Author Question: An anthropologist has just arrived at a new field site and feels overwhelmed with a creepy, profound ... (Read 62 times)

ishan · **on:** Aug 11, 2018

An anthropologist has just arrived at a new field site and feels overwhelmed with a creepy, profound feeling of alienation, of being without some of the most ordinary, trivial (and therefore basic) cues of his culture of origin. What term best describes what he is experiencing?

A. culture shock
B. diachrony
C. synchrony
D. configurationalism
E. agency paralysis

Question 2

All of the following are characteristic field techniques of the ethnographer EXCEPT

A. detailed work with key consultants.
B. direct, firsthand observation of behavior, including participant observation.
C. in-depth interviewing, often leading to the collection of life histories.
D. problem-oriented research.
E. longitudinal analysis of data sets gathered from state-sponsored statistical agencies.