Eight command to improve our listening ability

Hossein Madani — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:15:01 +0000

In anthropology , ” all data gathering in fieldwork boils down to two broad kinds of activity : watching and listening ” (Bernard ,1984).

Following commands help us improve our listening ability . I read theme in an essay offered a lot of information about how to improve business communication skill.

I know that the soul of communication in business and in doing anthropological fieldwork are quit different , but in my mind most of these commands are common for both , and many of these commands are helpful in doing anthropological fieldwork as are in business communication .

1- Stop talking
2- Put the talker at ease
3- Show the talker that you want to listen
4- Remove detraction
5- Empathize with the talker
6- Be patient
7- Hold on temper
8- Stop talking

Since the essay that have offered these information dose not have particular author and in any part of the essay , name of authors are not clear , I can not mention who is the author of these commands but I try to find and whenever I find will mention .

The day of Allan Bernard

Hossein Madani — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:39:51 +0000

In archeology ” one cannot just dig any old place and expect to find something of significance . An archaeologist who is interested in the development of urbanism will only dig where there is likely to be the remain of an ancient city . Likewise in social anthropology , we go to places where we expect to find things we are interested in ; and once there we ask some small questions designed to produce evidence for larger questions posed by our respective theoretical orientation . (Bernard,2000)

My main mental effort today was to find some demonstrations for any of my ethnographic works , based on the concept which has been discussed in the book of Allen Bernard .

I feel , my ethnographic plan somehow is like that archaeologist whose work has been mentioned in the first sentence , who go and dig any old place and expect to find something of significance .

But it seems that out of the reason that has been mentioned by Bernard for such weak ethnography – lack of theoretical perspective – my weak ethnographic plan has another reason too , that is methodological ambiguity .

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Eight command to improve our listening ability

The day of Allan Bernard