Autoanthropology
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 An approach to anthropology in which the author's own anecdotal or personal experience is foregrounded. uncountable, usually
"For this reason, some anthropologists prefer to do one or another form of autoanthropology, in which you use yourself as your informant—perhaps abetted by a few close colleagues as interlocutors."
Example
More examples"For this reason, some anthropologists prefer to do one or another form of autoanthropology, in which you use yourself as your informant—perhaps abetted by a few close colleagues as interlocutors."
Etymology
From auto- + anthropology.
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