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Exam 1

Anthropology

TermDefinition
Fieldwork The first hand systematic exploration of a society. It involves living with a group of people and participating in and observing their behavior.
participant observation The fieldwork technique that involves gathering cultural data by observing people's behavior and participating in their lives.
IRB Institutional review board
Institutional Review Board A committee organized by a university or other research institution that approves, monitors and reviews all research that involves human subjects.
Culture Shock The feeling of alienation, loneliness and isolation, being in a new place.
Emic perspective Examining a society using concepts, and distinctions that are meaningful to a members of that culture
Etic Perspective An outsider perspective that produces analyses that members of the society being studied may not find meaningful; it also examines societies using concepts and categories derived from science.
informant A person from whom an anthropology gathers data.
ethnology An attempt to find general principles or laws that govern cultural phenomena.
HRAF Human Relations Area Files
Human Relation Area files An ethnographic database that includes descriptions of more than 300 cultures and is used for cross cultural research.
Post modernism A theoretical perspective, focusing on issues of power and voice. Post modernists suggests that anthropological accounts are partial truths reflecting the background, training and social position of their authors.
collaborative anthropology Ethnography that gives priority to informants on the topic, methodology, and written results of research.
Engaged anthropology anthropology that includes political action as a major goal of fieldwork.
Horace Miner adapted the Nacirema Essay
native anthropologists An anthropologist who studies his/her own culture.
Informed Consent The requirement that participant in anthropological studies should understand the ways in which their participation and the release of the research data are likely to affect them.
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