ANT 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Institutional Review Board, Emic And Etic, Microbiological Culture
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Asking the same question in different ways may produce different answers. Asking the wrong questions to get to the right answer. Temporarily becoming part of the group of people to be studied in as many ways as possible. Learn as much as possible about group of people. Establish rapport with the people of the group. Ethics: people who are being studied must consent to participating. Important to write down details as soon as possible, while still fresh . Critical descriptive record of what you see, hear, feel, smell, etc. Central point of anthropology: to learn about culture from the inside out. Synthesis of ethnography account: snapshot of relationship between ethnographer and subject. Now very focused, very specific research agendas and designs. Study all kinds of events, phenomena, sites, practices, people and how they relate. Study multiple types of people in multiple types of settings.