Ch. 3: Fieldwork
_______________ is a key element of anthropological fieldwork because it is a systematic research strategy of "just hanging out."
Participant observation
Anthropology is different from journalism because journalists' data is protected by law. (True or False)
True
Research committed to making social change and improving the lives of marginalized people is
action anthropology
An anthropologist interested in a cultural insider's perspective on that insider's culture is seeking
an emic perspective
Fieldwork involves
becoming involved in people's lives
Cultural anthropologists do research by
building trusting relationships with people over a long period of time
Which method is an extended conversation that can shed light on how social institutions change over time?
ethnohistory
Which of the following is the defining methodology of the discipline of anthropology?
fieldwork
When anthropologist go into the field, they
go with a set of questions they want to ask and have answered
The people anthropologists gather data from are called
informants
Which term refers to the knowledge about other people that emerges from relationships?
intersubjective
An important ethical concern for anthropologists is to
protect their informants
Ethical issues facing ethnographers include all of the following except
protecting informants blood samples and other biological information
The purpose of fieldnotes is to
provide written records of information that an anthropologist collects
The difference between a survey and a structured interview is
survey questions are closed ended; structured interviews are not
An anthropologist might consider doing "anthropology at a distance" because
there is conflict or violence in the field site
Using life history interviews, researchers are able to
understand how a person's age affects his or her role in the community
The comparative method
uses data from many different societies