An anthropologist writes an ethnography of coal miners in West Virginia purely from their own, "insider's" point of view. What perspective is the anthropologist using?

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The anthropologist is using an emic perspective, or the perspective of the cultural insiders (in this case, the coal miners themselves). This means that the anthropologist is trying to understand the coal miners' culture from their own point of view, rather than imposing an external, outsider's perspective (etic) or including multiple perspectives (polyvocality) as the primary focus. The ethnographic perspective refers to the method of study itself, which involves prolonged fieldwork and immersion in a culture to understand its unique features.

An Anthropologist Writes an Ethnography of Coal Miners in West