ANTH 10319 Apr, 2014Who’s Who in Amopan?Section 2. Questions from Census, Practical Matters1. I interviewed people who live in Amopan and their families to construct the census and themap. The information includes the name of the residents, their relationships, age, gender,marital status, occupation, language spoken and other relatives situations.2. Other relatives living in the household includes sons-in-law, daughters-in-law,grandchildren, brother-in-law and nephew. The reason why they are there is because asresidents live in the Amopan, they would have the generations of offspring and thus theirfamily expanded to the grandchildren generations; another reason for that is because some ofthe resident’s relative deceased and left behind their little kids alone, so the residents raisedthem for their passed-away relatives.3. Teodora Curandero is a very kind person and people-oriented. When I met her, sheimmediately welcomed. It showed her hospitable personality. Later when I showed her myphoto album of my family, she expressed and felt sorry for me that my families couldn’tcome with me. Juan Jefe is really helped me a lot. When I asked him a lot of questions aboutthe village, he was very willing to help and answer my questions. He is responsible and proudof his own village.4. A practical problem I encountered is that one of the villagers Samuel Pescadero had a verybad hearing and he only responded “yes”. Later, when I tried to find Eduardo Jefe’s house, Itook the shortcut and hardly find my way. I solved this problem by returning to the main pathand found my way!5. When I entered Teodora’s house, they just spoke so fast. So, it was hard to catch up. Theway I solved the problem is that asking them to speak more slowly, so I can understand.6. One ethical dilemma I encountered is that I figured out tomas Barros married Juanita whois a lot younger than him. When I heard that, I couldn’t imagine. However, it is also theirculture and it is not ompossible to do it.Section 3. Questions from Census: Personality and Demographic Issues1. Juan Jefe put his hand on the heart whenever he talked about his eldest son Fransisco. Also,Juan considered Fransisco’s wife Alicia. When Juan talks aobut Miguel, he didn’t show anyemotion and consider Miguel’s wife as just an ‘okay’ person. I think the root of thesedifferent attitudes is the eldest son heredity system. People would always see the eldest sonmore valued than the rest of the children and give most of the property to their eldest son.2. Tochtli is 51 years old. This fact is important because it shows that she got a wedding inthe church which reveals her richness.3. Coclitztil wouldn’t want to talk to me because her husband died in a war with ranchers. Itwould be cery hard time for her to get over it, so she doesn’t want to talk to strangers.4. The reason why they confused my naming system in they keep their maiden names as theirlast manes after marriage while I changed the last name to my husband’s last name.5. The best question is I miss them, by the way, could you tell me about your family,Teodora? This question is great because I naturally yield this question to6. The worst question is do you always have breakfast here in the cantina? This question isworst because it was kind of impolite and I didn’t notice that Samuel’s family was too poor toafford breakfast. And he answered that we poor people only have coffee in the morning,unlike others.7. I went to the church and checked the baptism record. Tomas Barro’s age as of 2012 wouldbe 52.Section 4. Social and Political Organization1. Juan Jefe: Juan Jefe is the president of the village as well as a farmer. His wife manages thecantina and a store. Their household is a two-storey house. The evidence above manifestspolitical and financial power of Juan Jefe.2. Luis Curandero: He is the curer in the village, and many people ask him for help and healso owns a milpa (maize field). Their house is located in a beautiful environment and lokksexpensive.3. Eduardo Jefe: he farms and his family runs a store as well as does some weaving, so theyare financially strong. Eduardo’s brother is the president, so their family’s politics position isnot bad.4. Tomas Marros: He is a potter, but he is a little bit old. Therefore, he must has somereputation around the village.5. Milpero: Juan Milpero is a good farmer and his wife weaves to earn money. They live in ahut, but it is big.6. Mendez: Only Pablo Mendez, the household head, is farming while his wife is doing thingsaround the house, so their financial income is limited.7. Samuel Pescadero: They have to use fishes to exchange the coffee in cantina. As fishsellers and basket makers, their family only owns a little hut which looks ready to