The term "ethnographic" is not a no-no, but it is also sometimes
misapplied, so my not very helpful answer is that it depends on how the
word is being used.  The person would probably get a bit more help if
this question were posed on the anthro-l list:

http://danny.oz.au/communities/anthro-l/index.html

Felicia Pickering 

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I'm posing this question to the group...it appeared on the Museum-Ed
listserv this afternoon.

"We are in the process of raising money to publish a catalogue about our
permanent collection which would include a selection of African, Oceanic
and Pre-Columbian objects.  Our development director has heard that the
term "ethnographic" is a no-no.  Has anyone else heard that?  If it is
not a politically correct term, does anyone have any alternatives?"



Any thoughts?






Jason A. Dennison
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