21A.100 Prof. howe The nuer 1. The nuer Famous in anthropology long before Hutchinson's book The Nuer were pacified by the British colonial forces 1. After their pacification anthropologists could study them 2. Much of early anthropology was caught up in colonialism b. Studied by many, but there can t be a definitive book on their culture or any other i. All ethnographies are""partial and limited 1. all anthropologists have a point of view 2. There is so much to say about every culture 3. i.e. More than 100 people have written about the Kuna in the 20 century i1. Anthropologists come to a culture with questions they want to answer 2. Evans-Pritchards Questions a. Had questions on"primitive thinking i. Prevailing belief at the time was that Primitives thought in primitive ways21A.100 Prof. Howe The Nuer 1. The Nuer a. Famous in anthropology long before Hutchinson’s book i. The Nuer were pacified by the British colonial forces 1. After their pacification anthropologists could study them 2. Much of early anthropology was caught up in colonialism b. Studied by many, but there can’t be a definitive book on their culture or any other i. All ethnographies are “partial and limited” 1. all anthropologists have a point of view 2. There is so much to say about every culture 3. i.e. More than 100 people have written about the Kuna in the 20th century ii. Anthropologists come to a culture with questions they want to answer 2. Evans-Pritchard’s Questions a. Had questions on “primitive thinking” i. Prevailing belief at the time was that “Primitives thought in primitive ways