Thoughts on Fieldwork From Three Research Sites
Cultural Anthropology is a social science that explores how people understand – and act in – the world. But what, exactly, is it that Cultural Anthropologists do? How do they approach their research? In this short film, three members of MIT’s Anthropology Department, Stefan Helmreich, Erica James, and Heather Paxson, talk about their current work and the process of doing fieldwork.
This was definitely posted here before.
I found the original link. Though, it appears it links to an outdated version of the video.
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I wish they had at least opined on the myriad issues and subdisciplines available. Lest the lay audience think cultural anthropology boils down to immigrant rights, cheesemaking and studying people who study things.
Grad Student Guy: This is the 3D version.
Touche Kerim. Touche (lol).
For some reason, I thought the comments from the previous post were longer and more detailed. I must be thinking of another post because the link I posted clearly only has one comment on it. I posted it without even looking at the comments.
I use this early on in teaching my large intro to anthropology class. It works quite well – I ask the class beforehand to look out for the distinctive features/advantages of doing ethnographic fieldwork. There’s a lot in there to go on – and the kids these days do like their videoclips in class.