Ch. 3: Fieldwork

In order to study culture one must travel to distant, far off places. (True or False)

False

_______________ is a key element of anthropological fieldwork because it is a systematic research strategy of "just hanging out."

Participant observation

Which of the following is the defining methodology of the discipline of anthropology?

fieldwork

Which method is an extended conversation that can shed light on how social institutions change over time?

life histories

Using life history interviews, researchers are able to

understand how a person's age affects his or her role in the community

A word that best describes participant observation is

unstructured

Fieldwork involves

becoming involved in people's lives

An important ethical concern for anthropologists is to

protect their informants

The purpose of fieldnotes is to

provide written records of information that an anthropologist collects

Which project would be best suited to parachute ethnography?

a study of community response to a disaster

An anthropologist interested in a cultural insider's perspective on that insider's culture is seeking

an emic perspective

Ethical issues facing ethnographers include all of the following except

being open about their research

If you wanted to study patterns of kin relations in a community, which method would you use?

genealogical method

The people anthropologists gather data from are called

informants

Which term refers to the knowledge about other people that emerges from relationships?

intersubjective

An anthropologist might consider doing "anthropology at a distance" because

there is conflict or violence in the field site

Research committed to making social change and improving the lives of marginalized people is

action anthropology