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Oberg continued to spend much of his time in the United States, teaching in university systems in both Missouri and Montana, and became a U.S. citizen in 1944. Along with teaching in the United States, Oberg spent time both as a student and teacher in foreign countries. He attended the
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experience. In so doing, he identified 4 stages of culture shock which continue to be commonly used, for example in Winkleman's stages of cultural adaptation. Bobbs-Merrill published Oberg's talk later in 1954 and it was then republished in
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McComb, M.R. and Foster, G.M. (1974), Kalervo Oberg 1901–1973. American Anthropologist, 76: 357-360. doi:10.1525/aa.1974.76.2.02a00260.
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Oberg gave a talk to the Women's Club of Rio de Janeiro on August 3, 1954, explaining feelings common to those facing their first
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to all people who travel abroad into new cultures and for his doctoral dissertation,
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Edward Dutton, Sointula and the Seeds of Kalervo Oberg’s Culture Shock Model
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Oberg earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the
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The Social Economy of the Tlingit Indians of Alaska
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A colorised image of Kalervo Oberg
Nanaimo
British Columbia
Corvallis
Oregon
Canadian
American
British Columbia
BEc
PhD
anthropologist
culture shock
Finnish
Nanaimo
British Columbia
Sointula
University of British Columbia
University of Pittsburgh
University of Chicago
economics
Tlingit
London School of Economics
Free School of Sociology and Political Science
Agency for International Development
Ecuador
Peru
Brazil
Surinam
cross-cultural
Practical Anthropology

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