An "etic" ethnological visit to Kypseli, Santorini, Greece
Note: This is a truly classic film in Anthropology, and as such it represents the "ethnographic present"—a practice in anthropology of treating things in whatever time or past era as if they were that way today.
Obviously, things have changed in Kypseli, and in the other Greek villages that we will have a look at in the coming weeks.
I will talk about the changes next time, after you have written your first impressions down.
For the present, treat Kypseli in the "ethnographic present"—we'll look at the "real" present and the future in the future.
An "etic" ethnological visit to Kypseli, Santorini, Greece Kypseli: Women and Men Apart—A Divided Reality (41 min., 1973 / 2006, UM DULUTH Martin Library DVD DF951.K97 K97 2006)
For example, you could have one set of "Journalist's Questions" for women's reality and a separate set for men's reality
And you could have still another for widows, etc., . . .
Time Sequence
T1 ---> T2 ---> T3 ---> T4 ---> . . .
(In this case T1, etc., can equal scenes in the video, for example)
Space Sequence
S1 ---> S2 ---> S3 ---> S4 ---> . . .
(In this case S1, etc., could equal the spacial scenes in the video)
(In other cases -- but not so easy to do with the information provided in this film -- with S1, etc., you could describe situations East to West, for example)
"The most important partition of . . . between Kypseli men and women is. . . ."
"Next in importance to the men is . . . while women. . . ."
"The least important to the men in Kypseli is . . . while women. . . ."
Comparison / Contrast
Note how things are the same and how they are different. In the Kypseli case, a logical comparison / contrast would be with / between "The Divided Reality" of the women's world and the men's world.
After you have described what you have seen in Kypseli you must end your paper with one or more detailed paragraphs indicating your own personal response to and evaluation of the film(required)
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When you are finished with your paper it should look something like this . . .
Put an introductory statement here, explaining the nature of your case study. Include at the end a transitional statement about finding an item of interest that's a good example of some current trend or new discovery.
[Give this section an interesting subtitle, something other than "Body"]
Describe and discuss your chosen topic(s) here. (If you do a comparison / contrast paper you will need more than one topic, otherwise a single topic is fine.)
Use some form of organizational structure, like one or more of the "Suggested Strategies" above
For this assignment your "Body" could be made up of two parts:
Your own personal response to and evaluation of the film is required, and you should do this response in such a way that when you look at this paper in two and a half months you will be able to recall your initial reactions/thoughts.
Generally speaking, it is a good idea to sit down and expand on your notes and as soon as possible after you have taken them. (If you are working on an interview rather than looking at video go somewhere close by immediately after the interview and write up your notes.) Expanding on your notes is especially important if you can not see the video a second time (or if you did not tape an interview, or if you were not able to take notes during a real-life interview or incident).
So . . . it would be a good idea if, as soon as possible after class as you possibly can, you sit down somewhere and expand on your notes from the video seen today in class
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