Why are informal interviews central to ethnographic fieldwork?
a. They provide a fixed structure that allows the researcher to quantify the data collection.
b. They are conversations between friends and allow the anthropologist access to information that is confidential.
c. They are part-time ways of gathering data that allow the anthropologist time to do other work while working in the field.
d. They are casual exchanges in which the anthropologists can gain insight into the things that matter most to the cultural group.
e. They are pieces of a larger conversation and allow anthropologists to work in a team with each person contributing to the conversation.
ANSWER: d
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