Explore Information Technology Application in Anthropology Field Investigation

Abstract:

With development of science technology and increasingly communication of different humanity, original attribute of traditional anthropology research object constantly disappear. Anthropology “field” changes from space in geographical sense to a broader sense of Social-politic networks localities. And with the Internet as the representative of information technology, which is diverse and interactive and has hypertext features, it provides a new method and possibility to data collection, investigation techniques and virtual field construction in anthropological field investigation. By exploring the application of information technology in the field investigation, important path of field investigation and development of ethnography can be searched. With rethinking tradition, it can keep dialogue with new technology.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 926-930)
• Pages: 1927-1930
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.926-930.1927
• Online since: May 2014
• Authors: Shang Qing Ge
• Keywords: Field Investigation, Information Technology (IT), Virtual Community, Virtual Ethnography

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