ɪnðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti z ænd tˈuː θˈaʊzənd z, kˈɔːlz fɔːɹ klˌæɹɪfɪkˈeɪʃən ʌv wʌt kˈɑːnstɪtˌuːts ɐ kˈʌltʃɚ, ʌv hˌaʊ ɐn əbzˈɜːvɚ nˈoʊz wˌɛɹ hɪz ɔːɹ hɜːɹ ˈoʊn kˈʌltʃɚɹ ˈɛndz ænd ɐnˈʌðɚ bɪɡˈɪnz, ænd ˈʌðɚ kɹˈuːʃəl tˈɑːpɪks ɪn ɹˈaɪɾɪŋ ˌænθɹəpˈɑːlədʒi wɜː hˈɜːd.
In the 1990s and 2000s, calls for clarification of what constitutes a culture, of how an observer knows where his or her own culture ends and another begins, and other crucial topics in writing anthropology were heard.