ANT204H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Cultural Relativism, Fictive Kinship, Participant Observation
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In many cases you"re trying to mimic some kind of fictive kinship relationship. They often mediate and manage an anthropologist"s access to information or "data" Example: not answering questions, changing languages, lying / giving false info. They can be gatekeepers for the people the anthropologist wants to meet. They can be gatekeepers to community and places. Example: kick you out of your field site. Part a: what is the relationship between anthropologist and. In many cases you"re trying to mimic some kind of fictive kinship. They often mediate and manage an anthropologist"s access to information. : not answering questions, changing languages, lying / They can be gatekeepers for the people the anthropologist wants to. Cohen argues that one of the biggest myths that anthropology students inherit today in the classroom is the idea that the anthropologist or. Our ethical regulations don"t speak to the true ethical conundrums taking place in the field. Anthropologists have a moral imperative to be compassionate.
