Problem
I. Explain what cultural relativism is and why anthropologists use it. Describe a specific passage from Righteous Dopefiend where the anthropologists apply cultural relativism to a situation. Explain why the passage you selected demonstrates the anthropologists attempting to apply cultural relativism.
II. Describe what participant-observation is. How do anthropologists carry out participation-observation while conducting fieldwork? Explain why anthropologist use participant-observation rather than learning about people from afar. Describe an instance where Claire Sterk used participant-observation in Tripping and Tricking. What did she gain by doing so?
III. Explain the distinction Serena Nanda makes between sex and gender in Gender Diversity. Why does Nanda argue that this distinction is useful for anthropologists when examining sex/gender cross-culturally? Provide an example from Gender Diversity where she uses this distinction to understand the gender ideologies of the pre-colonial Mojave and Navajo societies.
IV. Explain what the phrase time-space compression refers to. Describe a specific example of time-space compression found in the journeys of Holme's informants in Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies. Explain why your example demonstrates time-space compression in action.