<P> The field of anthropology originated from Europe and England designed in late 19th century . It spread its roots to the United States at the beginning of the 20th century . Some of the main contributors like EB Tylor ( 1832 - 1917 ) from Britain and Lewis H Morgan ( 1818 - 1881 ) , an American scientist were considered as founders of cultural and social dimensions . Franz Boas ( 1858 - 1942 ) , Bronislaw Malinowski ( 1858 -- 1942 ) , Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead ( 1901 - 1978 ) , were a group of researchers from the United States who contributed the idea of cultural relativism to the literature . Boas 's approach focused on the use of documents and informants , whereas , Malinowski stated that a researcher should be engrossed with the work for long periods in the field and do a participant observation by living with the informant and experiencing their way of life . He gives the viewpoint of the native and this became the origin of field work and field methods . </P>
<P> The field of anthropology originated from Europe and England designed in late 19th century . It spread its roots to the United States at the beginning of the 20th century . Some of the main contributors like EB Tylor ( 1832 - 1917 ) from Britain and Lewis H Morgan ( 1818 - 1881 ) , an American scientist were considered as founders of cultural and social dimensions . Franz Boas ( 1858 - 1942 ) , Bronislaw Malinowski ( 1858 -- 1942 ) , Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead ( 1901 - 1978 ) , were a group of researchers from the United States who contributed the idea of cultural relativism to the literature . Boas 's approach focused on the use of documents and informants , whereas , Malinowski stated that a researcher should be engrossed with the work for long periods in the field and do a participant observation by living with the informant and experiencing their way of life . He gives the viewpoint of the native and this became the origin of field work and field methods . </P>
a cross-cultural comparison of two or more different cultures rooted in ethnography is called
a cross-cultural comparison of two or more different cultures rooted in ethnography is called
cultural relativism
cultural relativism