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ethnographic fieldwork  

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  • Ethnographic fieldwork is an in-depth localized research process aimed at the description and analysis of cultural systems. Both scientific and artistic in perspective and approach, ethnographic fieldwork is characteristic of the work of cultural anthropologists who seek explanation and/or interpretation of human behavior, practices, ideas, and values. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Fieldwork, Ethnographic]

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