Question 1

An important change in the way that ethnography is written in the twenty-first century is that there is less emphasis on presenting native voices.

Accepted Answer

A)  true 
B)  false 
A)  true 
B)  false

Question 2

Define three fieldwork strategies anthropologists use to research their ethnographies, and describe the context in which each is used.

Accepted Answer

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Question 3

The trust and friendship that ethnographers establish with research subjects are known as:

Accepted Answer

A)  reflexivity. 
B)  power. 
C)  authority. 
D)  rapport. 
E)  values. 
A)  reflexivity. 
B)  power. 
C)  authority. 
D)  rapport. 
E)  values.

Question 4

Sidney Mintz:

Accepted Answer

A)  conducted a restudy of the Trobriand Islands. 
B)  researched social life among the Nuer of Africa. 
C)  studied the effects of colonialism in Puerto Rico. 
D)  examined sexuality in Samoa. 
E)  became an expert on Native Americans. 
A)  conducted a restudy of the Trobriand Islands. 
B)  researched social life among the Nuer of Africa. 
C)  studied the effects of colonialism in Puerto Rico. 
D)  examined sexuality in Samoa. 
E)  became an expert on Native Americans.

Question 5

________ is the cornerstone of the research conducted by contemporary cultural anthropologists.

Accepted Answer

A)  Participant observation 
B)  Archival research 
C)  Statistical analysis 
D)  Synchronic study 
E)  Unilineal evolution 
A)  Participant observation 
B)  Archival research 
C)  Statistical analysis 
D)  Synchronic study 
E)  Unilineal evolution

Question 6

Margaret Mead:

Accepted Answer

A)  conducted a restudy of the Trobriand Islands. 
B)  researched social life among the Nuer of Africa. 
C)  studied the effects of colonialism in Puerto Rico. 
D)  examined sexuality in Samoa. 
E)  became an expert on Native Americans. 
A)  conducted a restudy of the Trobriand Islands. 
B)  researched social life among the Nuer of Africa. 
C)  studied the effects of colonialism in Puerto Rico. 
D)  examined sexuality in Samoa. 
E)  became an expert on Native Americans.

Question 7

Annette Weiner:

Accepted Answer

A)  conducted a restudy of the Trobriand Islands. 
B)  researched social life among the Nuer of Africa. 
C)  studied the effects of colonialism in Puerto Rico. 
D)  examined sexuality in Samoa. 
E)  became an expert on Native Americans. 
A)  conducted a restudy of the Trobriand Islands. 
B)  researched social life among the Nuer of Africa. 
C)  studied the effects of colonialism in Puerto Rico. 
D)  examined sexuality in Samoa. 
E)  became an expert on Native Americans.

Question 8

How did early twentieth-century anthropology differ from the anthropology practiced in the nineteenth century Europe?

Accepted Answer

A)  Twentieth-century anthropologists' research focused on kinship and religion, whereas nineteenth-century anthropologists were more interested in economics and politics. 
B)  Whereas twentieth-century anthropologists took a four-field approach to understanding culture, nineteenth-century were mostly interested in material culture. 
C)  Nineteenth-century anthropologists were mostly interested in present-day cultures as they existed, but twentieth-century anthropologists were interested in the processes by which cultures changed. 
D)  Nineteenth-century anthropologists conducted long-term fieldwork, but twentieth-century anthropologists tended to rely on explorers' accounts. 
E)  Although twentieth-century anthropologists did fieldwork in Africa and the Pacific, anthropologists in the nineteenth century primarily explored ancient cultures of the Mediterranean region. 
A)  Twentieth-century anthropologists' research focused on kinship and religion, whereas nineteenth-century anthropologists were more interested in economics and politics. 
B)  Whereas twentieth-century anthropologists took a four-field approach to understanding culture, nineteenth-century were mostly interested in material culture. 
C)  Nineteenth-century anthropologists were mostly interested in present-day cultures as they existed, but twentieth-century anthropologists were interested in the processes by which cultures changed. 
D)  Nineteenth-century anthropologists conducted long-term fieldwork, but twentieth-century anthropologists tended to rely on explorers' accounts. 
E)  Although twentieth-century anthropologists did fieldwork in Africa and the Pacific, anthropologists in the nineteenth century primarily explored ancient cultures of the Mediterranean region.

