Anthropology (catch all)

[marct]

I remember my initial training in screening and interviews; I thought the same thing you just said. It wasn't that different from going to a social event and collecting information on people you find attractive and want to get to know better.

And that's pretty much how we operate doing fieldwork, too . The difference is more in the environment of the interviews / observations than in the techniques (although we don't torture people except by making them read our dissertations ).

Marc