ANTHROP 1AB3- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 33 pages long!)
29 Mar 2018
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Fieldwork: an anthropological rite of passage, fieldwork = immersion within another society. What might be some problems with relying exclusively on surveys and statistics: answers may not be truthful, answers may show bias. Learn the language: research the culture, take safety precautions. Informed consent getting consent from the people of whatever area you are studying so that they know what you are doing. Interacting closely with people on a daily basis, sometimes living with or near them, and often participating activities or aspects of daily life. Indigenous group of approximately 30,000 people in amazonian regions of brazil and. Venezuela: napoleon chagnon was one of the first anthropologists to study these people. In his writings, he depicted them as very violent people and made harsh accusations. Is alleged to have created harmful and essentialist representations of the yanomamo for his own personal gain: what is essentialism, when you reduce a culture to particular stereotypes.
