I defiantly have never done anything like field work before. I suppose if you had asked me to describe field work before the start of this class I would have described something a Hollywood movie would have come up with. Someone wearing stereotypical archology clothing in the desert observing and taking notes about the local people and their customs. Anthropological research is very different then I thought. I think for me the biggest surprise is how interactive it can be. I thought the research was just living with people, observing them, interviewing them and writing a report. However, the fact is that it is about becoming a part of the culture and experiencing their way of life on every level first hand in order to learn about the peoples
