Author Question: An example of fieldwork might be: a. an anthropologist doing detailed archival research on ... (Read 77 times)

CharlieWard · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

An example of fieldwork might be:

a. an anthropologist doing detailed archival research on federal welfare programs.
b. an anthropologist spending 18 months living among the Trobrianders in the Pacific Islands.
c. an anthropologist studying human genetic variation in a laboratory.
d. an anthropologist examining the history of language by comparing multiple written texts.

Question 2

Which of the following is not an interest of cultural anthropology?

a. Studying firsthand and reporting about the ways of life of particular human societies
b. Comparing diverse cultures and peoples to determine whether there are any common causes or influences that operate in all cultures
c. Trying to understand how various aspects of human life relate to one another in particular cultures and in cultures generally
d. Studying fossil remains to learn more about how the dinosaurs lived