ANTH 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Orlando Patterson, David Riesman, Cultural Assimilation
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In search of respect has two things that makes it unique. If you told your doctorate eld advisor that you want to do your ethnography in new york, or even canada, then your prospects would probably be weak. There has been a tendency to emphasize exotic cultures as opposed to cultures in our orbit. We"re trained to work in very small communities. Can"t really say the trobean islands are comparable to brooklyn or queens. The borders are too permeable in new york. Anthropologists like small, isolated areas that are easier to study. Identity based on studying non-western cultures people that were thought to be in a di erent stage of cultural evolution. People will relatively more often study their own cultures (though it is harder to be objective) Still, no real standard for studying industrialized cultures. Now you might have a nuer studying north american culture (e. g. nuer that studied at ucla)
