ANT3120 A – Applied Anthropology

Seventh Class Meeting, September 29, 2017

Alex Enkerli, aenkerli@uOttawa.ca

School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies

University of Ottawa

Fifth Exercise: Reflecting on Ethical Dilemmas

Building an Ethical Stance

Ethical Concepts

  • Informed Consent
  • Impact
  • Risk assessment
  • Shared risks
  • Values
  • Context
  • Transparency
  • Privacy
  • Active inclusion

Sixth Text Note

Reflexivity, The Self 

Texts

  • Coffey:
    • Locating the Self (Heather)
    • The Sex(ual) Field (Cassidy)
    • Romancing the Field (Rowan)
  • Interpretive Reflexivity in Ethnography (Renelle, Laurence)
  • Engaging in Reflexive Practice and Making Ethical Choices (Adie)
  • Encyclopedia of Case Study Research (Laura)
  • Reflexivity and the Politics of Qualitative Research (Deborrah)

Themes, Issues, Topics, Keywords

Bias

Knower and Known

Reflexivity

Belief

Voice

Adaptability

Themes, Issues, Topics, Keywords

Reflexivity

Ethical Engagement

Rapport

Emotions

Roles

Direct Collaboration

Ethnographer’s Involvement

Field Experience

Journaling

Empathy

Self-Awareness

Fifth Text Note

Ethics and Collaboration, Part II

Texts

  • AAA Statement on Ethics (Renelle, Siobahn)
  • Denzin et al.
    • 24 Indigenous Science Education (Cassidy)

    • 27 South African TRC (Salimata)

    • 28 Indigenous Racial Subjects (Adie, Heather, Laurence, Selma)

    • 29 The Lions Speak (Alice, Laura)

  • Nolan

    • 26 Ethics and Practicing (Matthew)

    • 27 Academic-Practitioner Relationship (Zachary)

  • Erickson & Stull: To Team or Not to Team (Maryjo)

Action Items

Sixth Exercise

  • Due Monday, 2:30p, Virtual Campus (Brightspace)
  • Checking Assumptions
  • Preparation for fieldwork or interview

Seventh Text Note

  • Due Monday, 2:30p, Virtual Campus (Brightspace)

  • Shared Methods and Techniques, Part I

Pathway Project Plan

  • Due tonight, 11:59p, Virtual Campus (Brightspace)

  • What will you try to do?

  • Suggestion: team podcast?