Of course, it is very necessary to explain to the students the methods of ethnological field investigation, including how to choose field points; How to write an investigation outline; What preparations should be made before entering the site; How to determine the interviewee; How to conduct in-depth interviews; In the interview process, how to resolve the embarrassing situation and ease the tension.

And how to take field notes; How to analyze the field survey data and so on. When choosing a site, college students can choose familiar grass-roots communities as the site of field investigation, which has three main advantages: First, being familiar with the humanities and land environment of the survey site is conducive to the smooth progress of the survey, such as determining the important interviewees related to the topic, and also conducive to in-depth interviews.

In-depth field investigation

In the School of Ethnology and Sociology of Yunnan University, "field investigation" is regarded as the only way for students to become scholars.

Every year, young lecturers or professors go deep into the villages of various ethnic groups to do field work. Undergraduate students spend 1 month each year, master students spend 20 days each year, and doctoral students spend 1 year. During the investigation, they ate, lived and worked with the local people, conducted in-depth investigations during the day and summarized and wrote reports at night. Although the students are a little tired, they still enjoy it.