Anthropologists advise that it is best to:
a. do your first fieldwork as part of a team of researchers, some of them experienced.
b. do your first fieldwork in your own culture so that you become experienced.
c. do your first fieldwork in a culture other than your own.
d. work in societies that are different from your own but now located very far away from where you live.
e. study peasants as part of your first fieldwork experience.
ANSWER: c
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