2006-10-30 06:48:06 · 4 answers · asked by Mallory 1 in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
All g**d**n day long.
Most professional anthropologists are academics and earn their salaries by teaching classes. That means up to *maybe* ten hours of lecturing a week, plus the work it takes to prepare lectures, meet with students, write tests and quizzes, do grading, and whatever else is required to run successful classes. Doing fieldwork is a different matter, though. Fieldwork doesn't allow for the easy division between work and free time that we expect in Western society - often fieldwork is a lot of fun. Sometimes it's basically just hanging out with the people you want to learn about, and sometimes it's concentrated bouts of interviews, research, observation, and note-taking. Sometimes you have to be very professional in fieldwork, other times it's okay to get plastered and chill with your interesting friends. After fieldwork, writing articles, essays, books, whatever takes up a lot of time, as does the more academically-oriented research that goes into such a project - but again this is hard to quantify in terms of hours.
Other kinds of professional anthropologists might have the benefit of eight hour work days, though.
2006-10-30 08:55:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have no set hours. Unless they become a teacher for a period of time, until someone to fund them. While on a expedition, there are no hours set.
2006-10-30 20:32:50 · answer #2 · answered by Keymay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
26 hours a day.
The true philosopher--and that's what anthropologists are--are constantly thinking...it's second nature...
2006-10-30 20:36:58 · answer #3 · answered by Professor Campos 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Until he/she gets sick of diggig up old relics.
2006-11-03 07:24:01 · answer #4 · answered by Latin Techie 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