Comments on: Ethnographic Database Project http://savageminds.org/2007/03/27/ethnographic-database-project/ Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:06:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Erkan's field diary http://savageminds.org/2007/03/27/ethnographic-database-project/comment-page-1/#comment-75145 Erkan's field diary Mon, 14 May 2007 14:24:06 +0000 http://savageminds.org/2007/03/27/ethnographic-database-project/#comment-75145 <strong>"Anthropologists condemn the use of terms of "stone age" and "primitive"...</strong> It has been a while, I haven't made a roundup in anthropology related issues. To begin with in Savage Minds Rex writes on Chris Kelty as a cultural system. Let me remind you, Prof. Kelty is the mastermind of this...... “Anthropologists condemn the use of terms of “stone age” and “primitive”…

It has been a while, I haven’t made a roundup in anthropology related issues. To begin with in Savage Minds Rex writes on Chris Kelty as a cultural system. Let me remind you, Prof. Kelty is the mastermind of this……

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]]> By: itsalljustaride http://savageminds.org/2007/03/27/ethnographic-database-project/comment-page-1/#comment-62694 itsalljustaride Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:43:08 +0000 http://savageminds.org/2007/03/27/ethnographic-database-project/#comment-62694 I think if it were done right it could be add some value to online scholarship. The problem with blogging and indexing via technorati is that the data would get thrown into the milieu of casual bloggers, political punditry and other sorts of stuff that one would probably not be looking for when doing ethnographic surveys of data. A dedicated ethnographic database that might operate on the same principles, but that also exists separate from that milieu would ensure that anyone searching that database would get data that is at least partially relevant. Cross examination of subject and geographic areas would also be a bit more elegant with a dedicated ethnographic database that conforms to certain standards. Technorati relies too much on the person tagging their entries, i.e. are they tagging with relevant keywords, are they being thorough enough in their indexing, etc. The site itself seems quite thin right now, and as you said there is no real insight into how the scheme even works from the outside. As far as coded vs. full-text...why not have both? I think if it were done right it could be add some value to online scholarship. The problem with blogging and indexing via technorati is that the data would get thrown into the milieu of casual bloggers, political punditry and other sorts of stuff that one would probably not be looking for when doing ethnographic surveys of data. A dedicated ethnographic database that might operate on the same principles, but that also exists separate from that milieu would ensure that anyone searching that database would get data that is at least partially relevant. Cross examination of subject and geographic areas would also be a bit more elegant with a dedicated ethnographic database that conforms to certain standards. Technorati relies too much on the person tagging their entries, i.e. are they tagging with relevant keywords, are they being thorough enough in their indexing, etc.

The site itself seems quite thin right now, and as you said there is no real insight into how the scheme even works from the outside.

As far as coded vs. full-text…why not have both?

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]]> By: Kerim http://savageminds.org/2007/03/27/ethnographic-database-project/comment-page-1/#comment-62688 Kerim Tue, 27 Mar 2007 23:06:26 +0000 http://savageminds.org/2007/03/27/ethnographic-database-project/#comment-62688 Well, I think the main difference is that this is user-generated content. And HRAF makes my point: I've always wished it were more like Google Books, before there was Google Books. Well, I think the main difference is that this is user-generated content.

And HRAF makes my point: I’ve always wished it were more like Google Books, before there was Google Books.

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]]> By: Adam Henne http://savageminds.org/2007/03/27/ethnographic-database-project/comment-page-1/#comment-62674 Adam Henne Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:56:18 +0000 http://savageminds.org/2007/03/27/ethnographic-database-project/#comment-62674 I dunno, sure sounds a lot like HRAF to me. http://www.yale.edu/hraf/ Or am I missing something? adam I dunno, sure sounds a lot like HRAF to me.
http://www.yale.edu/hraf/
Or am I missing something?
adam

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