In her role as an applied anthropologist confronting the Nestle Corporation marketing baby formula in third world countries, Van Esterik engaged in all of the following except:

a. organizing national protests against the company.
b. working as an advocate of mothers against Nestle formula.
c. debating against Nestle spokespersons about the merits of instant baby formula in third world countries.
d. heading up a large-scale research project on the effects of instant baby formula in Colombia, Kenya, Indonesia, and Thailand.
e. using her personal research data in Thailand in public debates.


ANS: A

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