2007/05/the_law_order_o.html This Blog Sits At the Intersection of Anthropology and Economics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:43:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Convergence Culture Consortium (C3@MIT) http://cultureby.com/2007/05/the_law_order_o.html/comment-page-1#comment-2957 Convergence Culture Consortium (C3@MIT) Sat, 02 Jun 2007 08:00:23 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=473#comment-2957 <strong>Understanding Ethnography and Academic Arguments</strong> Grant McCracken recently had an interesting post in which he used a variety of plot points from a typical episode of procedural drama Law & Order to examine the role of ethnographies. For those who haven't followed Grant's work, he... Understanding Ethnography and Academic Arguments

Grant McCracken recently had an interesting post in which he used a variety of plot points from a typical episode of procedural drama Law & Order to examine the role of ethnographies. For those who haven’t followed Grant’s work, he…

]]> By: Carol Gee http://cultureby.com/2007/05/the_law_order_o.html/comment-page-1#comment-2956 Carol Gee Sun, 27 May 2007 05:48:40 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=473#comment-2956 Grant, I just watched an author who has some interesting ideas about the effect of politics on culture. He appeared on C-SPAN. Lawrence Harrison wrote "The Central Liberal Truth: How Politics can Change a Culture and Save it from Itself." His research indicates that it is the culture of a nation that has the most potential for insuring that nation's progress, rather than other factors. By the way, do you know any anthropologists who also happen to be attorneys? Grant, I just watched an author who has some interesting ideas about the effect of politics on culture. He appeared on C-SPAN. Lawrence Harrison wrote “The Central Liberal Truth: How Politics can Change a Culture and Save it from Itself.” His research indicates that it is the culture of a nation that has the most potential for insuring that nation’s progress, rather than other factors.
By the way, do you know any anthropologists who also happen to be attorneys?

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