ethnohistorie
Ethnohistory is an interdisciplinary field that studies past peoples and cultures by integrating ethnography with historical sources. It seeks to understand how social life, identities, and practices were lived in historical contexts, including periods and communities lacking extensive written records. By combining eyewitness accounts, archival documents, and ethnographic data from living communities, ethnohistory analyzes how cultures change under contact with outsiders, state power, and economic networks. The approach is often applied to indigenous societies, colonial encounters, and long-term processes of cultural change.
Methods include the analysis of colonial and mission archives, legal records, and trade documents, alongside ethnographic
Geographically, ethnohistory has been influential in the Americas, Africa, and Asia, and it addresses topics such
Ethnohistory aims to produce nuanced portraits of the past while highlighting power relations, narrative contestation, and