Chapter 2 Flashcards
What is participant observation?
When an anthropologist goes and lives with the community they’re studying and also lives LIKE them.
What are the steps of the fieldwork process?
Project selection, funding, ethics protocol, journey, site selection, rapport building, gate keepers.
What is the difference between inductive and deductive reasoning?
Inductive reasoning begins with no hypothesis, just observation. Deductive reasoning begins with a hypothesis and then the data is collected to prove or disprove the hypothesis.
What are the three different sampling methods?
Snowball sampling, random sampling and purposeful sampling.
What are some fieldwork techniques in anthropology?
Survey, key informants, interviews, focus groups, participant observation, life history, case study, primary and secondary documents…
What is the difference between an emic and an etic approach?
Emic: studying culture from insiders’ POV
Etic: studying culture from outsiders’ POV
What are the 8 central principles in ethics in anthropology?
- respect human dignity
- respect for free and informed consent
- respect for vulnerable persons
- respect for privacy and confidentiality
- respect for justice and inclusiveness
- balancing harms and benefits
- minimizing harms
- maximizing benefit
What are the modes of ethnographic fieldwork?
The positive approach, reflexive approach, multi-sited fieldwork.
What is the main idea of the reflexive approach?
Research contexts shape data, participants should be actively involved in research.
Who is the pioneer of the collaborative research method? (active participants
Eric Lassiter
What flows are cultures connected to?
Colonialism, industrialism, emergence of capitalism, globalization, transnational migration…
Who and where from documentary?
Alan Mcfarlane studied a rural community in Pokhara, Nepal.
What is computational anthropology?
Approach using massive datasets (google, telephone records, computer-based sources
What is collaborative research?
An approach to learning about culture that involves the anthropologist working with members of the study population as partners and teammates rather than subjects.
