ANT 252 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Cultural Anthropology, Intersubjectivity, Ethnography
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Intersubjectivity - the realization that knowledge about other people emerges out of relationships and perceptions individuals have with each other. Informants - any person an anthropologist gets data from in the study community, especially a person who is interviewed or who provides information about what the anthropologist has observed or heard. Rapid appraisal ethnographic research of parachute ethnography is often used by researchers working outside academia. Rapid appraisal is short-term, focused ethnographic research, typically lasting no more than a few weeks, about narrow research questions or problems. Gives agency to the participants - makes them feel more included in the research. An important part of the research process. People mentioned might need to be given pseudonyms for protection. In-depth ethnographic research vs. drawing on research done by others. A research method that involves making a systematic comparison of aspects of two or more societies.
