SAGE News Clips: Analyzing GarbageDescription: Anthropologist Robin Nagle has been dubbed New York's very own "garbage guru." As a professor of anthropology at New York University, Nagle studies the people of New York by looking at what they throw away. Nagle has been analyzing garbage for over a year investigating what she refers to as our "throwaway culture."Click on the above link to access the Interactive eBook. Once you've signed in, scroll to page 43, and watch the video. When you've finished watching the video, come back to the test, and answer the following questions:Nagle engages in what sociologists call ______. She observes trash collection, but she also participates in it directly.
A. ethnography
B. participant-observation
C. interviews
D. surveys
Answer: B
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