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Professional Relationships
Pages 35-39

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From page 35...
... Even if the ultimate destination is Manaus on the upper Amazon, it pays in many ways to go all the way south to Rio, and, with official blessings, to return north later. While in Rio, it should be possible to make the rounds of such agencies as CAPES, the Centro Latino-Americano de Pesquisas em CieSicias Socials, the Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Educacionais, and museums.
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From page 36...
... If American colleagues returned recently from Brazil cannot indicate the name of the required person, the research worker should consult the International Dictionary of Anthropological Institutions published by the Wenner-Gren Foundation in 1957. The new journal, Current Anthropology, also lists most of the Brazilian social scientists.
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From page 37...
... It may seem that a local anthropologist has considerable free time, but this can be deceiving. With a few exceptions, mainly in Rio and Sao Paulo, the Brazilian social scientist is not teaching on a fulltime basis and the low salary which accompanies part-time academic work must be supplemented by income from other occupations.
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From page 38...
... Rather the tendency has been for North American social scientists to go to Brazil in the capacity of advisers or technicians to the various applied science organizations, such as CBPE and el Centro Latino Americano. This position calls for quite different kinds of professional relations.
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From page 39...
... At the same time, some of the best insights and understanding of contemporary Brazilian culture are coming out of this type of association, particularly in the field of national character studies , since the range of research projects and sites is far larger and more organized than any individual study could be, due to the resources behind it. A third area in which the social scientist is participating, is that of teaching in various universities, under the Fulbright Act.
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