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out & about

As a field director for the Hawai'i Archaeological Research Project, I encourage you to join us in 2009 if you're interested in archaeology and anthropology. If you're looking photographic experience, check out the Photographic Workshop in the Neotropics that I'll be directing later in the summer.

What defines "fieldwork"? Fieldwork is when researchers get into the real world to make direct observations about the phenomena they study. For archaeologists, it's usually recording material culture, for cultural anthropologists it's often living with or proximate to informants, and so on. While approaches vary widely in anthropology, there is a disciplinary emphasis on the importance of getting out into the field and such experience remains a requisite for students aiming at advanced work or study in the discipline.