Anthropology demands the open-mindedness with which one must look and listen, record in astonishment and wonder that which one would not have been able to guess.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Anthropology requires open-mindedness to observe and record the unexpected in human behavior.
- In plain terms
- Study people with an open mind to find the unexpected.
- What can you take from it?
- Open-mindedness is essential for discovery.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What surprises you in others?
- How open are you to the new?
Another view
Preconceptions sometimes aid hypothesis testing.
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