From Quantitative Fact to Discursive Practice
Techniques for Asserting the Reliability of Anthropological Knowledge in Expert Testimony
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2289774 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leila Rodríguez (0000-0002-4735-7109, University of Cincinnati, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 107-111 |
| Publication date | 2022-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annals of Anthropological Practice (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2153-957X • E-ISSN: 2153-9588 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/napa.12186 |
| OpenAlex | W4210850133 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 8 |
Unlike other expert witnesses, cultural anthropologists must not only provide expert evidence on the case but also convince judges of its validity for meeting the Daubert standard. In this article, I juxtapose two expert testimony reports I have written in criminal and asylum cases. For the first, I conducted cultural consensus analysis, a formal quantitative technique, to gather data on beliefs about co-sleeping behavior among Mexican migrants. For the second, I relied on discursive practice to signal the facts as meeting the standard of evidence. I argue that despite anthropology not being an "exact science," our locus at the intersection of the sciences, social sciences, and humanities provides us with a range of tools to assert the reliability and validity of our testimony
Cultural knowledge · Epistemology · Ethnography · Pedagogy · Reliability (semiconductor · Sociology · Anthropology · Categorization, perception, and language · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |