ANTHROP 1AB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Human Terrain System, Informed Consent, American Anthropological Association
31 Mar 2017
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Anthropology and military collaboration the human terrain system. Key to turn people away from the taliban. By using anthropologists: increase cross-cultural understanding, discern needs of ordinary afghans/iraqis. Figure out why people are motivated to form several movements for example. Reduce kinetic force: reduce need for outright physical violence by understanding them. Must be understood in terms of ethics. What is ethics: ethics refers to a code of conduct regarding what you can and what you cannot do. Three levels: to the people studied, to the discipline and to the public/funding agencies. Largest association of professional anthros in the world. Must preserve the field for future researchers. The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential. This means that the person involved should have legal capacity to give consent . Asking for permission from interviewee or people that is being researched on in terms of conducting interview and using information or filming them.
