Author Question: All of the following are reasons it is important to map the field site with information from local ... (Read 255 times)

Alainaaa8 · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

All of the following are reasons it is important to map the field site with information from local people except:

a. much cultural information is contained on a key consultants map.
b. the map will contain local place names.
c. the map will contain information on local features and land use in the area.
d. social information will be contained on the map.
e. local informants have official maps available to make this accurate and quantitative.

Question 2

Why are informal interviews central to ethnographic fieldwork?

a. They provide a fixed structure that allows the researcher to quantify the data collection.
b. They are conversations between friends and allow the anthropologist access to information that is confidential.
c. They are part-time ways of gathering data that allow the anthropologist time to do other work while working in the field.
d. They are casual exchanges in which the anthropologists can gain insight into the things that matter most to the cultural group.
e. They are pieces of a larger conversation and allow anthropologists to work in a team with each person contributing to the conversation.