ILST Website - Anthropology competencies (2021-08-31).xlsx

	A	B	C	D	F	G	H
1	ANTHROPOLOGY
2	General Core competencies overview				Anthro Domain Core Competencies Overview
3	Personal	Training	Technical	Programs	Foundational Anthropology	Practical Anthropology	Applied Anthropology
4	Interpersonal skills	Mentoring	Scholarship and documentation	Consulting process skills	Anthropology theory & concepts	Communication	Social sphere
5	Self-awareness	Principles	Research	Process set up	Concepts and methods	Communication theory	Social features
6	Social skills	Skills	Publishing and archiving	Collaborative process	History and theory	Communication theory applied	Identity
7	Responsibility	Attitudes	Intellectual property	Implementation and evaluation	Thinking & behaving anthropologically	Research management	Economic factors
8	Multicultural environment	Adult education	Technology for consulting	Program design and engagement	Inquiring mind	Research skills	Media
9	Cross-cultural communication	Understanding principles	Data organization	Context	Reflexivity	Research outcomes	Religious sphere
10	Multicultural working	Applying principles	Communication and collaboration tools	Strategic design		Subdisciplines	Religious features
11	Language & culture			Engagement		Overview of subdisciplines	Religious issues
12	Language use			Relating to other organizations		Expertise in subdisciplines	Key term issues
13	Anthropology			Relating to partners	There will be an accompanying handbook (pdf format), which outlines the different competencies, their rationales and suggested accompanying activities. The handbook also includes reading suggestions and further resources.		Key terms research
14				Influencing and networking			Working across domains
15							Cross-domain knowledge
16	Anthropology competencies only (details):						Cross-domain application
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18	Foundational anthropology
19	Anthropology theory & concepts
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21	Rationale	Label	Competencies	Components
22	A consultant must have a good understanding of central anthropological concepts and methods, in order to be able to apply them to their own work, and to help other people apply them to their work.	CONCEPTS & METHODS	Is able to demonstrate knowledge of central anthropological concepts and methods.	Is able to...
23			1	Explain what anthropology and ethnography are.
24			2	Explain the key concepts of society, culture and worldview, religion and secularism, tradition and modernity.
25			3	Explain anthropology's two main research methods: participant observation and interviewing.
26			4	Explain the difference between quantitative and qualitative research.
27			5	Name the main types of anthropological data and explain their respective strengths and weaknesses. The main types of data are: descriptions of observations and experiences; interview recordings and transcripts; questionnaires; photographs, videos, audio recordings; artefacts; written sources.
28			6	Explain the importance of doing research and of researchers being their own research tool.
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30	Rationale	Label	Competencies	Components
31	A consultant should have an understanding of anthropology's history and the main theoretical orientations that have shaped the discipline. This is important for gaining a perspective of the strengths and weakness of different approaches within the discipline and how anthropology can both contribute to and benefit from other disciplines.	HISTORY & THEORY	Is able to demonstrate knowledge of anthropology's history, its major theories and its interdisciplinary importance.	Is able to...
32			1	Demonstrate understanding of the implications of the philosophical ideas that have shaped the discipline.
33			2	Explain major anthropological theories and theoretical orientations.
34			3	Explain anthropology's interdisciplinary importance.
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36	Foundational anthropology
37	Thinking and behaving anthropologically
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39	Rationale	Label	Competencies	Components
40	Anthropology is a way of thinking that can be applied to any aspect of human life. This includes acknowledging our shared commonality, whilst also taking others seriously in all their diversity.	INQUIRING MIND	Is able to think anthropologically and behave accordingly.	Is able to...
41			1	Demonstrate an interest in people and their wider environment.
42			2	Identify different social, cultural and religious perspectives.
43			3	Demonstrate the ability to suspend judging others due to their being different.
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45	Rationale	Label	Competencies	Components
46	Furthermore, in order to engage meaningfully with others, one needs to be reflexive, i.e. to reflect on one's own cultural, social and religious background, and recognise one's ethnocentric tendencies.	REFLEXIVITY	Is able to be reflexive and behave accordingly.	Is able to...
47			1	Demonstrate awareness of the perspective through which one views and interprets people and the world in general.
48			2	Reflect about the way one thinks about oneself and others.
49			3	Recognise and take steps to address one's own ethnocentrism.
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52	Practical anthropology
53	Communication
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56	Rationale	Label	Competencies	Components
57	Communication is central to everything we do. A consultant needs to have a good working knowledge of key communication models and theories that underpin our work.	COMMUNICATION THEORY	Is able to understand and assess current communication models and theories.	Is able to...
58			1	Explain how communication works according to current models and theories.
59			2	Describe advantages and limitations of specific theories and models.
60			3	Explain the concept of orality and the issues surrounding it.
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62	Rationale	Label	Competencies	Components
63	Consultants need to be able to apply communication theory within and beyond the domain of anthropology, so that the products that our organisations and communities create communicate effectively and result in transformation.	COMMUNICATION THEORY APPLIED	Is able to apply communication models and theories.	Is able to...
64			1	Discover verbal and non-verbal norms of communication for a specific social environment.
65			2	Apply communication principles to doing anthropology.
66			3	Apply communication principles to issues of administration, linguistics, literacy, Bible translation and Scripture Engagement.
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69	Practical anthropology
70	Research management
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72	Rationale	Label	Competencies	Components
73	Being able to carry out appropriate anthropological research is foundational to furthering our understanding of the people we work with and their sociocultural environments. This starts with knowing how to plan a research project. Furthermore, consultants need to be able to transform their planning into action and help others to do likewise.	RESEARCH SKILLS	Is able to plan, carry out and direct anthropological research.	Is able to...
74			1	Identify research needs, define research goals and formulate relevant research questions.
75			2	Assess which research methods would best meet research goals.
76			3	Design a research plan.
77			4	Use appropriate research methods.
78			5	Carry out and complete research projects.
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80	Rationale	Label	Competencies	Components
81	Consultants need to analyse and share their data in relevant ways so that communities and academia can benefit from their research.	RESEARCH OUTCOMES	Is able to analyse anthropological data and share results with others.	Is able to...
82			1	Select and use appropriate tools to analyse data effectively.
83			2	Share research results in relevant ways.
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85	Practical anthropology
86	Subdisciplines
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88	Rationale	Label	Competencies	Components
89	A consultant needs to have an idea of the main subdisciplines that anthropologists typically study, especially those that are relevant to language work.	OVERVIEW OF SUBDISCIPLINES	Is able to demonstrate a basic, working knowledge about key anthropological subdisciplines.	Is able to...
90			1	List and briefly explain the purpose of main anthropological subdisciplines and topics. These are: social structure; kinship and marriage; economy, gifts and exchange; politics, authority and power; globalisation, identity and conflict; religion; art, music and dance; material culture; medical anthropology.
91			2	Explain the relevance of different anthropological subdisciplines and topics for Bible translation, language promotion and community flourishing.
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93	Rationale	Label	Competencies	Components
94	A consultant needs to specialise in at least one subdiscipline in order to apply anthropological skills in depth.	EXPERTISE IN SUBDISCIPLINES	Is able to demonstrate depth of research in at least one subdiscipline.	Is able to...
95			1	Choose and gain an in-depth knowledge of an anthropological subdiscipline or topic relevant to a consultant's interest and professional development.
96			2	Do research relating to the chosen subdiscipline or topic.
97			3	Apply research in the chosen subdiscipline or topic for Bible translation, language promotion or community flourishing.
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99	Applied anthropology
100	Social sphere