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| To do anthropological fieldwork, do you have to travel to another country and speak another language? Ans: Traditionally, anthropologists have studied nonindustrial, small-scale societies that frequently speak a language different from the researcher and live in a distant place. However, while that kind of fieldwork continues, a lot of anthropological fieldwork is now conducted in large, industrialized Western societies. Therefore, not all anthropological field requires long-distance travel or the knowledge of a foreign language. Who pays for anthropological fieldwork? Ans: Several different agencies fund anthropological fieldwork. Some agencies are part of the federal government, like the National Science Foundation, The National Institutes of Health, the Fulbright-Hays, and the Fulbright IIE, while other funding agencies are private non-profit organizations, like Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. Funding is not given out to everyone who asks. Researchers submit grant proposals that explain the question to be investigated, where the field work will take place, what methods will be used to collect data, and why the researcher writing the proposal is well-suited to carry out the proposed research. |