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Anthropology
Chapter #3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ethnographic fieldwork | A primary research strategy in cultural anthropology typically involving living and interacting with a community of people over an extended period to better understand their lives. |
| Salvage anthropology | Fieldwork strategy developed by Franz to collect cultural. material, linguistic, and biological information about Native American population be devastated by the westward expansion of European settlers |
| Participant observation | A key anthropological research strategy involving both participant in and observation of the daily life of the people being studied. |
| Reflexivity | A critical self-examination of the anthropology plays and an awareness that one's identity affects one's fieldwork and theoretical analyses. |
| engaged anthropology | Applying the research stargazes and analytical perspectives of anthropology to address concrete challenges facing local communities and the world at large. |
| anthropology toolkit | The tools needed to conduct fieldwork, including information, perspectives, strategies and evenequipment. |
| Quantitative data | Statistical information about a community that can be measured and compared. |
| Qualitative data | Descriptive data drawn from non-statistical that can be measured and compared. |
| life history | A form of interview that traces the biography of a person over time, examining changes in the person's life and illuminating the interlocking network of relationships in the community. |
| survey | An information-gathering tool for quantitative data analysis. |
| Kinship analysis | A fieldwork strategy of examining interlocking relationships of power built on marriage and family ties. |
| social network analysis | A method for examining relationships in a community often conducted by identifying whom people turn to in times of need. |
| field notes | The anthropologist written observation and reflections on places, practices, events, and interviews. |
| mapping | The analysis of the physical and /or geographic space where fieldwork is being conducted. |
| mutual transformation | The potential for both the anthropologist and the members of the community being studied to be transformed by the interaction of fieldwork. |
| zeros | Elements of a story or a picture that are not told or seen and yet offer key insights into issues that might be too sensitive to discuss or display publicy |
| ethnology | the analysis and comparison of ethnographic data across cultures |
| polyvocality | The practice of using many different voices in ethnographic writing and research question development allowing the reader to hear more directly from the people in the study. |
| anonymity | Protecting the identity of the people involved in a study by changing or omitting their names or other identifying characteristics |
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