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1986 Perspectives on long-term research
Serbian village in historical perspective • Prospect Heights, Ill. • Published In 1986 • Pages: 147-169
By: Halpern, Joel Martin, Halpern, Barbara.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work describes some of the theoretical approaches to the long term study of single communities utilized by field researchers. Halpern discusses the community study approach, longitudinal studies in which the same population is followed over a period of time, the integrative approach combining various aspects of the above, and the team study approach using both social and biological science methodologies. Connected to these approaches are efforts to explore ways of integrating the data by applying concepts of linear and cyclical time. These concepts are described in detail in the text. Additional theoretical approaches discussed here deal with the relationship between orality and the written record, the application of time concepts to demographic data, and the use of computerized data bases. A secondary theme running throughout this document is that of cultural change with time relevant to the Serbs as a whole but with particular emphasis on the Serbian village of Orasac.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Sociocultural trends
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Serbs
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1997
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeastern Europe
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1996
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1950s-1970s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Orasac Village, Serbia and Montenegro
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Joel M. Halpern, Barbara Kerewsky Halpern
- Includes bibliographical references (p.165-169)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Serbs