Choose ONE of the following activities:

1. What types of physical danger may anthropologists encounter in the field?  Choose two different field locations that might interest you, and consider what types of physical (environmental) challenges would be present in those locations.

To assist you:  You Tube Video Introduction to the The Human Relations Area Files:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUja_e6nS0c (Links to an external site.)

Link to the The Human Relations Area Files (Cultural Section) :  http://ehrafworldcultures.yale.edu/ehrafe/browseCultures.do?context=main#thisChar=A

2. Anthropologists disagree over whether objectivity or activism should be the goal of anthropological research, especially in communities experiencing injustice. What is your personal position on this issue?

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