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JLin. Should people represent themselves and not others? 3 Nov 14 2008, 3:35 AM EST by babymuffin
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This line stuck out to me. When anthropologist studies a society they would definitely run the risk of imposing their views on that particular society. This is because we have all been socialised differently (though we may be from the same society). This would affect how we view other societies. However, even when people represent themselves (i.e their own society) they could also be imposing their own personal views on their society. There would always be that power play which would affect how things are represented. So who should that individual represent?

Perhaps the solution is just to be careful not to imposed your ideals onto those whom you are studying. So do we completely suppress of points of view? Is there no solution?
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