Ethnohistorical Approach Research Articles

A descoberta a partir da "Nova Gazeta da Terra do Brasil"

Em estudo etno-histórico interpreta-se o panfleto "Nova Gazeta da Terra do Brasil", editado em forma de carta, dirigida a um comerciante na Antuérpia e redigido em alemão por seu feitor na ilha da Madeira. Este documento revela os resultados de uma expedição comercial portuguesa ao Brasil em 1514, que chegou até a região do rio da Prata. Relatam-se as características da terra, os costumes da população nativa, as mercadorias negociadas, como pau-brasil, peles de animais, especiarias e escravos indígenas.

Are Colombian Street Children Neglected? The Contributions of Ethnographic and Ethnohistorical Approaches to the Study of Children

Data from ethnographic notes, ethnohistorical documents, and standardized tests given to Colombian street children illustrated that the children functioned with adequate mental health. Using cross‐cultural comparisons, including North American “runaways,” it was shown that street children lived as nomadic entertainers in a politically volatile sedentary society. They were abused by society because they challenged the concept of “family” depicted by the dominant social class. Adolescence was shown to be a developmental period defined by historical and societal phenomena.

Two Sides to Every Story: An Ethnohistorical Approach to Organizational Partnerships

Organizational partnerships are special forms of interorganizational cooperation which permit two or more independent entities to pool resources for achievement of a common goal. Although partnerships of various types promise significant benefits to organizations and to society, the literature suggests that such unions are subject to high rates of instability and failure. Existing hypotheses of interorganizational failure are not able to explain or predict outcomes in many cases of partnership. Limitations of existing hypotheses may derive from theoretical and methodological biases which have constrained the range of phenomena investigated in partnership research. This paper proposes an ethnohistorical research strategy for the study of interorganizational partnerships. The new approach, called ethnohistorical mapping, provides a reliable means to reconstruct a partnership's past from the perspectives of two or more organizational entities. Map data are analyzed to isolate contrasts in the content of reported experience, and contrasts are used to discover and illuminate microorganizational processes and variables underlying partnership development. The new approach is illustrated using preliminary data on an international joint‐venture organization. Tentative conclusions drawn from casestudy analysis suggest enhancements to existing explanations of partnership outcomes, and also suggest the utility of ethnohistory as a tool in organizational management, [ethnohistory, interorganizational relations, methodology, organizational theory, partnerships]

Pour une ethnohistoire des jardins

The author initiates an examination of elements and essential principles which compose the main types of gardens in this world. She tries to show that an ethnohistorical approach of that kind of spaces may contribute to a better understanding of the cultures which created them.

Crosscurrents along the Colorado: The Impact of Government Policy on the Quechan Indians

When in 1893 the Quechan Indians of Fort Yuma, California, gave up tracts of fertile farmland in the Colorado River basin in return for Federal aid, they hardly could have anticipated the ensuing deterioration of their economic, political, and cultural self-determination. Their circumstances devolved as has often been the case with Federal Indian policy. This intriguing book, original published in 1981, considers the Quechans as a case history of the frequent discrepancy between benevolently phrased national intention and exploitative local action. The story of their changing life is traced through the anti-poverty programs of the 1960s and '70s—showing how the implementation of these programs was affected by features of community life that had evolved over preceding decades—and culminates in the Quechans’ forging a self-sustaining though fragile economy despite their status as Federal wards. This book is more than a product of archival research. Author Robert Bee attended Quechan public gatherings, canvassed the community, and conducted intensive interviews over a thirteen-year period to attain an intimate understanding of this people’s perseverance in the face of age-old frustration. In presenting their story, Bee focuses on the behavior and actions of individuals thrust into key decision-making roles to provide more than just abstract analysis. What emerges is not only a unique ethnohistorical approach to economic development, but a model history of a modern tribe.

Ritual Continuity and Transformation in Mesoamerica: Reconstructing the Ancient Maya Cuch Ritual

The use of ethnohistoric and ethnographic data in interpreting evidence for prehistoric ritual activity is highly controversial in Mesoamerican circles. This paper traces the long history of a Maya ceremony identified as the cuch rite. Although transformations in characters and symbols have occurred, continuity is also evident. Application of the ethnohistorical approach has suggested that a large corpus of ancient art depicts fertility and accession ceremonies. The stag appears to have been a major agricultural supernatural in Maya religion.

Indian and Eskimo Contact in Southern Keewatin: An Ethnohistorical Approach

This paper examines various ethnohistorical accounts in an effort to document instances of contact between the Chipewyan Indians and the Caribou Eskimo during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Various mechanisms promoting this interaction are discussed. The results of the research indicate that conflict was but one expression of their relationship. It is further suggested that failure to realize the actual complexity of the situation tends to perpetuate various oversimplifications concerning Indian with the Central Barrenlands of Canada, it was noted that one observation seemed to enjoy particular popularity among many of the authors. There was repeated reference to the animosity existing between the Indian and Eskimos of northern Canada. Very slowly, as the research progressed, this observation began to take on new and different meanings within the context of the early accounts. It became clear that there were numerous exceptions to this animosity and avoidance, especially within the southern barrenlands of the District of Keewatin. With this generalization of perpetual hostility in mind, exceptions and possible explanations for the exceptions were sought. Accomplishing this, which is the purpose of this paper, involves two distinct procedures. First, various instances of Eskimo-Indian contact will be documented and discussed. Second, mechanisms which afford an explanation for the apparent intermingling of the two societies will be offered. The aim is not to refute the generalization that real animosity did exist between the Chipewyan Indians and the Caribou Eskimos of southern Keewatin. Rather,

Conrad Richter's The Light in the Forest: An Ethnohistorical Approach to Fiction

Conrad Richter's The Light in the Forest: An Ethnohistorical Approach to Fiction

The Question of Ethnic Identity, an Ethnohistorical Approach

The Question of Ethnic Identity, an Ethnohistorical Approach