Understanding other cultures without making judgments about the way they do things or the way they understand and react to things is the basic concept of cultural relativity. The importance of this idea is demostrated by Richard B. Lee in his story about the Christmas feast with the !Kung. In this story Lee‚ a social anthropologist living with the tribe‚ experiences a misunderstanding that almost caused him to pack his belongings and leave the bushmen which were the subject of his study
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CULTURAL ARTIFACTS Cultural Artifacts CULTURAL ARTIFACTS Abstract Today we are surrounded by artifacts that describe our culture without us even realizing it. I’m sure 100 years ago people would have never guessed the Titanic would be an icon for that time period and we would be trying to resurrect artifacts and learn about that phase of boat engineering even today. While we sit here right now typing on
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228/272 Summary of “Cultural Baggage” In the article “Cultural Baggage” published at The New York Times magazine on May 3‚ 1992‚ the author Barbara Ehrenreich assess and weighs hers and other people’s cultural and religious background. By listening to an exciting friend about her cultural legacy‚ Mrs. Ehrenreich abruptly understood that she hasn’t defined one. However‚ she impliedly denotes some English heritage. In the 60’s and 70’s era‚ she witnessed ethnical and cultural awakening. These celebrations
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all other cultures and societies should be doing things the way that we do them. But‚ what if our cultural definition of what is right or wrong isn’t the case for another culture.? This paper will define cultural relativism‚ explain why it is important when studying other cultures‚ explain the difference between it and ethical relativism and explain if there are limits to cultural relativism. Cultural relativism is the view that no society or culture is better than or superior to another culture
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The Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution had a massive impact on China from 1965 to 1968. The Cultural Revolution is the name given to Mao’s attempt to reassert his beliefs in China. Mao had been less than a dynamic leader from the late 1950’s on‚ and feared others in the party might be taking on a leading role that weakened his power within the party and the country. This probably explains the Cultural Revolution – it was an attempt by Mao to re-impose his authority on the party and therefore
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UNDERSTANDING DIVERSITY Defining DIVERSITY Definitions of diversity range from distributive concerns based on the traditional categories of race‚ ethnicity and gender to the inclusion of a vast array of differences in age‚ sexual orientation‚ disability‚ employment status‚ tenure‚ function‚ educational background‚ lifestyle‚ religion‚ values and beliefs in addition to race‚ ethnicity and gender. In the recent CIPD report‚ Diversity: Stacking up the evidence (Anderson and Metcalf 2003)
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Cultural Diversity: Campus Climates and Classroom Instruction American Society has been and continues to become increasingly mixed‚ complex‚ and variegated in its cultural practices and ethnic make up. However‚ the state schools have fallen short of race goals established thirty-one years ago in a desegregation case now known as Geier v. Sundquist. The University of Tennessee at Knoxville has notoriously had one of the worst recruiting efforts for diversifying undergraduates. This realization
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Week 5 (Jun 25 - Jul 01) Overview Assignment Due Date Format Grading Percent Discussion 1: Ethics in Anthropology Day 3 (1st post) Discussion 4 Discussion 2: Anthropology and Your Future Day 3 (1st post) Discussion 3 Assignment: Final Cultural Research Paper Day 7 Research Paper 25 ________________________________________ Note: The online classroom is designed to time students out after 90 minutes of inactivity. Because of this‚ we strongly suggest that you compose your work in a
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Assignment for mod I DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT A STUDY Group II 161 – Rishita Digar 233 - Rahul Raju 241 - Ashish Jain 232- Pushpender Kapil 240- Chandan Kumar Singh 237 - Shiv Shankar INTRODUCTION The concept of diversity includes acceptance and respect. It means understanding that each individual is unique‚ and recognizing our individual differences. These can be along the dimensions of race‚ ethnicity‚ gender‚ sexual orientation‚ socio-economic status‚ age‚ physical abilities‚ religious beliefs
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Cultural Autobiography: Students will complete a cultural autobiography by naming the countries (if any) other than the United States that they identify as a place of origin for themselves and their family. They will identify their ethnic/cultural group membership and reflect on advice that has been handed down through their family by their ancestors (that is‚ “family motto”). Students will make a list of at least five values that are important to their cultural/racial identity and rank/order them
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