Oetzel (2009) defines ethnorelativism as the belief that any individual culture is normal and is no better than any other. Warren took an ethnorelativistic approach by applying what he witnessed to the context of the culture of the country he was in, rather than the context of his own culture in New Zealand. The concept of cultural adaptation is what Oetzel (2009) describes as the individual embracing the two processes of deculturation and acculturation and navigating between them. Deculturation refers to the way in which an individual “unlearns” old cultural practices, and this is done so that the individual can participate in acculturation in which the individual learns new cultural practices to replace the old ones. This allows the individual to further immerse themselves in the adopted culture and efficiently establish connections with other individuals from this new one