ANTH 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Emic And Etic
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Use of key informants with in-depth interviewing. Emic and edic perspectives: emic = the perspective from the view of the participant; the native group, the people living in the community you"re studying, edic = the outsider"s perspective. Projects: top-down = more biased, not embedded within communities. Attempting to solve problems in multiple places using the same process. One size ts all attempting to be: bottom-up = more embedded with communities. Attempting to solve a problem in one place and nding a solution that works for that place in particular. Problem-oriented research research design important: important to plan ahead for a research project, sometimes it may be conducted in an area with no readily available resources/tools you might need.