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vr.tr.anthropology · thing-q23404

Let an agent handle anthropology by branch, methods, ethics and applications, respectfully of communities studied.

Thing Registry Information and virtual systems INF.KNW
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Branch Which anthropology.

Field

Cultural, biological.

Field

Branch.

  1. Which branch of anthropology is meant? definition
  2. What does it study? definition

Methods

Fieldwork and lab.

Methods

Methods.

  1. Which methods are used? definition
  2. Are any outdated or discredited? boundary
Ethics Communities.

Consent

Informed consent.

Consent

Consent.

  1. Did communities give informed consent? boundary
  2. Who owns the data? provenance

Repatriation

Remains and objects.

Repatriation

Repatriation.

  1. Are human remains or objects subject to repatriation? boundary
  2. Under which law? provenance
Application Uses.

Applied

Health and design.

Applied

Applied anthropology.

  1. Where is anthropology applied? definition
  2. With what results? provenance

Forensic

Identification.

Forensic

Forensic anthropology.

  1. How does forensic anthropology support identification? definition
  2. Who is qualified? boundary
History Discipline history.

Past

Colonial links.

Past

Discipline history.

  1. How has the discipline confronted its colonial past? provenance
  2. Which sources discuss it? provenance

Scholarship

Current work.

Scholarship

Current scholarship.

  1. What are current debates? provenance
  2. Which journals lead them? provenance

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Information and virtual systems
Entry kind
thing
Plane
INF
Domain
INF.KNW
Other names and narrower kinds
entanglements: experiments in multimodal ethnography, pelvimetry, applied anthropology, forensic anthropology, kinanthropology, somatotypology, demographic anthropology, cognitive anthropology, Cornell-Peru project, business anthropology, legal anthropology, forensic osteology

What it is Filled

The scientific study of humanity, including human societies, cultures, languages, biology and evolution, past and present; branches include social and cultural, biological, linguistic, archaeological and applied anthropology.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle anthropology by branch, methods, ethics and applications, respectfully of communities studied.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Holistic study of humans
  • Fieldwork and participant observation
  • Strong ethics codes
  • Past links with colonialism and race science are acknowledged

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Publish identifying information about research participants or communities without consent.
  • Present a culture through stereotypes or as fixed and primitive.
  • Share sacred or restricted knowledge that a community has not released.
  • Use anthropological data to target or control a group.

Only with a human decision

  • Releasing field data, recordings or images of people.
  • Repatriating or displaying human remains or cultural objects.

May

  • Summarise anthropological research with its sources and context.
  • Help researchers organise field notes they are authorized to handle.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Anthropology has a history of serving colonial power; communities studied deserve respect and a voice.
  • Informed consent and anonymity protect participants.

Who is affected

  • Communities and individuals studied
  • Indigenous peoples
  • Researchers

Owners Filled

Steward

Nobody owns the discipline; each community keeps rights over its own knowledge.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q34749 - registry parent class

related

  • social science - discipline
  • human, culture, society - objects
  • ethnography - method
  • sociology and archaeology - fields

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.anthropology
  • Wikidata: Q23404 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23404)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane INF: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Branch names
  • Ethnographic methods
  • Historical physical measurement methods are outdated in part
  • Fieldwork, ethnographies, museum collections and laboratory work.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • conduct ethnographic fieldwork
  • study human remains in forensic contexts
  • apply findings in health, development and design
  • teach and publish

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Harm to communities studied
  • Discredited race typologies
  • Lack of informed consent

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • AAA and ASA ethics codes
  • Research ethics review
  • Repatriation laws such as NAGPRA

Context of use required Filled

  • Understanding human diversity, culture and evolution.
  • social and cultural anthropology
  • biological anthropology
  • linguistic anthropology
  • archaeology (in some traditions)
  • applied and forensic anthropology

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q23404: anthropology - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Anthropology - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should branches be separate entries?
  • How should outdated methods be marked?
  • How should community consent be represented?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q23404/spec.json