1. What is anthropology? What are its four sub-fields and how are they briefly defined? Use your own words to answer these questions! Anthropology is the overall study of humankind. The four sub-fields of Anthropology are; Social-Cultural‚ Linguistic‚ Physical‚ and Archaeology. S-C Anthropology studies living people’s cultures using comparisons to learn how different they are from another culture. Linguistic Anthropology is the study of language in humans and can be studied with one particular language
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Karen Men Mrs. Vana English 001A July 18‚ 2012 Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism Thanks to globalization‚ people are expected to be associated with a variety of races. Along with these nationalities come cultures. The cultures around the world are so unique and each and every one of them is very different yet very alike all at the same time. There is a never-ending mound of questions that can be used to compare and contrast culture to culture‚ but the fact that there are so many connections
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Understanding and Celebrating Cultural Diversity in America ` Many people mistakenly use phrases such as “American culture‚” “white culture‚” or Western culture‚” as if such large‚ common‚ and homogenous cultures exist in the United States today. These people fail to acknowledge the presence of (1)cultural diversity‚ or the presence of multiple cultures and cultural differences within a society. In reality‚ many different cultural groups comprise the United States
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own culture as a tool for judgment‚ we can practice cultural relativism. Practicing cultural relativism allows us to understand another culture on its own terms. We can analyze how the elements of culture fit together without judgment. Ethnocentrism - the tendency to use one’s own culture as a yardstick for judging the ways of other societies. It can create in group loyalties or lead to harmful discrimination. An example of ethnocentrism as used in the travel industry‚ we hate SPAM. We’ll NEVER rent
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has strange rituals and values that would seem unethical to anybody else. He describes how important culture is to them and portrays that Americans think their culture is so important yet their beliefs are not where they should be. The cultural relativism he describes is that we rely on our looks to be able to live our everyday lives as humans and think that that is the only thing important in this world. I found from this article that Miner was hoping to have us see that Americans have many cultural
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and living in a mostly white community‚ like Redondo Beach‚ gave most of my neighbors somewhat of a culture shock. Being culturally different from my peers resulted my society to exert to ethnocentrism‚ cultural relativism and social conformity. During my elementary school years I experienced a lot of ethnocentrism. Almost all‚ if not all‚ of the people I associated
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change‚ because people‚ in groups‚ communities or societies are the structure of the culture. The ethnocentrism and the cultural relativism are different forms of think about culture. The ethnocentrism is view one’s own group and it’s cultural expectations as right‚ that means that a group do not accept anything that is not in their culture or goes against it‚ while the cultural relativism just accept that there are different cultures‚ may be these new costumes go in contrast to our own beliefs
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similarities and differences. | cultural relativism | The position that the values and standards of cultures differ and deserve respect. Extreme relativism argues that cultures should be judged solely by their own standards. | culture | Distinctly human; transmitted through learning; traditions and customs that govern behavior and beliefs. | enculturation | The social process by which culture is learned and transmitted across the generations. ethnocentrism-The tendency to view one’s own culture
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#1 In a shocking opening scene‚ teen Danny Vinyard who is played by Edward Furlong‚ races to tell his older brother‚ neo-Nazi Derek‚ about the young blacks breaking into his car in front of the house‚ whereupon Derek gets his gun and with no forethought shoots the youths in their tracks and he forces the other man to put his mouth on the curb‚ then brutally kills him by stomping on the back of his head‚ crushing his mouth against the curb. Danny watches in horror as this unfolds. The police arrest
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customs are different from other cultures‚ then we tend to believe that other systems of meaning are wrong and that our own cultural views of morality are more valuable. This is called‚ ethnocentrism because you believe that your system of meaning is the absolute best or right and that nothing can compare. Ethnocentrism arbitrates other cultures based on the values and standards of one’s own culture especially in the case of language‚ behavior‚ beliefs‚ and customs. In the reading‚ A Very Bad Disease
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