ANP 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Margaret Mead, Socioeconomics
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Positionality - researchers" race, gender, class, etc. American/western way not only way to do things -margaret mead. Respondent experiences are framed in social-cltral context, so are those of the researchers. The researchers" gender, race, class, socioeconomics status, education, background, etc are important variables that affect research process. Ex. fdwk of yaqui rituals-divided gender and race. British military operation and colonization of territory. Gov supported research and requested info on the nuer. Positionality - an anthropologist"s background and social positions in relation to the people they are studying. Reflexivity - critical self-examination of how one"s position influences what data one could get. (reseacher identifying their positionality)
