3. Example, anthropologist found that homeless people were poorly captured in surveys. One found that an important term to the homeless was"flops, meaning a place where you can put your stuff down and sleep. Much of the lives of homeless people revolved around finding flops or getting to flops. This work eventually led to a new way of thinking about and dealing with homeless people 4. INFORMANTS Informant can have the connotation of"spy,, but the term is stil used Myerhoff uses informants" quite a bit. Today consultant is often used instead a. Informants are people who are particularly helpful, observant or eloquent in explaining their culture b. Sometimes the informants are people who are starved for attention, or have been observing and thinking themselves. Some relationships with informants go on for many years c. You also have to guard against being too swayed by this one person 5. LANGUAGE a. If you work in a culture with a foreign language, you are expected to learn the language b. This is especially hard if the language is unwritten c. Often times you have to learn the national language as well as the field d. As you learn the language you learn a lot about the people i. For example, Howe found that the people who lived near by the una were c alled the“ Bila'the word for“war”. Indicated that these peopl traditional enemies e. Anthropology's dirty little secrete is that many ethnographers actually don t learn the language or only learn a little bit Sometimes because everyone speaks the national language Ise it f. You have to realize that your translator may not be totally accurate3. Example, anthropologist found that homeless people were poorly captured in surveys. One found that an important term to the homeless was “flops”, meaning a place where you can put your stuff down and sleep. Much of the lives of homeless people revolved around finding flops or getting to flops. This work eventually led to a new way of thinking about and dealing with homeless people. 4. INFORMANTS Informant can have the connotation of “spy”, but the term is still used. Myerhoff uses “informants” quite a bit. Today “consultant” is often used instead. a. Informants are people who are particularly helpful, observant or eloquent in explaining their culture. b. Sometimes the informants are people who are starved for attention, or have been observing and thinking themselves. Some relationships with informants go on for many years. c. You also have to guard against being too swayed by this one person. 5. LANGUAGE a. If you work in a culture with a foreign language, you are expected to learn the language. b. This is especially hard if the language is unwritten. c. Often times you have to learn the national language as well as the field language. d. As you learn the language you learn a lot about the people. i. For example, Howe found that the people who lived near by the Kuna were called the “Bila” the word for “war”. Indicated that these people were traditional enemies. e. Anthropology’s dirty little secrete is that many ethnographers actually don’t learn the language or only learn a little bit. i. Sometimes because everyone speaks the national language ii. Sometimes because it’s too hard. f. You have to realize that your translator may not be totally accurate