Immediately, along with the other ethnographic texts we have read, The Pastoral Clinic caught my attention because of the ways Garcia interacts with her ethnographic methods. Through elaborating on particular narratives within her fieldwork, Garcia engages her arguments with the emic perspective of her work. Productively and ethically she describes the lives of the people in Española Valley through their experiences. The stories that were shared ground the impacts felt by this community and communicate these lives to people otherwise unconnected to them. I found Garcia’s examination of specific language in community outreach materials very compelling. Language, despite possessing particular definitions, is rich with diverse connotations. Garcia’s analysis of how language in these materials perpetuated the assigned blame on the community raises important implications useful to other ethnographic work. Specifically, I can utilize this technique when thinking about the numerous definitions of the climate crisis, and the different ways people understand it. Moreover, Garcia’s discussion of the damaging stigma against addiction and the many ways it manifests in Española Valley elucidates the legacy of pain in this community. I further enjoyed Garcia’s use of quotes when describing the experiences and beliefs of the people she interviewed and worked with. When considering my project, I hope to also directly interject my interviewee’s ideologies in my conversation of the larger themes around my topic. Moreover, not unlike the other ethnographies we have read, Garcia makes herself active in her analysis. Her argument is thus supported by in-depth research and analysis with, and her experience removed from, the people she studies with. Putting etic and emic perspectives in conversation with each other strengthens Garcia’s argument of the material and cultural dispossession of land and its connection to the experience of addiction.