Why Are Informal Interviews Central to Ethnographic Fieldwork

question 60

Multiple Choice

Why are informal interviews central to ethnographic fieldwork?

• A)They provide a fixed structure that allows the researcher to quantify the data collection.
• B)They are conversations between friends and allow the anthropologist access to information that is confidential.
• C)They are part-time ways of gathering data that allow the anthropologist time to do other work while working in the field.
• D)They are casual exchanges in which the anthropologists can gain insight into the things that matter most to the cultural group.
• E)They are pieces of a larger conversation and allow anthropologists to work in a team with each person contributing to the conversation.

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