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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,

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I want to thank you for this useful video. I have been working for several years on a Distance Learning Cultural Anthropology course. This will be featured viewing on my (chronologically) first Discussion Board topic in the course "Doing Anthropology". I like the way the video provides a springboard for discussions of many different aspects of the fieldwork experience for cultural anthropologists. Again, thank you.

— Anonymous User posted about 112 days ago

Great Job on this film! I am a graduate anthropology student and received my undergraduate anthropology education at M.I.T. I've had classes with all the professors in this film, and they did a great job teaching me why anthropology (as a discipline) and being an anthropologist are important. I will recommend this film to other graduate students trying to T.A. undergraduate anthropology courses.

David S. Lowry UNC - Chapel Hill

— Anonymous User posted about 51 days ago
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