Manuel d’ethnographie
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Manuel d’ethnographie is a foundational early 20th-century methodological handbook that systematizes fieldwork practices and analytical approaches in anthropology and ethnography.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Manuel d’ethnographie Context triple: [Marcel Mauss, notableWork, Manuel d’ethnographie]
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Senri Ethnological Studies
Senri Ethnological Studies is an academic publication series of the National Museum of Ethnology in Japan that features scholarly research in anthropology and ethnology.
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Études de mœurs
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Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris
Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris is a scholarly journal publishing research in anthropology and related human sciences under the auspices of the Société d’Anthropologie de Paris.
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Tristes Tropiques
Tristes Tropiques is a seminal 1955 work by anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss that blends travel narrative, memoir, and philosophical reflection to explore cultures in Brazil and critique Western civilization.
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Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology
The *Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology* is a historical U.S. government publication that compiled research, ethnographic studies, and documentation on Indigenous peoples of the Americas produced by the Bureau of American Ethnology.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Manuel d’ethnographie Target entity description: Manuel d’ethnographie is a foundational early 20th-century methodological handbook that systematizes fieldwork practices and analytical approaches in anthropology and ethnography.
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A.
Senri Ethnological Studies
Senri Ethnological Studies is an academic publication series of the National Museum of Ethnology in Japan that features scholarly research in anthropology and ethnology.
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B.
Études de mœurs
Études de mœurs is a major section of Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that groups together works depicting the manners, morals, and social behaviors of French society in the 19th century.
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C.
Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris
Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris is a scholarly journal publishing research in anthropology and related human sciences under the auspices of the Société d’Anthropologie de Paris.
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D.
Tristes Tropiques
Tristes Tropiques is a seminal 1955 work by anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss that blends travel narrative, memoir, and philosophical reflection to explore cultures in Brazil and critique Western civilization.
-
E.
Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology
The *Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology* is a historical U.S. government publication that compiled research, ethnographic studies, and documentation on Indigenous peoples of the Americas produced by the Bureau of American Ethnology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anthropology methodology text
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book ⓘ ethnography handbook ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
comparative ethnology
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sociology of culture ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
provide a systematic guide for ethnographers
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standardize ethnographic field methods ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Durkheimian school of sociology
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linked to:
Durkheimian sociology
French sociological tradition ⓘ |
| author | Marcel Mauss ⓘ |
| contribution |
codification of fieldwork procedures
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formalization of ethnographic observation techniques ⓘ integration of theoretical reflection with empirical methods ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| describes |
methods for recording ethnographic information
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procedures for organizing field notes ⓘ techniques for observing social life ⓘ ways of analyzing cultural practices ⓘ |
| field |
anthropology
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ethnography ⓘ social sciences ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
analytical approaches in ethnography
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classification of ethnographic data ⓘ data collection in the field ⓘ description of social institutions ⓘ participant observation ⓘ systematization of fieldwork practices ⓘ |
| genre | methodological handbook ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
20th-century anthropology
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French ethnology ⓘ fieldwork standards in social anthropology ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
professional ethnographers
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students of anthropology ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
ethnographic fieldwork
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research methods in anthropology ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
classic of French anthropology
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foundational text in ethnographic methodology ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| topic |
economic life in traditional societies
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kinship and social organization ⓘ language and classification systems ⓘ material culture documentation ⓘ rituals and religious practices ⓘ |
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