The Rashomon Effect

Heider, K. G. (1988). The Rashomon Effect: When Ethnographers Disagree. American Anthropologist, 90(1), 73-81.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1988

DOI

10.1525/aa.1988.90.1.02a00050

Link

https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1988.90.1.02a00050

Cited by

2 citations across 2 artifacts.

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Mechanisms

• Juxtaposed Narratives
  • The pairing is a study in the Rashomon effect

    This sourceDescribes the Rashomon effect as incompatible but credible accounts of the same event.

• Scale-Matrix Decision Workshop
  • It is a structured antidote to the Rashomon effect — the way sincere observers of one event produce genuinely different accounts

    This sourceExplains how observers can produce different accounts because of their fieldwork circumstances and personal perspectives.

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