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12 Cards in this Set
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Survey
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used to gather specific information from a lot of individuals.
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Respondents
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People who are being studied for surveys
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Interview
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fieldworker elicits responses to prearranged questions.
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Interviewees are called:
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consultants or informants.
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Interviewees considered to have expertise in a particular area
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key consultants or key informants
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Participant observation
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fieldworkers participate in the daily lives of the people they are studying.
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Some Problems in the Field
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Stereotyping, Developing Rapport, Working with informants, Culture Shock, Encountering ethical dilemmas
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Stereotyping
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fieldworkers and the community they are studying have stereotypes that must be overcome.
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Developing Rapport
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Developing acceptance by the community so that a working relationship is possible
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Working with informants
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sometimes people engage in deliberate deception (e.g. Zapotec).
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Culture Shock
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psychological (sometimes physiological) trauma from being in an alien culture.
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Ethics
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anthropologists have ethical obligations to their scholarly field, to the wider society and culture, to the human species, other species, and the environment.
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