Field Trip To Arembepe Brazil By Conrad Kottak Summary

Conrad Kottak describes his personal experiences with culture shock in this article, pertaining to his first field trip to Arembepe, Brazil. He laid the foundation of his article with his thesis, stating, “Brought up in one culture, intensely curious about others, anthropologists nevertheless experience culture shock, particularly on their first field trip” (p. 104). The arrangement of this specific thesis drew me in, as it sparked curiosity aboutf his personal experiences in Brazil. With a previous understanding of anthropology, I deemed it fascinating to understand an anthropology student’s perspective of cultural shock. Kottak described his first impressions in Brazil being the smells of fruits and the large presence of fruit flies, and