Ethnography of Africa: The Usefulness of the Useless

The complex epistemological and methodological problems of data-quality control or ethnographer bias in anthropological research as they relate to the use of the native languages and/or the use of native-interpreter informants are critically reexamined. Summarizing the 1939–1940 Mead-Lowie debate, the paper suggests, on the basis of a close review of selected classic ethnographies of Africa, various ways by which the quality of comparative cross-cultural data could be meaningfully improved . [methodology of cross-cultural research, epistemological issues in anthropology, use of native languages in fieldwork, ethnography of Africa, history of anthropology]     

Tartrazine-containing drugs.

Pharmaceutical manufacturers producing or distributing drugs in Canada were surveyed between December 1974 and March 1975 to determine which of their products contained tartrazine, a pyrazole aniline dye. A list of some 580 drug products of the 156 manufacturers who responded is presented for aid in managing the tartrazine-sensitive patients.