ABSTRACT

The original impetus for this journey began long, long ago in 1932, when she was six years old. When she entered the teenage years, she developed endless epistemological and ontological questions, questions that in one form or another have lasted a lifetime. In 1946 she went with her new husband to the University of Illinois, where he enrolled in the graduate physics program. There was a feeling of exploration and enthusiasm conveyed by the professors and the anthropology majors. During this graduate school period, she do not recall any particular affinity, animosity, or interaction between her professors and her. Studying anthropology in the 1960s and 1970s meant using anthropological writings and attitudes from the prewar and immediate postwar decades. During this period, to gain credibility in the academic world, anthropologists emphasized the need to use the scientific method. She appreciate her broadened awareness of the cultural place of language, economics, aesthetics, law, childrearing practices, ideologies, values, and world-views.