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Ashanti Survey, 1945-46: an experiment in social research
Geographical journal • 110 • Published In 1947 • Pages: 149-179
By: Fortes, Meyer, Steel, R. W., Ady, P..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This survey of geographical, anthropological and economic aspects of life in Ashanti during the 1940s was undertaken as an experiment in method by Mr. Fortes, an anthropologist, Mr. Steel, a geographer, and Miss Ady, an economist, in 1945-46. The bulk of the work of the Survey was centered in south Ashanti; specifically, the towns of Agogo and Asokore, near Kumasi. The aim of the survey, according to Fortes ‘…was strictly limited. It was to get a broad, general picture of the social and political structure of Ashanti today, and to investigate…those aspects in which ecological and economic factors play the biggest part.’ Although this article is concerned mainly with methods employed by the Survey to obtain data, fairly detailed information is provided on land use, demography, kinship structure, and household organization.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Population
- Composition of population
- Land use
- Household
- Kinship
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Akan
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Western Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Geographer
- Economist
- 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
- Mary L. Bartlett ; 1956, 1959
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1945-1946
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1940s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- South Ashanti; specifically, the towns of Agogo and Asokore, near Kumasi; Ghana
- NotesAdditional notes
- by M. Fortes, R. W. Steel and P. Ady
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Akan (African peoples)