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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Make of them?

1) Does "make of them" mean "explain them"?
2) Does "on fieldwork in Cambridge" mean "(one who does research and teaching work) in Cambridge University"?

Context:

Bread and wine, if blessed by a priest (who must have
testicles), 'become' the body and blood of the fatherless man.
What would an objective anthropologist, coming fresh to this set of
beliefs while on fieldwork in Cambridge, make of them?
  

Top answer

1. com/dictionary/american/make-of ) 2. "on fieldwork" means "carrying out fieldwork".

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  • com/dictionary/american/make-of ) 2.
  • "on fieldwork" means "carrying out fieldwork".
  • "fieldwork" is practical research in a real-world environment.
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1. "make of" = to understand someone or the meaning of something in a particular way (http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/american/make-of)

2. "on fieldwork" means "carrying out fieldwork". "fieldwork" is practical research in a real-world environment.
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The question is that the author says "fieldwork in Cambridge". Cambridge (University) is an ivory tower rather than a real-world environment.
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NL888 The question is that the author says "fieldwork in Cambridge". Cambridge (University) is an ivory tower rather than a real-world environment.
To understand this aspect, one needs to see the full context. In this instance, "fieldwork" refers to an anthropologist's study of people in their own habitat. The author has quoted an academic at Cambridge Univers
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