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Preserving quantifiable ethnographic records of disappearing human lifeways.
Evolutionary Anthropology ( IF 4.766 ) Pub Date : 2020-05-29 , DOI: 10.1002/evan.21835
Thomas S Kraft 1 , Vivek V Venkataraman 2, 3 , Karen L Endicott 4 , Kirk M Endicott 5
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The human evolutionary sciences place high value on quantitative data from traditional small‐scale societies that are rapidly modernizing. These data often stem from the sustained ethnographic work of anthropologists who are today nearing the end of their careers. Yet many quantitative ethnographic data are preserved only in summary formats that do not reflect the rich and variable ethnographic reality often described in unpublished field notes, nor the deep knowledge of their collectors. In raw disaggregated formats, such data have tremendous scientific value when used in conjunction with modern statistical techniques and as part of comparative analyses. Through a personal example of longitudinal research with Batek hunter‐gatherers that involved collaboration across generations of researchers, we argue that quantifiable ethnographic records, just like material artifacts, deserve high‐priority preservation efforts. We discuss the benefits, challenges, and possible avenues forward for digitizing, preserving, and archiving ethnographic data before it is too late.

中文翻译:

保留人类消失的可计量的人种志记录。

人类进化科学对迅速现代化的传统小规模社会的定量数据高度重视。这些数据通常来自人类学家持续的民族志研究工作,而这些人类学家的职业生涯即将接近尾声。但是,许多定量民族志数据仅以摘要格式保存,这些格式不能反映未出版的田野笔记中经常描述的丰富多样的民族志现实情况,也不能反映其收藏者的深入知识。以原始分类格式,这些数据与现代统计技术结合使用并作为比较分析的一部分时,具有巨大的科学价值。通过与百特狩猎采集者进行纵向研究的个人示例,该纵向研究涉及几代研究人员之间的合作,我们认为可量化的人种志记录,就像材料文物一样,值得高度重视。我们讨论了将人种学数据数字化,为时已晚的好处,挑战和前进的可能途径。
更新日期:2020-05-29
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