9/10/2013Relationship of Anthropology and Science1. Outsidersa. Anthropologistsb. Objective --> Truth (doesn’t leave out info)i. Critical Distance: have to be different enough from what you are studying in or-der to really understand it, not letting habit take overii. Positives1. Measurable2. Accurate3. Commonalityiii. Negatives1. getting too objective causing problems...a. relationships are problemsb. inaccurate assumptions with numbers that don’t mean anything2. has trouble with other versions of itself2. Insidersa. Informantsi. people you are talking toii. not one perspective related to cultural relativismiii. going to get you closer to an understandingiv. Negatives1. “going native” means you go too far in this direction till you are aware that you are an insidera. BAD: will adopt beliefs, lose critical distance, accepting what they tell you, overlooking things2. bias/censoring excusesa. no longer scientific, just telling a flattering storyb. losing perspective of informants and start talking through personal ex-periencesv. Positives1. Trust (info used to protect a person)2. Detailed/deep info3. good understanding4. obligation5. activist anthropology9/10/2013Ethnography1. Not representativea. Particularistb. Theory- carried over from culture to culturec. Learn about peopled. Limits egocentric thinking and ignorancee. faced with choice <--
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