with religious beliefs or practices. These rituals are not the same as the day to day normal activity a person partakes in but more of symbolic gestures performed in a specific manner by a specific order in doing them (Lavenda & Schultz‚ 2013). The Nacirema culture performs specific ritual acts on a daily basis and as I quickly realized American culture is not that much different than the Nacirema’s. I am beginning to realize that it isn’t the cultures around the world that differ so much as the languages
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American photographer Stephanie Sinclair‚ writer Cynthia Gorney‚ and even myself as “Too Young to Wed” unfolded. Yet‚ what began as outward ethnocentrism gradually shifted toward a greater sense of cultural relativism as the topic invoked a collective desire to understand the context behind it. Firstly‚ Sinclair and Gorney conveyed a strong level of ethnocentrism: Gorney expressed the belief that “everybody involved…was simply evil‚” and likewise‚ Sinclair explicitly related her opinion to
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lifestyle choices. The International Bill of rights therefore cannot be applied to all cultures due to its opposing ideologies‚ however the most basic level of human rights are found necessary in order to protect human life. Evidently‚ cultural relativism restricts judgement of alternative cultural practices. As a result‚ cultural differences must be tolerated and a universal body has no right to determine what is right and wrong in a society. Through specific cultures‚ cultural traditions are highlighted
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other ants in the production. He uses his brain as opposed to learned behavior in order to try and assist the colony. His numerous inventions are advanced‚ yet still unrefined enough to go wrong. The other ants frown upon his differences showing ethnocentrism at it’s finest. Within their own culture‚ Flik is looked down upon. One could view Flik’s intelligence as a mutation of the ant colony‚ but an even better example is that of the grasshopper’s psychotic mutation known as Thumper. Thumper is used
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Wetback is another movie about illegal immigration. A wetback is defined as someone who enters the United States illegally. Immigrants in this film are traveling north from countries like Honduras‚ El Salvador‚ and Nicaragua. The reasons for their immigration is to make a better life for their families. They are running out of work with no money. These immigrants are traveling North to the United States and Canada. One of the interesting facts that I have learned from this movie is that every
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Chapters/Topics Chapter 1: Developing a Sociological Consciousness Study all terms What are sociology and the sociological imagination? Who coined these terms? Sociology: Scientific study of social interactions and social organization Sociological Imagination: the ability to see how our private experiences & difficulties are reflective of the structural arrangements of the society & time you live in Coined by C. Wright Mills Is sociology a science? What type of science? Yes‚ sociology
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Nacirema HR 582 Managing Global Diversity Patsy A. Shepherd March 22‚ 2012 In Body Ritual Among the Nacirema‚ Horace Miner writes about the strange rituals that people do in America. While reading the story I was almost fooled‚ but as read further I realized the spoof of Nacirema; Nacirema is American spelled backwards and the references in the myth are the backward strange American everyday rituals. Miner’s word usage made it obvious it was just a myth‚ words like magical‚ fascination
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spirit‚ and show his appreciation. Since in America we typically show our thanks by giving the best possible gift. He thought the best gift would be the biggest and meatiest ox he could find‚ to ensure a great feast! This is a perfect example of an ethnocentrism gesture. Lee is automatically assuming that !Kungs practice the same norms that American’s do during the Christmas holiday. However‚ the !Kung do not celebrate the same way we do in America. The local Tswana headman hosts a gathering to celebrate
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type of setting. People can be prone to ethnocentrism‚ or a tendency to use our own group’s ways of doing things as a yardstick for judging others. You could walk into a classroom and find ten different cultures being represented‚ each with a different way of dress‚ language‚ and behaviors. However‚ the academic classroom should be a place of equality. After all‚ everyone is in that room for a common purpose: to learn. So we all must practice cultural relativism‚ or try to understand the different cultures
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2. Question : Sapir-Whorf hypothesis is the idea that our language determines the way we see the world. Student Answer: True False Points Received: 1 of 1 Comments: 3. Question : Cultural relativism holds that anthropologists should never make value judgments about particular practices in other cultures. Student Answer: True False Instructor Explanation: This material is covered in section 1.3 of Cultural Anthropology
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