Fieldworking

"As members over the years, we were unaware of those groups as actual cultures, but looking back as fieldworkers, we now understand that we, like you, have always been in a position to research the people around us."  This quote really struck my interest.  I never realized that everyone is or has been in some sort of subculture.  It is also interesting that most of us are involved in many different subcultures as well.  We can interact and move among all of them without even realizing that we are doing so.  I had never come to that realization until after I had read chapter one.

I also thought it was interesting when they talked about families being subcultures.  Well, they are not exactly real subcultures but they "prepare us to observe outside our own home territory." When going to a friends' house, I would always realize the differences between my living preferences and theirs.  It is fascinating the different ways that many different families live.