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1. Verifiability: can we verify the truthfulness of the facts? 2. Generalizabilty: can we make broad claims about all people

based on this one small group of people? 3. Representation: is it acceptable for a person from outside

the group to study any group they are not a member of? 4. Criminality/Ethical violations: should a researcher participate

in activities that are "normal" for the group one is studying, but not for those of the group to which the researcher belongs.

5. Going native: if the researcher needs to submerge oneself in a culture to truly know it, is it possible for them to maintain scientific objectivity?

These are five different ways that ethnographic methods have been criticized by others from within and outside the field of anthropology.  Read the Slate article  (Links to an external site.) about a famous ethnography titled On the Run  (Links to an external site.) that has been the topic of much criticism recently and explain why the critics are convinced this particular ethnography, but some would say all ethnographies are problematic ways of knowing.  Take a position on whether or not such methods have value.  Weigh the evidence for and against ethnographic method.    Paper should be between 3-4 pages long.  Use evidence from the textbook, the Slate article or any other comparable source to back up your argument.  Include quotations and cite them where appropriate.  Double spaced, 10-12 point font.  Uploaded as a PDF for credit.