Doing Anthropology

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word is an interesting word to used to describe what does not hold just because

it's a transported from the natural sciences and it's not to contrast a lot were

mostly it's a lot of talking it's observing conversations with people are having not only

at how do we

talk to people and i and what i thank but we do things but along

i

so

it is about

connecting

i that a social life and cultural line that people to automatically

i think that whatever apology does its process of trying together information where you realise

things are not always the parent and it's only by being there is much as

possible on a regular basis you can sometimes get a glimpse into people in our

lives

one

we can combine it is you while i'm doing fieldwork and a haitian social service

organisation that has historically sir haitian refugees and immigrants the greater boston area i thought

of as a very interesting site

to think about in terms of questions that came up with the research that i

have done in hindi how is it that case of patients were able to the

he were able to reestablish new lies in another country going to negotiate a whole

new system on the culture and language so

trying to see what is it need to be in american what is a need

to be is that is and what is a need to be american for those

you're coming from a bride here

where in londonderry want to study the culture and economy of arms that and are

different you thinking and united thing

one thing i'm interested in looking at how people learn how to me

and then people i have

i'm at their kitchen

for years other had of idea that they're gonna going to bed

and it requires that in the read black then

the project more one line

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so i think as long as you go to choose maker using his or her

hands and process

and using results is a mixture of source here really

differently

so it's an interesting place to like a tax break case

has

expert knowledge is not a guarantee that you're gonna make a good

g

for

some people

measured temperature and they're very fastidious and they only do what are the next step

and created that exactly the right point another people to say

okay

that's true

so you're material from what proportion right here

absolute is what happens to do fieldwork among scientists and one file just

what particular entail engaging with everybody factors which are not doing things in laboratory from

doing things at feast so i went on a member of research results but to

answer particular questions ecological questions i was able to dive german research so often a

small

some four diameter titanium problem i want to know in this moment of environment prices

one and what portion looks like to a scientist to describe it

somewhat in practice of the production are reported of knowledge about in this case the

motion model

one of the things that is a constant theme in this building of this program

is questions of citizenship education knowledge about law knowledge about writes all of those are

central themes to

security that the for example you have all these you are you calls take this

to the u

he called in sick and they don't the same

what is that you have that doesn't

benefit

it's been interesting to see what is it like for people who are living in

those kind of grace pieces of illegality in a way i think anthropologists today many

of them are looking at questions of law questions of health

questions of relations of power between the sexes those are all ethical more questions would

you say there is a lot of

discrimination against

or against

immigrants or against two

but i

so in many ways anthropologist can shed light on

dimensions of human experience that are not readily here we participate we observe we why

we use are on

subjective first antics area it is

the one i'm helping make cheese that

participant observation which is an important part of where i don't think i could have

really gotten have the vocal work

and i there are like that you're very heavy and they have their life incredibly

carefully you're really invest and concerns here so the first one for yourself and then

it helps better get more informed

so in some interesting ways the transformation of

of lab techniques and that the coming online of genomic some by informatics s

has changed the way that you shuttle back and forth between lab and field

i would say that that's absolutely true to arm

i think the view of a lot of us now is that it's this

iterative cycle and you make some observations in this is how it's always work you

have to go back right to the field

or to the ocean to test your predictions from its observations

i think the surprising thing for me in doing anthropological fieldwork among marine biologist

was how

similar our questions were about fieldwork itself how is it that you do

extended research in the field and come up with the story about what is your

trying to describe it at all representative so oceanography and if not you both share

the conundrum of how

to represent the world in a very real sets the spider abilities to sets

you know molecules indirectly or ability sets lotion from space

actually

a dollar shops in my can you get it continue to remain were marked as

well as o

this is

split fieldwork allows it in my view is the way to see what's

no

generally on the surface it's a it's a very demanding process but it's

it's for me very rewarding to be able to work with people in for them

to trust you wind up to allow you into their lives i think that's kind

of the most fruitful for