Do you think the city is dangerous?

In continuation to Do you think the city is dangerous? i forgot to mention that i have experienced a robbery in my house. It was one of the worst experiences ever. I came home with my family to a disastrous house with missing valuable items. With that being said i think the city is definitely dangerous!.

Gmelch And Gmelch (Pg 82-96)

Field school students, have been hands-on experiencing the rural and city settings. Their field schools were  based on the rural areas in Ireland, and then throughout the 1960's and 90's in Barbados.Unfortunately; the hands on program has moved to urban Australia from the rural Barbados. It has shifted from village setting to city. Reasons to their moving was because residents Barbados villagers weren't around as much due to them commuting to jobs in the Capital city.(Pg 83) With fewer residents, the students can not interview them to extract information. From studying village ethnography, today they practice Urban Anthropology, doing fieldwork on variety of topics in the city. Moving to the students has made clear the differences between rural and urban fieldwork. The differences between Barbados: a village, and Tasmania; a suburb neighborhood. Students have experienced similarities and differences in village fieldwork vs city fieldwork. They find city fieldwork much more difficult than village. The people in villages were friendly, welcoming, and united; while as the people in the city seemed like strangers. The students couldn't approach them without explaining to them who are they and why are they doing this. The Rural vs. Urban: students who have researched in the villages did more "participent observation" than in the city. In the city the way students conducted the interviewers were to use formal interview. With such overwhelm of the different cultures and ways of approaching people they also challenged in adapting themselves to the environment they were researching. When coming to a new environment, people, and setting they felt intimidated. I feel as if being a Anthropologist is beneficial and helpful but at times difficult and challenging.

Foster And Kemper (Pg 5-19)

 Anthropology, the scientific study of the origin, behavior, and the physical, social and cultural development. In Fieldwork In Cities; discusses how the study of Anthropology has evolved throughout the years. According to Foster and Kemper, by the 1920's sociologists were doing research in American cities. After World War 2, the anthropological research has shifted on the city life and urbanization which developed throughout the 1960's and 1970's. They were no longer researching on villages and tribes but on large cities to gather more data and information. To do their research and gathering they utilize a pencil, and a stenographer's notebook which is also used in the court system. They also have come to a new method on interviewing people on how to extract as much information as possible from them by using the "Participent observation" which is to gain a close and intimate familiarity with a given group of individuals. This research method is often called fieldwork where they travel to their houses to live with them, eat, and monetarize every single activity they get into so they can get to know more about the family. Most Anthropologists have been accused of being a CIA agent, a Protestant missionary, a social worker, a tax collector, or even a misguided tourist.(13) I would think the same as well; thinking who are you to ask me these questions what do you care, ARE YOU A COP!

Do you think the city is dangerous?

                       According to Wirth, cities have a way of influencing the people's behavior's and actions. He stated that in cities, people are guarded, not trusting  and are selfish. They dont have the time to interact with other's or even care too. When forming friendships according to Wirth is to get something out of it. Not all cities have the same interaction each one has different ways of behaviors, it is the culture and tradition that influences the person's actions as Wirth stated in the article. For example, back home where i am from the Dominican Republic, there is a different way of interacting and socializing with people and there is also a different environment where you feel safe.

                      I do not feel safe in NYC due to a high rate of crimes, terroism,  and sexual predators. i tend to agree with Wirth where he explains how people in cities have to keep a guard up and cant trust anyone. For instance when i take the train to commute to school i just keep to myself listening to my music and have no tendency in starting a conversation with someone i do not know, i do not know if that person is a terroist plotting to surrender the train or something. In the NYC environment you are influenced to act this way to not trust anyone.