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salvage ethnography: a standalone construct

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Cultural anthropology

the practice of recording cultures assumed to be disappearing before they vanish, which Gruber traced as a force shaping early anthropology.

In cultural anthropology, salvage ethnography refers to the practice of recording cultures assumed to be disappearing before they vanish, which Gruber traced as a force shaping early anthropology. This meaning comes from Gruber (1970) in American Anthropologist.[1]

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References

Gruber, J. W. (1970). Ethnographic Salvage and the Shaping of Anthropology. American Anthropologist, 72(6), 1289-1299. https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1970.72.6.02a00040

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