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Answer each questions in complete sentences on a separate sheet of paper/papers.
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1. A photograph in the chapter shows the anthropologist undergoing tattooing. What is this
photograph attempting to convey about ethnographic fieldwork and the work of cultural
anthropologists?
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2. Srinivas, an anthropologist from India, has discussed the ideal
anthropological "journey" in terms of the anthropologist's being "thrice born." What does he
mean by this, and why is the third birth perhaps the one of greatest insight?
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3. What is Culture?
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4. Briefly describe your own cultural background.
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5. Some ethnographers try not to interfere with the culture of people with whom they are
doing research. Others become more engaged in trying to change a situation. Identify one or
more issues that might change an anthropologist's role from primarily being a participantobserver to an active 'advocate' stance?