ANTHR101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: American Anthropological Association, Noble Savage, Ethnocentrism
6 Apr 2016
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Ethics: moral principles or obligaions that govern a person"s behavior or how they conduct an acivity. Conservaionism: trying to preserve a culture by interfering and closing of a group of people. Principles of anthropological ethics (from the american anthropological associaion (2012) Prior to staring research, the researcher needs to imagine all possible ways the people can be harmed and plan on how to avoid harming them. Certain informaion about the research subjects need to be kept conidenial. Be open and honest regarding your work o. This used to be characterized by rivalry between researchers, since each researcher thinks they are the only one right. If records are shared, others can help you ind your mistakes. As menioned earlier with the yanomami example, if you are not respecful, you will not be welcomed back. From secrets of the tribe , chagnon using the noble savage approach to describe the yanomami o. Using primiive label made them appear more innocent and pure.
