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The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology is a valuable centre for the exhibition and the preservation of cultural heritages of the 54 ethnic groups in Vietnam. To date, the Museum has collected 15,000 artefacts, 2,190 slides, 42,000 photographs, 237 audiotapes, 373 videotapes and 25 CD-ROMs. It is ... a centre for ethnographic research employing many experts on the different ethnic groups. People come to the Museum just not to visit or entertain, but also to learn about these ethnic groups, their cultural diversity and the uniqueness of each group and region, as well as traditional values throughout the Vietnamese country. For this reason, national and international visitors, children and students, professionals and non-professionals are attracted to the Museum.
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Ethnology (from theGreekethnos, meaning "people") is the branch ofanthropologythat compares and analyses the origins, distribution, technology,religion,language, and social structure of theracialornationaldivisions of humanity. Compared toethnography, the study of single groups through direct contact with the culture, ethnology takes the research that ethnographers have compiled and then compares and contrasts different cultures.
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The Bureau of American Ethnology's annual report on varying aspects of the Native American lifestyle. This volume contains "Tsimshian Mythology" by Franz Boas, based on texts recorded by Henry W. Tate. Includes 3 plate illustrations and 24 figure drawings. Binding is olive board with gilt Indian head on front cover, gilt lettering on spine. Corners bumped, spine faded but legiblie, with minor fraying on top edge. 1037 pp including index and references, all tight, clean and intact.
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In field situations, the Ethnology department provides workshops in a variety of ethnographic specialties: research techniques, cognitive studies, kinship studies, etc. These are critical for further professional development of field personnel and to encourage research production.
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