Ethnohistory: History "In the Round"

Washburn, Wilcomb E.

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“…Based on a review and synthesis of the literature (Adams, 1981;Axtell, 1981;Carmack, 1972;Cohn, 1968;Hickerson, 1970;Levi-Strauss, 1983;Spores, 1978;Sturtevant, 1966;Trigger, 1982;Valentine, 1961;Washburn, 1961), I classified comments on the opposition of anthropology and history in three categories: subject, method, and epistemology. Based on a review and synthesis of the literature (Adams, 1981;Axtell, 1981;Carmack, 1972;Cohn, 1968;Hickerson, 1970;Levi-Strauss, 1983;Spores, 1978;Sturtevant, 1966;Trigger, 1982;Valentine, 1961;Washburn, 1961), I classified comments on the opposition of anthropology and history in three categories: subject, method, and epistemology.…”

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“…Thus, the dynamics of interdisciplinary linkages can be explored through an examination of the ethnohistorical method. Ethnohistory could be conceived of as a discipline separate from both anthropology and history (Fenton, 1962;Washburn, 1961), a hybrid (Fenton, 1962), a subdiscipline of either anthropology or history (Leacock, 1961), or &dquo;a process and a method&dquo; (Washburn, 1961, p. 45; see Herskovits, 1950, p. 526, for an early formulation of ethnohistory as a method). According to Cohn (1968), the term ethnohistory was used sporadically in the early 20th century and became current in the 1940s.…”

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“…The heterogeneity of source materials has been widely accepted as appropriate to ethnohistory (Axtell, 1981;Carmack, 1972;Cohn, 1968;Euler, 1972;Fenton, 1962Fenton, , 1966Hudson, 1973;Sturtevant, 1966;Washburn, 1961). This diversity of materials provides balance and enables systematic cross-checking of the evidence to avoid the acceptance of biased or erroneous data.…”

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Linking Anthropology and History in Textiles and Clothing Research: The Ethnohistorical Method

Pannabecker

1990

Clothing and Textiles Research Journal

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Ethnohistory is an interdisciplinary method combining anthropological and historical approaches. The ethnohistorical method is introduced and its application to the study of textiles and clothing is demonstrated through examples of cross-cultural research. Two controversies regarding the interdisciplinary nature of ethnohistory are investigated and analyzed in relation to textiles and clothing research. An interdisciplinary method, such as ethnohistory, can foster linkages among textiles and clothing scholars and stimulate research that crosses disciplinary boundaries.Clarification of the subject matter of textiles and clothing has emerged as an issue in discussions on the future of the field among members of the Association of College Professors of Textiles and Clothing (ACPTC). In these discussions the boundaries engendered by the base disciplines underlying the study of textiles and clothing have been recognized as contributing to the fragmentation of the field. The identification of linkages in theory, method, and

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1990

Clothing and Textiles Research Journal

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“…Cf. VoEGELIN 1954WASHBURN 1961;VANSINA 1962;VALENtINE 1961;LURIE 1961;LEACoCK 1961;FENtoN 1961;EWERS 1961;DoRSoN 1961;BAERREIS 1961;ADAMS 1962. 3 John Henrique Elliot nasceu em 1809, nos Estados Unidos, ingressou na marinha brasileira e foi lutar na guerra cisplatina, onde foi preso em 8 de março de 1827. De volta ao Brasil, passou a prestar seus serviços de mapista ao barão de Antonina -João da Silva Machado -que iniciava explorações nos territórios indígenas a oeste da estrada do Viamão, na década de 1830.…”

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A passagem e a presença dos Jê Meridionais por São Paulo e Paraná: uma reflexão etno-histórica

Mota

2016

Rev. Mus. Arqueol. Etnol.

