Ethnography as a Science of Contemplation

(or between Bronislaw Malinowski and José Marinho)

Authors

  • Fabiana Oliveira Lima Universidade Federal de Alagoas
  • Thiago Oliveira Sales Federal University of Pernambuco

Abstract

The idea of method as principle is usually undermined by suggestion that  opposite of theory, and thus almost a tool. Ethnography, in turn, conceived as the anthropological method par excellence, ends up trapped in this same epistemological cage; ethnography has become the most practical aspect of anthropology. This situation compromises what arguably was Malinowski’s greatest dream: to establish a “science of contemplation”. This same disposition, to reflect scientifically on the act of meditation, can be found as the central concern in  thinkers of contemporary Portuguese philosophy, and especially in the work of José Marinho.

Author Biography

Thiago Oliveira Sales, Federal University of Pernambuco

Thiago de Oliveira Sales é licenciado em História pela Universidade de Pernambuco. Mestre em Antropologia pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. Doutor em Ciências Socias pela Universidade Fernando Pessoa (com apostilamento reconhecido na Universidade Federal de Pernambuco). Doutor em Filosofia pela Universidade de Évora. Desenvolve estudos sobre Filosofia e Antropologia; Teoria Antropológica. 

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Published

2020-07-29

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No. 16 (2020)

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Feature articles

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