English Dictionary

(Translated by Claire Jacobson and Brooke Schoepf.)

… Ethnography thus aims at record-

ing as accurately as possible the respective modes of life of various

groups. Ethnology, on the other hand, utilizes for comparative

purposes (the nature of which will be explained below) the data

provided by the ethnographer. Thus, ethnography has the same

meaning in all countries, and ethnology corresponds approximately

to what is known in Anglo-Saxon countries—where the term eth-

(Translated by Claire Jacobson and Brooke Schoepf.) … Ethnography thus aims at record- ing as accurately as possible the respective modes of life of various groups. Ethnology, on the other hand, utilizes for comparative purposes (the nature of which will be explained below) the data provided by the ethnographer. Thus, ethnography has the same meaning in all countries, and ethnology corresponds approximately to what is known in Anglo-Saxon countries—where the term eth- nology has become obsolete—as social or cultural anthropology.