Fieldwork is essential and provides the most accurate research among any anthropologist. Fieldwork is practical work conducted by a researcher in the natural environment, rather than in a laboratory or office. Fieldwork contributes to anthropologists research and allows the research to be conducted accurately and efficiently. Anthropologists rely on fieldwork to be able to provide them with an instant connection and analysis for their research. Fieldwork is important not only for studies, but also for the anthropologist to gain insight within the culture/field and allows on site learning. Any anthropologist that conducts fieldwork will be provided with quicker evidence and analysis due to the on hand experience. Anthropologists on site are
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On hand experience not only benefits the anthropologists scientifically, but it benefits their knowledge and awareness. Becoming the culture through enculturation opens the opportunities of an anthropologists mindset. Stepping into a new environment allows anthropologists to broaden their horizons and explore the depths of the area and the culture. In a laboratory or research online you are provided with a limit, there is not a way to continue the research of a website, therefore fieldwork is more important for expanding the knowledge of an area. Encountering different sites and different people allow analysis of their way of life. A way of life among someone with a different culture than the anthropologist doing the fieldwork provides the anthropologists with a new way of thinking and experiencing something from their shoes. Being aware of cultures and their differences when researching in the field is essential for collecting data and research because anthropologists are challenged to think like their culture and take on tasks as they would. In depth fieldwork allows the anthropologist to step outside of their comfort zone and become more aware of the people and setting rather than limiting themselves in the manmade boundaries we create as a person throughout life. Lessons from the field is an article about a man named George Gmelch and his students on how they experienced living in Barbados. The students only stayed for a summer and they were defensive in the beginning due to the actions of the people. The Barbados people were open when talking about race, labeling the students as “white boy” and they lived simple without extra luxuries. The American students were judgmental in the beginning due to the fact that the Barbados people lived differently from them and how they weren’t similar to them and their way of living. However, after returning from Barbados, the students gained insight
On hand experience not only benefits the anthropologists scientifically, but it benefits their knowledge and awareness. Becoming the culture through enculturation opens the opportunities of an anthropologists mindset. Stepping into a new environment allows anthropologists to broaden their horizons and explore the depths of the area and the culture. In a laboratory or research online you are provided with a limit, there is not a way to continue the research of a website, therefore fieldwork is more important for expanding the knowledge of an area. Encountering different sites and different people allow analysis of their way of life. A way of life among someone with a different culture than the anthropologist doing the fieldwork provides the anthropologists with a new way of thinking and experiencing something from their shoes. Being aware of cultures and their differences when researching in the field is essential for collecting data and research because anthropologists are challenged to think like their culture and take on tasks as they would. In depth fieldwork allows the anthropologist to step outside of their comfort zone and become more aware of the people and setting rather than limiting themselves in the manmade boundaries we create as a person throughout life. Lessons from the field is an article about a man named George Gmelch and his students on how they experienced living in Barbados. The students only stayed for a summer and they were defensive in the beginning due to the actions of the people. The Barbados people were open when talking about race, labeling the students as “white boy” and they lived simple without extra luxuries. The American students were judgmental in the beginning due to the fact that the Barbados people lived differently from them and how they weren’t similar to them and their way of living. However, after returning from Barbados, the students gained insight