While Izquierdo was doing field work among the Matsigenka, she was also involved in an anthropological study closer to home.

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In Nicaragua I was taught to have respect for other cultures not by examining theoretical anthropological concepts of cultural relativism (which I did later study), but by having my behavior scrutinized and overtly criticized by the people whose homes had been opened to me as part of the trip.

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