ANTH 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ethnocentrism, Cholesterol
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Missionary people taking away the spiritual objects of the people showing superiority they were considered the devil by the people. The people consider the tourist stupid considering the fact that they won"t understand what they are trying to be told. The superiority of white people: anthropology and tourism. Similarity elements of going to other places and meeting other people. Anthropologists critically think about where they go and people there and study the culture there. Show the priority of the anthropologist differing from the natives. Natives usually have more important priorities then caring about cholesterol. Work done in the field: designed to answer some questions, gather data 1st hand. Barker"s arrival story takes you with him and to what he does. Hedican 1st hand techniques: immersion in daily activity, learning the observation. Studying, living in another culture over a long period of time. Dual purpose (field notes: participation, observation.