Ultimately in this past quarter and my research and my interactions I have learned a lot, and enforced my own personal ideals as well. There has been many validating interactions and as well allowed further insight into a world that I do not belong.
With the fieldwork experience I didn't realize how much fear can be in another country towards ones own identity and what could be thought of as polite in a different setting. I also believe I made a good friend through this. I had never heard much of Argentina as well as the interactions of someone such as Talias or political or ethical backgrounds of her. Something that may be controversial to us her personal culture seeing it as okay.
This lead me into a way of thinking that maybe my ethics may be called into question as well as they stand. With so many different cultures in the world and so many different view points what can truly be considered good, or proper? Am I even qualified to answer that question other than what I want to succeed in. I don't have that answer and I am unsure who does if any of us do.
The book itself was a fascinating read. I can't bring up one passage that particularly stood out compared to the rest of it, because I get so excited. But many of the stories and the points brought up in the book "Strangers in their own land", I felt I could relate with a lot of it. Not from cultural stand points but from an ethical and point of view. Because I have tried my best to become objective in my ideals, despite putting myself into a situation of not having strong opinions but thats not entirely a bad thing from an anthropological stand point. In the end the book gave me a few more tools to go down my path as a potential journalist.
In the end my empathy walls have always been maxed out even from a young age. However I think they have changed to a point of thinking that perhaps I can take a logical view of emotions as well now instead of just feeling them I can think more clearly and perhaps understand why people are feeling the way they do versus just knowing how they feel.
With the fieldwork experience I didn't realize how much fear can be in another country towards ones own identity and what could be thought of as polite in a different setting. I also believe I made a good friend through this. I had never heard much of Argentina as well as the interactions of someone such as Talias or political or ethical backgrounds of her. Something that may be controversial to us her personal culture seeing it as okay.
This lead me into a way of thinking that maybe my ethics may be called into question as well as they stand. With so many different cultures in the world and so many different view points what can truly be considered good, or proper? Am I even qualified to answer that question other than what I want to succeed in. I don't have that answer and I am unsure who does if any of us do.
The book itself was a fascinating read. I can't bring up one passage that particularly stood out compared to the rest of it, because I get so excited. But many of the stories and the points brought up in the book "Strangers in their own land", I felt I could relate with a lot of it. Not from cultural stand points but from an ethical and point of view. Because I have tried my best to become objective in my ideals, despite putting myself into a situation of not having strong opinions but thats not entirely a bad thing from an anthropological stand point. In the end the book gave me a few more tools to go down my path as a potential journalist.
In the end my empathy walls have always been maxed out even from a young age. However I think they have changed to a point of thinking that perhaps I can take a logical view of emotions as well now instead of just feeling them I can think more clearly and perhaps understand why people are feeling the way they do versus just knowing how they feel.
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ReplyDeleteI like your comment about whether or not our ideals can be considered "right" or "wrong" because it is a very cultural thing.
ReplyDeleteI love that you mentioned having a Logical view of emotions as well. That's such an important and powerful thing to practice.
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