Ethnographic Realism: presenting an accurate, objective, scientific account of a different way of life, written by someone who knew it first hand....

Ethnographic Realism: presenting an accurate, objective, scientific account of a different way of life, written by someone who knew it first hand. Ethnographic Present: the period before Westernization, when true Native culture flourished. (Eternal qualities of timelessness given to Native cultures). Why? Why do we need to know about these ethnographic dynamics and its effects?