It is necessary to understand what culture is before attempting to observe the actions of people. If not I will be looking at the situation through the eyes of a customer and not an observer. Culture is the ideas and behaviors that are learned and transmitted by nongenetic means (Park, 2014). The advance in technology from written language, government to man-made objects are merely the product of culture (anthro.palomar.edu). Artifacts discovered are the reflection of the knowledge and skills of the culture. Without a knowledge of the culture the use of discovered artifacts have little meaning. Observing the culture first hand allows for a better understanding of reciprocity process, market system, kinship, and artifacts.
Choosing a location would be more difficult than anticipated. A simple store would lack variation. The concept choose a location that offered more than one sells option. The ethnography site I chose is Casey’s General Store with a build in restaurant, on …show more content…
Being that, the smell of food is masked by a clean fragrance of lavender emanating from the entire store. The preparation area also was manned by an employee who exchanged food for currency. When a customer approaches this counter they are not carrying commodities, but requesting it to be made. At the entrance stands a slightly elevated counter wide enough for up to 3 employees to distributed commodities as well at the exchange of money. The market system money is exchanged for goods services (Parks, 2014). Customers were not expected to pay for their products until they visual observed them first. The process is not understood until later stages of maturity. Likewise, no customer attempted obtain products without money or credit. Routinely employees stepped down from behind the registers to refill sold out products, certain products behind the counter sold out quicker than products on the
Choosing a location would be more difficult than anticipated. A simple store would lack variation. The concept choose a location that offered more than one sells option. The ethnography site I chose is Casey’s General Store with a build in restaurant, on …show more content…
Being that, the smell of food is masked by a clean fragrance of lavender emanating from the entire store. The preparation area also was manned by an employee who exchanged food for currency. When a customer approaches this counter they are not carrying commodities, but requesting it to be made. At the entrance stands a slightly elevated counter wide enough for up to 3 employees to distributed commodities as well at the exchange of money. The market system money is exchanged for goods services (Parks, 2014). Customers were not expected to pay for their products until they visual observed them first. The process is not understood until later stages of maturity. Likewise, no customer attempted obtain products without money or credit. Routinely employees stepped down from behind the registers to refill sold out products, certain products behind the counter sold out quicker than products on the