TY - JOUR
T1 - locating ethnographic practice
T2 - romance, reality, and politics in the outback: “first contact”
AU - Myers, Fred
PY - 1988/11
Y1 - 1988/11
N2 - This paper explores the contest over the meaning of the appearance of previously uncontacted Pintupi Aborigines in late 1984, arguing that an important site of Pintupi social action is transaction with the outside and their struggle to define their own framework of understanding. The event was interpreted by varying “audiences” in terms of their differing motivations and favored conventions for representing the Aborigine. I analyze my role as ethnographer, scientist, advocate, and academic and the use of ethnographic knowledge in mediating these competing discourses. 1988 American Anthropological Association
AB - This paper explores the contest over the meaning of the appearance of previously uncontacted Pintupi Aborigines in late 1984, arguing that an important site of Pintupi social action is transaction with the outside and their struggle to define their own framework of understanding. The event was interpreted by varying “audiences” in terms of their differing motivations and favored conventions for representing the Aborigine. I analyze my role as ethnographer, scientist, advocate, and academic and the use of ethnographic knowledge in mediating these competing discourses. 1988 American Anthropological Association
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U2 - 10.1525/ae.1988.15.4.02a00010
DO - 10.1525/ae.1988.15.4.02a00010
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84981895704
SN - 0094-0496
VL - 15
SP - 609
EP - 624
JO - American Ethnologist
JF - American Ethnologist
IS - 4
ER -