What is fieldwork? Discuss major fieldwork tradition in Anthropology.

 Fieldwork is an essential aspect of all areas of anthropology because it is used to gather primary data, in other words fieldwork is how anthropologists collect the information used for their studies. Historically anthropologists tended to focus on ‘the exotic’ so fieldwork would be carried out in remote and distant locations such as tribal communities, but today it can be done in a huge variety of settings from urban areas, small communities, cultural institutions, primate conservation areas or even in virtual spaces.

In the early days of anthropology scholars conducted their research from university libraries, relying on reports from travellers, missionaries and colonial officers instead of going into the field themselves, leading to them being referred to as ‘armchair anthropologists’ (because they did their research from the comfort of home). This way was challenged by BronisÅ‚aw Malinowski , one of the founding fathers of anthropology, who advocated the importance of actually travelling to live and interact with a community and living with, speaking with and taking part in the everyday lives of the locals. Although anthropologists had been going into the field _______ _____ _____ ____ ___ ___ ___ _______ _________.
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