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Should She Stay In The Tribe Case Study

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Q1. Should she stay in the tribe or go help the man? Explain your answer A. She should stay with the tribe rather than go to help the banished individual so she can continue her research that she came there to do. The banished individual is obviously seen as a threat to the tribe’s environment and their health, and by staying with the tribe she would be able to learn more about their understanding of disease and how they deal with these things. If she were to leave, there could be so much that she would miss out on because she would not be allowed back in since they would think she is a witch for not contracting smallpox after being exposed to it. The individual will most likely die anyways after being secluded from the rest of the tribe even if he does receive food from her, so it is best that she just stays with the community. Q2. What are the potential consequences of not being able to study the community, in exchange for helping one individual? A. The potential consequences are that she would not be allowed back in to continue her studies, she can’t try to explain what the modern medicine is and how it …show more content…

What issues and problems does the case raise and why? (Identify at least 2 issues) A. This case raises an issue for the anthropologist in deciding which of the two scenarios she should choose. Should she stay and continue her studying, or should she help someone that has been thrown out of their own community and risk her study of the tribe? This also brings the obvious issue of ethics because she has to decide which of these two scenarios, is the more ethical of the two. Would it be more ethical to continue her studies and leave the individual out there alone? Or would it be more ethical to go out and risk her study by bringing him food? Q6. What are courses of action the anthropologist could follow and what would be the negative and positive consequences of each? (Identify at least 2 positive consequences, and 2 negative consequences, and explain each

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