essay
'Requiem for the omniscient informant': there's life in the old girl yet
directions in cognitive anthropology • Urbana • Published In 1985 • Pages: 177-197
By: Boster, James S..
Abstract
This is a study of social correlates in informant variation in the identification of varieties of manioc. Manioc is a Jivaro staple and there are many varieties of manioc. In Boster's ethnoscientific study, he found a variation in the informants' knowledge of manioc and its varieties. Through statistical tests, Boster finds a correlation between this variation and the sexual division of labor, cultivation expertise, kinship, and residence
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- South America
- Sub Region
- Amazon and Orinoco
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard; 2005
- Field Date
- 1977-1978
- Coverage Date
- 1977-1978
- Coverage Place
- Peru
- Notes
- James Shilts Boster
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-197)
- LCCN
- 84002494
- LCSH
- Jivaro Indians/Shuar Indians