Question 9

Because she has been a community activist and advocate for her research subjects, and founded Organs Watch as a watchdog organization, Nancy Scheper-Hughes' research could be considered a form of ________ ethnography.

Accepted Answer

A)  experimental 
B)  public 
C)  mutual 
D)  organizational 
E)  informed 
A)  experimental 
B)  public 
C)  mutual 
D)  organizational 
E)  informed

Question 10

In Horace Miner's interpretations of Nacirema culture, ________ are important ritual specialists.

Accepted Answer

A)  kings and queens 
B)  teachers 
C)  physicians and dentists 
D)  actors 
E)  lawyers 
A)  kings and queens 
B)  teachers 
C)  physicians and dentists 
D)  actors 
E)  lawyers

Question 11

Franz Boas' fieldwork toolkit was likely to have included all of the following items EXCEPT a:

Accepted Answer

A)  pen. 
B)  notebook. 
C)  camera. 
D)  dictionary. 
E)  computer. 
A)  pen. 
B)  notebook. 
C)  camera. 
D)  dictionary. 
E)  computer.

Question 12

During the planning stages of a fieldwork project, it is typical to:

Accepted Answer

A)  identify key informants. 
B)  establish rapport. 
C)  chart kinship networks. 
D)  conduct a literature review. 
E)  map the research community. 
A)  identify key informants. 
B)  establish rapport. 
C)  chart kinship networks. 
D)  conduct a literature review. 
E)  map the research community.

Question 13

The author suggests that anthropology is unique among other disciplines such as economics or history because our perspective begins with:

Accepted Answer

A)  statistics. 
B)  space. 
C)  people. 
D)  records. 
E)  trends. 
A)  statistics. 
B)  space. 
C)  people. 
D)  records. 
E)  trends.

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT a reason for ethnographers to conduct long-term fieldwork?

Accepted Answer

A)  learn about everyday life and practices 
B)  establish rapport with community members 
C)  gain a perspective on complex systems of power and meaning 
D)  reinforce ethnocentric attitudes about cultural superiority 
E)  understand connections between local and global processes 
A)  learn about everyday life and practices 
B)  establish rapport with community members 
C)  gain a perspective on complex systems of power and meaning 
D)  reinforce ethnocentric attitudes about cultural superiority 
E)  understand connections between local and global processes

Question 15

Folklorists and anthropologists interpret the phenomenon where people across the globe repeat variations of bizarre and unlikely stories as ________ that reflect informants' concerns about their own vulnerability in a globalizing society.

Accepted Answer

A)  cultural shocks 
B)  mass hysteria 
C)  urban legends 
D)  multi-sited ethnographies 
E)  quantitative data 
A)  cultural shocks 
B)  mass hysteria 
C)  urban legends 
D)  multi-sited ethnographies 
E)  quantitative data

Question 16

Community members who guide, advise, and teach the ethnographer during fieldwork are called:

Accepted Answer

A)  cultural collaborators. 
B)  research stakeholders. 
C)  key informants. 
D)  primary subjects. 
E)  research aides. 
A)  cultural collaborators. 
B)  research stakeholders. 
C)  key informants. 
D)  primary subjects. 
E)  research aides.

Question 17

________ anthropology is based on secondhand accounts of missionaries and merchants.

Accepted Answer

A)  Salvage 
B)  Public 
C)  Postmodern 
D)  Participatory 
E)  Armchair 
A)  Salvage 
B)  Public 
C)  Postmodern 
D)  Participatory 
E)  Armchair

Question 18

Making the strange seem more familiar is an overarching goal of:

Accepted Answer

A)  key interviews. 
B)  structured surveys. 
C)  ethnographic fieldwork. 
D)  salvage ethnography. 
E)  experimental hypotheses. 
A)  key interviews. 
B)  structured surveys. 
C)  ethnographic fieldwork. 
D)  salvage ethnography. 
E)  experimental hypotheses.

Question 19

In an effort to make their ethnographies more collaborative and participatory, anthropologists often incorporative natives' perspectives in a practice known as:

Accepted Answer

A)  polyvocality. 
B)  reflexivity. 
C)  transparency. 
D)  rapport. 
E)  relativity. 
A)  polyvocality. 
B)  reflexivity. 
C)  transparency. 
D)  rapport. 
E)  relativity.

