The change in methodological values of early 20th century British ethnography

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to analyze, from the perspective of internal and external history, how the methodological values of British ethnography at the beginning of the 20th century changed. To do this, in the first part it reflects on why it is important to make a history of the ethnographic method and how it should be done. Subsequently, in the second part there is a review of the categories internal history and external history proposed by T. Kuhn to make the history of science. Finally, the third part analyzes from these categories the way in which the methodological values of British ethnography at the beginning of the 20th century changed.