Question

Who was a famous anthropologist who believed that to truly learn about another' s culture and their customs you needed to live among the people?

Answer 1

Answer: Bronislaw Malinowski

Explanation:

Bronislaw Malinowski was a Polish anthropologist whose field researches influenced the discipline of the anthropology. He believed that in order to undestand another culture you needed to be inside that culture. For example, he went to the Trobriand Islands, in Melanesia and he stayed for several years, studying the indigenous culture.

Answer 2

I believe it was Franz Boas. 
He argued that in order to understand what is (behaviors, beliefs, , symbols), one had to examine them in their local context.