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# James P. Spradley

(1934–1982)   Anthropologist

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James P. Spradley was an anthropologist.

## Quick Facts About James P. Spradley

Born January 1, 1934

Died January 1, 1982

Profession Anthropologist

## About James P. Spradley

American anthropologist (1933–1982)... \| James P. Spradley (1933–1982) was a social scientist and a professor of anthropology at Macalester College. Spradley wrote or edited 20 books on ethnography and qualitative research including The Cultural Experience: Ethnography in Complex Society (1972), Deaf Like Me (1979), The Ethnographic Interv

##  Quotes by James P. Spradley

> [“I want to understand the world from your point of view. I want to know what you know in the way you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-p-spradley/i-want-to-understand-the-world-from-your-point-of-view-i-want-to-know/)

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