Question 20

Rumors such as those about organ thefts are of interest to anthropologists and folklorists because they:

Accepted Answer

A)  often reflect underlying concerns about everyday life that go unspoken in everyday conversation. 
B)  serve as warnings of the potential dangers of conducting fieldwork in an area. 
C)  are very localized, demonstrating a resistance to globalization. 
D)  make it very difficult for ethnographers to gain informed consent. 
E)  are entertaining to listen to and retell. 
A)  often reflect underlying concerns about everyday life that go unspoken in everyday conversation. 
B)  serve as warnings of the potential dangers of conducting fieldwork in an area. 
C)  are very localized, demonstrating a resistance to globalization. 
D)  make it very difficult for ethnographers to gain informed consent. 
E)  are entertaining to listen to and retell.

An important change in the way that ethnography is written in the twenty-first century is that there is less emphasis on presenting native voices.

Define three fieldwork strategies anthropologists use to research their ethnographies, and describe the context in which each is used.

The trust and friendship that ethnographers establish with research subjects are known as:

Sidney Mintz:

________ is the cornerstone of the research conducted by contemporary cultural anthropologists.

Margaret Mead:

Annette Weiner:

How did early twentieth-century anthropology differ from the anthropology practiced in the nineteenth century Europe?

Because she has been a community activist and advocate for her research subjects, and founded Organs Watch as a watchdog organization, Nancy Scheper-Hughes' research could be considered a form of ________ ethnography.

In Horace Miner's interpretations of Nacirema culture, ________ are important ritual specialists.

Franz Boas' fieldwork toolkit was likely to have included all of the following items EXCEPT a:

During the planning stages of a fieldwork project, it is typical to:

The author suggests that anthropology is unique among other disciplines such as economics or history because our perspective begins with:

Which of the following is NOT a reason for ethnographers to conduct long-term fieldwork?

Folklorists and anthropologists interpret the phenomenon where people across the globe repeat variations of bizarre and unlikely stories as ________ that reflect informants' concerns about their own vulnerability in a globalizing society.

Community members who guide, advise, and teach the ethnographer during fieldwork are called:

________ anthropology is based on secondhand accounts of missionaries and merchants.

Making the strange seem more familiar is an overarching goal of:

In an effort to make their ethnographies more collaborative and participatory, anthropologists often incorporative natives' perspectives in a practice known as:

Rumors such as those about organ thefts are of interest to anthropologists and folklorists because they:

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Exam 3: Fieldwork and Ethnography

An important change in the way that ethnography is written in the twenty-first century is that there is less emphasis on presenting native voices.

Define three fieldwork strategies anthropologists use to research their ethnographies, and describe the context in which each is used.

The trust and friendship that ethnographers establish with research subjects are known as:

Sidney Mintz:

________ is the cornerstone of the research conducted by contemporary cultural anthropologists.

Margaret Mead:

Annette Weiner:

How did early twentieth-century anthropology differ from the anthropology practiced in the nineteenth century Europe?

Because she has been a community activist and advocate for her research subjects, and founded Organs Watch as a watchdog organization, Nancy Scheper-Hughes' research could be considered a form of ________ ethnography.

In Horace Miner's interpretations of Nacirema culture, ________ are important ritual specialists.

Franz Boas' fieldwork toolkit was likely to have included all of the following items EXCEPT a:

During the planning stages of a fieldwork project, it is typical to:

The author suggests that anthropology is unique among other disciplines such as economics or history because our perspective begins with:

Which of the following is NOT a reason for ethnographers to conduct long-term fieldwork?

Folklorists and anthropologists interpret the phenomenon where people across the globe repeat variations of bizarre and unlikely stories as ________ that reflect informants' concerns about their own vulnerability in a globalizing society.

Community members who guide, advise, and teach the ethnographer during fieldwork are called:

________ anthropology is based on secondhand accounts of missionaries and merchants.

Making the strange seem more familiar is an overarching goal of:

In an effort to make their ethnographies more collaborative and participatory, anthropologists often incorporative natives' perspectives in a practice known as:

Rumors such as those about organ thefts are of interest to anthropologists and folklorists because they:

Anthropology in a Global Age

Culture

Language

Human Origins

Race and Racism

Ethnicity and Nationalism

Gender

Sexuality

Kinship, Family, and Marriage

Class and Inequality

The Global Economy

Migration

Politics and Power

Religion

Health and Illness

Art and Media

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