The anthropologist Clifford Geertz's influential method for the interpretation of other cultures was what we termed 'thick description'. In this video, I take an introduction to Geertz's thought and look at his seminal essay - Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight.
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Sources:
Ed. By, J. Alexander, P. Smith, M. Norton, Interpreting Clifford Geertz: Cultural Investigation in the Social Sciences
C. Geertz, The Interpretation of Cultures
T.H. Eriksen, Small Places, Large Issues: An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology
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