Ethnographies about humans and non-humans: limits and possibilities

Authors

  • Eliane Sebeika Rapchan Universidade de São Paulo
  • Walter Neves Alves Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/2179-0892.ra.2014.87750

Keywords:

Anthropomorphism, human livelihood including animals, chimpanzee cultures, ethnoprimatology, objectivity, subjectivity.

Abstract

The text is an analysis about the limits and possibilities of using the ethnographic method in researches with emphasis in chimpanzee behavior. To do this, we present some considerations about ideas of “culture” used in primatology and then we compare those with current conceptions of culture used in sociocultural anthropology. Next, we analyze the context of research in which the primatologists affirm the existence of “chimpanzee cultures”, the relations of objectivity, subjectivity and anthropomorphism in primatological research with emphasis in behavior. Last, we evaluate the propositions based on the viability of knowledge production about collec- tivities constituted by humans and non-human animals considering the per- spectives of sociocultural anthropology and primatology and emphasizing ethnography and ethnoprimatology.

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Published

2014-11-11

Issue

Vol. 57 No. 1 (2014)

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How to Cite

Rapchan, E. S., & Alves, W. N. (2014). Ethnographies about humans and non-humans: limits and possibilities. Revista De Antropologia, 57(1), 33-84. https://doi.org/10.11606/2179-0892.ra.2014.87750