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Chapter 2

Ethics and Methods

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Anthropological Approach

Holistic perspective

Cultural relativity

Cross-cultural comparisons

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Terms for Chapter 2

Ethnocentric

Adaptation

Ethnography

EthnologyEmic – insiders view

Etic – outsiders view

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Ethics and Anthropology

American Anthropological Association

Code of EthicsInformed consent

Collaborative relationships

Inclusion of host country colleagues in planning, funding requests, and dissemination of results

“Giving something back”

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Western Science Methods

AnalysisInductive

Deductive

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Scientific Method

Data

Hypothesis

Theory/Law

Publish

Methods Empirical observations

Objective

Subjective

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Methods in Cultural Anthropology

Two brief categories of investigationEthnographic

Comparative

Each one has two partsPresent

Recent past

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Ethnographic Methods

Fieldwork Deals with the present time

Primary method of collecting data

Three main methods for fieldworkParticipant Observation

Interview

Media

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Ethnohistory

Deals with people in recent past

Get data from the textual sources

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Comparative Methods

Cross-cultural comparisons

Controlled Historical Comparisons

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Cultural Anthropology and Sociology

Share interest in social relations, organization, and behavior

Sociology traditionally focused on large, industrialized Western nations

Anthropology traditionally focused on small, nonliterate populations

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Ethnography: Anthropology’s Distinctive Strategy

Firsthand, personal study of local cultural settings

Extended period of time in a given society or community

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Ethnographic Techniques

Observation and participant observation

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Ethnographic Techniques

Conversation, interviewing, and interview schedules

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Ethnographic Techniques

The genealogical method

Key cultural consultants (key informants)Life histories

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Ethnographic Techniques

Local beliefs and perceptions versus

those of the ethnographerEmic (native-oriented) approach

Etic (science-oriented) approach

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Types of Ethnography

Problem-oriented EthnographyMost ethnographers investigate a specific problem

Collection of data on range of variables

Longitudinal Research

Team Research

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Survey Research

Becoming more popular

Impersonal

LimitationsRace

Gender

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Culture Shock

What is culture shock?

How could anthropologists get it?