ethnographer
ethnographer — 名詞
- ethnographersingular
- ethnographersplural
1. a researcher who lives with a particular community in order to learn about its c
民族誌學者
透過實地觀察與參與來研究文化的學者
a researcher who lives with a particular community in order to learn about its culture by observing daily life and taking part in local activities.
Dr. Okonkwo spent two years as an ethnographer living with the Maasai in Tanzania.
Okonkwo 博士花了兩年時間擔任民族誌學者，與坦尚尼亞的馬賽人一同生活。
ethnographer + living with [community] + [place]
The young ethnographer carefully recorded the village's annual harvest ceremony.
那位年輕的民族誌學者仔細記錄了村莊一年一度的豐收儀式。
Before writing her book, Mei-Lin worked as an ethnographer in a fishing village in Vietnam.
在寫書之前，Mei-Lin 曾在越南的一個漁村擔任民族誌學者。
The museum hired an ethnographer to organise its growing collection of ritual objects.
博物館聘請了一位民族誌學者來整理日益增加的儀式物件收藏。
As an ethnographer, Da Silva interviewed dozens of families about their wedding traditions.
Da Silva 以民族誌學者的身分訪問了數十個家庭，了解他們的婚禮習俗。
- anthropologist
a wider category; every ethnographer is an anthropologist, but an anthropologist may work in archaeology, linguistics, or biological anthropology without doing fieldwork with living communities.
- field researcher
highlights the method (fieldwork) rather than the specific academic discipline. Can apply to biologists or geographers too.
- cultural anthropologist
nearly interchangeable; 'ethnographer' puts emphasis on the hands-on participant-observation approach.
用法筆記
Primarily found in academic fields such as anthropology and sociology. Broader than 'anthropologist', which can refer to any sub-field of anthropology (archaeology, linguistics, biological anthropology).