What is salvage ethnography?

A. Recording cultural diversity that is threatened by Westernization

B. Recovering an archaeological site that is about to be destroyed by a public building or road

C. Rewriting an ethnography that was written in the ethnographic present

D. Recording linguistic diversity that is about to become extinct.

E. Making sure that ethnography remains an important part of anthropology.

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Jayson Palmer

Social Studies

17 September, 05:22

What is salvage ethnography?

A. Recording cultural diversity that is threatened by Westernization

B. Recovering an archaeological site that is about to be destroyed by a public building or road

C. Rewriting an ethnography that was written in the ethnographic present

D. Recording linguistic diversity that is about to become extinct.

E. Making sure that ethnography remains an important part of anthropology.

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Jordin · Answer 1

The correct answer is A. Recording cultural diversity that is threatened by Westernization

Explanation:

Salvage ethnography focuses on study cultural elements such as folklore or rituals that are likely to disappear or become extinct due to processes such as modernization, colonization, westernization, displacement or population decline. Also, in most cases, salvage ethnographers work to stop these cultural aspects from disappearing. One example of this was ethnographers who studied Native American languages as these were likely to disappear due to colonization. According to the previous ideas, salvage ethnography can be defined as "Recording cultural diversity that is threatened by Westernization" because this discipline of ethnography focuses on cultural diversity and aspects that are threatened and one common factor for this is Westernization.