ANTHRO 2A Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Spirit House, Cultural Relativism, Participant Observation
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Where did the tourist come from: they came from germany. How did the native see the tourist: they thought the tourist were rich and wealthy. However, they also thought the tourist were rude and stingy because the tourist kept on negotiating for a lower price on the native"s crafts. Some tourists also did not buy the items, they just looked o. What are some of the issues that concerned the tourist on this tour: they take pictures of the entire village and the native children buys the postcard os their own village and give it to each other. What are the natives worried about: the ancient, sacred artifacts in their spirit house were thrown out. In what ways are the native isolated: the natives claimed to be isolated because they did not have enough money to travel the world like the europeans.
