Name: Ku Hok-bun Age: 36 Occupation: Anthropologist and sociologist
Young Post: What is the difference between anthropology and sociology?
Ku: It mainly depends on the research method used in the studies.
Basically, sociologists usually use theories and models to analyse a social phenomenon or a case, while anthropologists get involved in the case themselves to gain first-hand experience and carry out trials.
I studied both sociology and anthropology but personally I like the latter more because it involves more field trips. Living in the community that you were studying for a year was a prerequisite for the PhD anthropology students at the university I attended in Britain. I stayed in a Hakka village in Guangdong.
YP: What kind of research do you conduct?