Cultural Research in Social Anthropology_T6

What is fieldwork primarily based on?

• Laboratory experiments 

• Direct personal observation

• Online surveys 

• Historical documents 

What did early anthropologists discover about the populations they studied?

• They had no culture 

• They were economically advanced 

• They spoke English 

• They had complex cultures with kinship structures

What was one major difficulty faced by early anthropologists?

• Lack of funding 

• Language barriers

• Poor weather conditions 

• Lack of equipment 

How did the word "kangaroo" originate?

• From the British settlers' language 

• From the local people's word for "finger"

• It was a made-up word 

• From the Aboriginal word for "animal" 

What is an important aspect of conducting fieldwork in anthropology?

• Remaining objective and understanding others' perspectives

• Writing detailed personal diaries 

• Avoiding interaction with the locals 

• Conducting interviews only in English 

Who is considered the father of ethnography?

• Charles Darwin

• Franz Boas 

• Bronislaw Malinowski

• Alfred Radcliffe-Brown 

What is the purpose of a monograph?

• To create a fictional story 

• To gather information about a specific topic

• To document scientific experiments 

• To do storytelling

What is a characteristic of a monograph?

• It should be brief 

• It should only include legends 

• It should be diachronic only 

   

• It should be as complete as possible

What are the time periods that a monograph can cover?

• Only modern times 

• Only ancient times

• Diachronic or synchronic

• Only future predictions 

What does a diachronic monograph focus on?

• Studying a topic over a period of time

• Events occurring in the future

• A specific event in the present

• Comparing two different cultures