![]() ![]() ![]() To see all the possible meanings of an action, one should use Gilbert Ryle’s “thick description”.Įye contact for example can make a Japanese uncomfortable but in Western countries, it only shows a person’s interest and engagement in the conversation. He then discusses the role of the ethnographer who does not only observe and record his/ her observation but to analyze and interpret the action in a cultural context. Instead, it is semiotic and is understandable by symbols and people’s interactions with them. Geertz argues that culture is not ruled by law. Section 1: Paragraph 1-3 Luky Portillo In The Interpretation of Cultures, Clifford Geertz discusses the importance of looking into a culture as not an “experimental science in search of law but an interpretive one in search of meaning" (298). 6 Section 6: Paragraph 11-12 Anja Hedji.5 Section 5: Paragraph 8-10 Kejing Peng.4 Section 4: Paragraph 5-7 Carmel Laniado.1 Section 1: Paragraph 1-3 Luky Portillo. ![]()
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