ANTH 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: United States Public Health Service, Naturalistic Observation, Reflectance
21 Nov 2017
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Long-term, immersive research conducted in a natural setting: living with an getting to know the people you study, building rapport/trust with them, doing what the people you study do, learning the language of the people you study. Observing and asking questions using a culturally naive or cultural relativist approach. Accounts for the unexpected (inductive or feedback loops approach to research) Subjectivity the interior experiences of persons that are shaped by their locations in a particular field of power relations. Positionality a person unique position as a socially situated actors (e. g. in terms of gender, age, nationality, race etc. ) Reflectivity critically reflecting on how one"s own experience or positionality matters in a particular context. Gained access because of their privileged socio0politcal positions, and often did not have consent of the people they studied: pritchard, briggs. Developing research ethics: medical research on human subjects. Covert research: study subjects did not know they were participating in research/experiments, study subjects may be knowingly deceived.
