Glossary
This is the Glossary for Totem’s course Field Research
Anonymous: Adjective of “Anonymity”, the state of an individual's personal identity, or personally identifiable information, being publicly unknown.
Blur: To create a shape on top of some elements of an image or a photo which become indistinct or that you cannot see clearly because its edges are no longer distinct.
Clues: Anything that serves to guide in the solution of a problem. Also: evidence.
Confidential: Done or communicated in confidence; secret.
Deniable: Capable of being denied or contradicted.
Fact-checking: The process of checking that all the facts in a piece of writing, a news article, a speech, etc. are correct.
Hover: To position (a computer cursor) over something (such as an image or icon) without selecting it.
Upstream: In geography, it is the direction opposite to the flow of a stream; against the current of a river.
Watershed: In geography, also known as a drainage basin, it is an area of land where all water drains to a central point like a lake, river, or stream.