Exam 3: Fieldwork and Ethnography

Imagine thousands of people, all screaming, yelling, and drinking, while a smaller group in the center area fight over the remains of a dead pig. If it were part of the research described in Horace Miner's interpretations of Nacirema culture, this might be seen as significant in anthropological terms because it:

In the past, anthropology has been criticized for failing to properly include the communities being studied. As a response to those critiques, what practice do anthropologists today frequently use?

What term describes ethnographers' awareness that they should engage in critical self-examination regarding the role they play in the research process?

How would you describe the problems pertaining to the vulnerability of research subjects involved in a study of Facebook groups?

In an age of intensifying globalization, ethnographic research continues to provide a deep understanding of informants' everyday lives and cultures, due in large part to the continued use of what specific part of the anthropologist's toolkit?