ANTHRO 2A Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Omen
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One of the women were talking about you white people you have all the money. Wealthier more privilaged people come in connect with less privilaged people. Reclaimed words, they have taken back the power for that term. Misunderstanding between the tourist and the natives. Natives thought they were being obligated to buy their stuff. Tourist thought they were going to be entertained. Tourist, im paying them so they better give me what i want. He needs to understand them on his own terms. We are learning by being apart of them. It is an antrhopoloist job to learn structure to it. For malinowski, is trying to findout why. Cultures are holistic, intergrated, and cohesive, etc This is an important text for understanding anthropology because, because it actually proves the point that there is no universal laws. Demonstrates to the extent how our cultures form. Where we grew up we won"t have the same cultures.