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MotA, L.t., A passagem e a presença dos Jê Meridionais por São Paulo e Paraná: uma reflexão etno-histórica. R. Museu Arq. Etn., 27: 135-157, 2016 Palavras-chave: Etno-história; Arqueologia; Jê do sul; Relações socioculturais; Fronteiras e populações.Resumo: A presença de populações de filiação linguística Jê (Kaingang e Xokleng) no sul do Brasil tem sido objeto de reflexão de pesquisadores das diversas áreas do conhecimento. A produção científica sobre elas, que remonta ao final do século XIX, teve continuidade por todo o século XX e ampliou-se no início do século XXI. Estudos linguísticos e antropológicos vinculam os Kaingang e Xokleng aos Jê do Brasil Central devido a permanência de traços linguísticos e culturais. No entanto, entendemos que os Jê do Sul (Kaingang e os Xokleng) não vieram "prontos" do Brasil Central e difundiram aqui no Sul suas "essencialidades". Histórica e antropologicamente os grupos étnicos não são entidades fechadas, não estão isolados por fronteiras rígidas sem interação com outros grupos, e suas etnicidades não são dadas previamente. Assim, nossa proposição é iniciar uma reflexão sobre esse processo sócio-histórico de ocupação dos territórios do planalto meridional do Brasil pelos Jê do Sul, realçando as relações socioculturais dos Kaingang e Xokleng entre si e com outras populações do entorno. Focalizaremos nossas observações nos territórios das duas margens dos rios Paranapanema/ Itararé e Itapirapuã/Ribeira, por entendermos que as possíveis passagens dos Jê para o sul ocorreram em pontos ao longo desses rios. Procurar-se-á evidenciar, nesses espaços, os marcadores de cultura material e os dados históricos, que nos apontem os possíveis corredores de transposição dessas populações por São Paulo e Paraná. Utilizaremos a Etno-história como um método interdisciplinar, por entender que ele conjuga dados e procedimentos de várias disciplinas: história, antropologia, arqueologia, linguística, geografia, ecologia, e também porque valoriza as tradições orais e os etno-conhecimentos na construção de explicações sobre o passado das populações indígenas. Introdução

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“…(What is charming and memorable about this piece is Lurie's recollection that during her dissertation defense she was asked whether an ethnohistory of Paris was possible.) In a similar vein, Wilcomb Washburn (1961) argued for ethnohistory as "history 'in the round,'" consisting of a rapprochement between history and ethnology; interpretation of documentary evidence should be more ethnologically informed, while anthropologists should make use of the documentary sources available to them. Washburn (ibid.…”

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Ethnohistory's Ethnohistory

Harkin¹

2010

Social Science History

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This article examines the first decades of the field of ethnohistory as it developed in the United States. It participated in the general rapprochement between history and anthropology of mid-twentieth-century social science. However, unlike parallel developments in Europe and in other research areas, ethnohistory specifically arose out of the study of American Indian communities in the era of the Indian Claims Commission. Thus ethnohistory developed from a pragmatic rather than a theoretical orientation, with practitioners testifying both in favor of and against claims. Methodology was flexible, with both documentary sources and ethnographic methods employed to the degree that each was feasible. One way that ethnohistory was innovative was the degree to which women played prominent roles in its development. By the end of the first decade, the field was becoming broader and more willing to engage both theoretical and ethical issues raised by the foundational work. In particular, the geographic scope began to reach well beyond North America, especially to Latin America, where archival resources and the opportunities for ethnographic research were plentiful, but also to areas such as Melanesia, where recent European contact allowed researchers to observe the early postcontact period directly and to address the associated theoretical questions with greater authority. Ethnohistory is thus an important example of a field of study that grew organically without an overarching figure or conscious plan but that nevertheless came to engage central issues in cultural and historical analysis.

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Ethnohistory: History "In the Round"

Cited by 18 publications

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Linking Anthropology and History in Textiles and Clothing Research: The Ethnohistorical Method

Linking Anthropology and History in Textiles and Clothing Research: The Ethnohistorical Method

A passagem e a presença dos Jê Meridionais por São Paulo e Paraná: uma reflexão etno-histórica

Ethnohistory's Ethnohistory

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