“Japanese Ghosts Don’t Have Feet”

What are three underlined causes (cultural values) that led to the researcher’s
mistakes and upset her host family?

1. Read the assigned article, “Japanese Ghosts Don’t Have Feet” by Liza Dalby.
2. Identify three specific mistakes made by the ethnographer during her visit.
3. Identify the causes of those mistakes, linking the cause to cultural values (individualism vs.
   collectivism; high and low-context; power distance, and uncertainty avoidance).

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