This reading is based on field-work from Claire Strek that took place in the United States on the streets in New York City as well as Atlanta as many anthropologist do these days. Sterk got engaged in a long term study of prostitutes her research required to locate where the informants hung out and what they did for living. First of all she had introduce herself, develop rapport and do open and finished interviews that allowed informants to demonstrate herself about their lives. She had to learn not depend on most people she met at the place even though it was benefit for her and study of prostitutes. Like most cultural anthropologists, Sterk's goal was to describe the life of prostitution from the women's point of view. To do this, she had to be patient, brave, trustworthy, and non-judgmental. Fieldwork is a moderate development, because it takes time to earn people's confidence and to learn their language …show more content…
All of these women worked on streets and excursion hidden places where prostitution activity is concentrated or in hotels. There were others such as crack and drug addicts’ prostitution that worked at poor areas like crack houses like someone’s apartment. Sterk often learned the places where they hangout from law enforcement officers, public places that people knew about them, health providers at hospitals, and small clinics that treated sexually transmitted diseases. With all the information that she had gained and collected she started to create ways to locate prostitution and began visiting places for more information by adding to theses maps general atmosphere on the cruise. Talk about how once got found the hookers how she spent all her time with them However, there were times where Sterk would not hang out with them because the weather was either too cold or hot and lack of public