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TL;DR: The anthropologist's check on the biased perception and reporting of informants is the basis of the anthropologists' picture of the real, real, social relations as mentioned in this paper. But the anthropologist is often biased by observations on the iniquity of his enemies and slogans about the excesses of the younger generation.
Abstract: social structure is soften incoherent and overly specific, while his statements about realized forms of social relations are often biased by observations on the iniquity of his enemies and slogans about the excesses of the &dquo;younger generation&dquo;. Observation of the participation in social activities are the anthropologist’s check on the biased perception and reporting of informants. Information gathered by the observation of ordinary social activities is the basis of the anthropologist’s picture of the real,

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