Last Updated :2025/12/04

ethnographic present

Noun
Japanese Meaning
民族誌的現在時制:民族誌において、実際には既に存在しなかった文化をも、当時の出来事として現代の表現で描くために用いられる現在時制 / 記述上、文化史や社会の事象を現在形で語ることで、当該文化の生きた感覚を伝える手法
What is this buttons?

多くの初期の人類学者は、すでに消滅していた文化について、その描写を即時的に見せるために民族誌で用いられる現在形を用いて記述した。

plural

Quizzes for review

(anthropology) The present tense formerly used in ethnographies, even for cultures that no longer existed by the time they were written.

音声機能が動作しない場合はこちらをご確認ください
See correct answer

ethnographic present

Many early anthropologists wrote about extinct cultures using the ethnographic present to make their descriptions seem immediate.

See correct answer

Many early anthropologists wrote about extinct cultures using the ethnographic present to make their descriptions seem immediate.

音声機能が動作しない場合はこちらをご確認ください

English - English

Word Edit Setting
  • Users who have edit permission for words - All Users
  • Screen new word creation
  • Screen word edits
  • Screen word deletion
  • Screen the creation of new headword that may be duplicates
  • Screen changing entry name
  • Users authorized to vote on judging - Editor
  • Number of votes required for decision - 1
Sentence Edit Setting
  • Users who have edit permission for sentences - All Users
  • Screen sentence deletion
  • Users authorized to vote on judging - Editor
  • Number of votes required for decision - 1
Quiz Edit Setting
  • Users who have edit permission for quizzes - All Users
  • Users authorized to vote on judging - Editor
  • Number of votes required for decision - 1
Editing Guideline

Login / Sign up

 

Download the app!
DiQt

DiQt

Free

★★★★★★★★★★