Chapter 3
Remix Authors
Vanessa Martínez, Holyoke Community College
Demetrios Brellas, Framingham State University
Original Author:
Katie Nelson, Inver Hills Community College
Learning Objectives
- Understand what makes ethnography unique compared to other methods of gathering data about human beings
- Explain how traditional approaches to ethnographic fieldwork contrast with contemporary ones
- Understand the role of participant observation in anthropological fieldwork
- Discuss the ethical considerations of ethnographic fieldwork
- Summarize how anthropologists use their data to tell meaningful stories about culture?
