Unit 2: Key Definitions Flashcards
_______: the collaboration of researchers and subjects in the production of ethnographic texts
collaborative anthropology
needing to adapt to new food, environment, climate, animals/insects… many anthropologists experience ____
culture shock
anthropologists must use ______ to confront and work to undo the colonial legacy of their trade, as well as critically examine the impact of colonization on past research/theories
decolonizing anthropology
____ requires anthropologists to consider and prevent any harm to their individuals and groups as a result of their research
“do not harm”
_____: a worldview that centers European perspectives, history, and theory of knowledge
eurocentric
___ are the written, audio, or visual documentation of ethnographic data collected during field work
field notes
participants must be fully aware of the scope and impact of a research project, and fully consent
informed consent
______ follows a specific topic across multiple field situations (this can be different groups within one site, or different geographical locations)
multi-sited ethnography
_____ explains that knowledge about reality is absolute and true for all people, in all times and places
objective knowledge
the method where anthropologists gather information by living and working with people whose culture they are studying, participating in their lives as much as possible
participant observation
a person’s uniquely situated social position, which reflects their gender, nationality, political views, previous experience etc.
positionality
___ is the view that there is a single reality “out there” that can be detected through the senses and that there is a single, appropriate scientific method for investigating that reality
positivism
___ means to critically think of the way one thinks, reflecting one’s own experience
reflexive
____ is knowledge that is set within, or specific to, a precise context or situation
situated knowledge
