Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
community development, El Salvador, Fiestas Agostinas, moral motivation development projects
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
Anthropology
Abstract
Where will you be vacationing for Fiestas Agostinas? During the weeks leading up to the most anticipated holiday in El Salvador I was asked this question by almost every individual with whom I came into contact. As a new comer to the country and its customs reusing others greetings and topics of conversation from one social interaction to the next became a common practice as I endeavored to give the impression that I understood what was going on around me. As I traveled outside the capitol to indigenous communities living in the periphery, both literally and figuratively, my assumptions of the cross cultural applicability of many subjects revealed to me the great differences between the rural and urban populations of this small country.
Recommended Citation
Munger, Hilary and Hickman, Dr. Jacob
(2013)
"Who is “we”?: Community Development in El Salvador,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013:
Iss.
1, Article 161.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/161