Why Is Culture Shock Such a Significant Aspect of Handling

question 29

Multiple Choice

Why is culture shock such a significant aspect of handling fieldwork situations?

• A) It is an attribute of those fieldworkers who have less experience and is a key component in teaching ethnographic field methods.
• B) Culture shock most acutely affects the community studied and must be handled wisely in order to preserve the field situation for future researchers.
• C) Culture shock is exceedingly common and occurs to almost every anthropologist, regardless of years of experience.
• D) Fieldwork cannot be conducted when an anthropologist is suffering from culture shock.
• E) It is a sign that the anthropologist should leave the community immediately.

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