Domain of Application: Development Flashcards
What is development?
Intentional activities to cause positive culture change in any aspect of community life
What is “progress”? Who benefits?
o Economic growth
o Can mean less development for non-stakeholders
o “trickle down effect”
What kind of research do anthropologists participate in?
participatory action research (PAR)
What do anthropologists bring to developed research?
o Communication skills
o Knowledge of technical areas
o Links to outside resources
Anthropologists emphasize
o Equal benefits
o “targeting” vulnerable groups
o community participation
Key ideas
o Indigenous Knowledge (IK) • Emic, costs less, local language o Participation • “bottom up” o Empowerment • Individual or collective • Changes “learned helplessness” o Sustainability • Consideration of long term effects • Actions of present affecting future
Basic research
driven by curiosity and to expand knowledge
Applied research
answer a specific question to have application
How to decide which country is more or less developed?
It is arbitrary; you must decide what developed means to you before comparing countries; income, level of education, quality of life, etc.
