Ruth Landes

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/ruth-landes

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1. When was Ruth Landes born?October 10, 1908
2. Where was Ruth Landes born?New York City, New York, USA
3. How big is Ruth Landes?Social organization and cultural practices of Indigenous Amazonian peoples
4. What is the academic discipline?Anthropology
5. What is the key work?The Nambikwara of Northwestern Mato Grosso, Brazil (1947)

Participant-Observation: A research method where the researcher immerses themselves in a culture to observe and participate in daily life.
Cultural Relativism: The principle that an individual person's beliefs and activities should be understood by others in terms of that individual's own culture.
Ethnographic Fieldwork: The process of conducting in-depth research within a specific cultural group, often involving extended stays.