They use many different methods of study, but modern population genetics, participant observation and other techniques often take anthropologists "into the field," which means traveling to a community in its own setting, to do something called "fieldwork."
ðeɪ jˈuːz mˈɛni dˈɪfɹənt mˈɛθədz ʌv stˈʌdi, bˌʌt mˈɑːdɚn pˌɑːpjʊlˈeɪʃən dʒɪnˈɛɾɪks, pɑːɹtˈɪsɪpənt ɑːbzɚvˈeɪʃən ænd ˈʌðɚ tɛknˈiːks ˈɔfən tˈeɪk ˌænθɹəpˈɑːlədʒˌɪsts "ˌɪntʊ ðə fˈiːld," wˌɪtʃ mˈiːnz tɹˈævəlɪŋ tʊ ɐ kəmjˈuːnᵻɾi ɪn ɪts ˈoʊn sˈɛɾɪŋ, tə dˈuː sˈʌmθɪŋ kˈɔːld "fˈiːldwɜːk."