Hermeneutics in anthropology, an experience and proposal for ethnographic work: Clifford Geertz's dense description

Authors

  • Juan Cristóbal López Carrera . Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35197/rx.01.02.2005.04.JL

Keywords:

hermeneutics, deconstructing, sense mediation

Abstract

Hermeneutics is the science and art of interpretation. It deals with understanding texts; that is, deconstructing them in order to study them and/or place them in their respective contexts. It is not limited to written, spoken or acted texts: it can be a method for understanding each and every one of the world's languages ​​(reality as text): cultural, archaeological, socio-spatial, visual. It is currently a fundamental attitude of philosophy and the human sciences; it has emerged as a theory and practice of interpretation that finds in (symbolic) language its "shaman" or mediation of meaning.

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Published

2005-08-31

How to Cite

López Carrera, J. C. (2005). Hermeneutics in anthropology, an experience and proposal for ethnographic work: Clifford Geertz’s dense description. Revista Ra Ximhai , 1(2), 291–301. https://doi.org/10.35197/rx.01.02.2005.04.JL

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Artículos científicos