ANTA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: American Anthropological Association, Émile Durkheim, Ethnography
Document Summary
Ethics and anthropology: the american anthropological association (aaa) believes that generating and using knowledge of the peoples of the world is a worthy goal. This code"s aim is to offer guidelines and to promote discussion and education, rather than to investigate allegations of misconduct. Indeed, seeking to shape actions and policies maybe as ethically justifiable as inaction. Include host country colleagues in their research plans and funding requests: establish collaborative relationships with those colleagues and their institutions. Include host country colleagues in publication of the research results. Observation and participant observation: ethnographers feel strange in the first few weeks in the field. Later, this record of early impressions will help point out some of the most basic concepts of cultural diversity. Conversation, interviewing, and interview schedules: there are several stages in learning a field language. First in the name phase- asking name after name of the objects around us.
