Examining values, virtues, and tradition in the Tyva Republic with free-list and demographic data

Benjamin Grant Purzycki; Theiss Bendixen

doi:10.25178/nit.2020.4.1

Examining values, virtues, and tradition in the Tyva Republic with free-list and demographic data

Benjamin Grant Purzycki, Theiss Bendixen

School of Culture and Society - Department of the Study of Religion

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This article illustrates how using qualitative and quantitative social scientific methods together can help us examine sociocultural phenomena in precise, informative, and potentially useful ways. Using freely listed ethnographic data about what qualities Tuvans associate with “good” and “bad” Tuvan people, we examine general cultural patterns of Tuvan virtues. The data was collected in Tuva in 2009–2010 by interviewing nearly 100 Tuvans in Kyzyl and Western Tuva. We also explore within-group contrasts by applying standard modeling techniques to this ethnographic data, finding demographic associations with listing specific items and those items’ salience. We conclude with a discussion of the promise and limitations of these methods.

Original language	English
Journal	The New Research of Tuva
Volume	11
Issue	4
Pages (from-to)	6-18
Number of pages	13
ISSN	2079-8482
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.25178/nit.2020.4.1
Publication status	Published - 2020

Keywords

Ethnography
Morality
Qualitative methods
Quantitative methods
Republic of Tuva
Tuva
Tuvans
Tyva
Virtues

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