Corroborate cross-cultural sources with own-voice priority
Exercise Difficulty 3 ~2 min hist.g3.s.ex_40

Open Response

Prompt

Why does it matter to identify insider vs. outsider voices when studying a culture?

How it's presented
mode card prompt audio ID audio.g3s.ex 40.stem
Answer criteria
type open response
rubric
Identifies that insider voices have authority on cultural meaning and technique; outsider voices may have authority on outside observations; the historian defaults to OWN-VOICE for questions of cultural meaning
Hints
  1. Look at lesson 16 narrative.
  2. OWN-VOICE CHECK is Box 6 of MG-7.
Misconceptions to watch
  • Saying 'both voices are equally credible on everything' (the unit refuses naive relativism)
  • Saying 'only insider voices matter' (the unit values outsider observations on outside-observation questions)