Basso, K. (1996) ‘Stalking with Stories’ in Wisdom Sits in Places: Landscape and Language Among the Western Apache, pp.37-70. Albuquerque:
Pick one or two ethnographic vignette(s)from this article and write a 1000 word detailed critical reflection on how the vignette(s) is/are used by the writer to make their argument.
In your critical reflection you should include:
the main arguments the writer makes about the topic
key quotations from the article that sum up these arguments
how the writer is constructing their argument through the ethnographic vignettes/details
your own reflections on the points made and how they compare with your own experiences (if relevant)
what you have learned about anthropology and ethnography so far and how this approach differs from others you have encountered
* a vignette is a short, rich (thick) descriptive account of fieldwork observations. It is selective and intentionally composed to argue/analyse what is being conveyed.