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A: Krazie is correct in that there are many different perspectives in anthropological theory that are based on the field you are venturing into, but the most generic perspectives, when it comes to how an anthropologist (no matter what field of study) thinks and dictates, are emic and etic. Emic is where you learn to view objects from the observer's point of view, and etic is where you observe from an outsider's point of view. Each holds pros and cons. Emic will allow you search for an unbaised, unobjective view of other present, or past cultures. Whereas etic will distort the cultural relativistic view of learning another culture without a filter or bias.
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