Cultural Anthropology 28 September 2011 The Nacirema People: Sadistic Exploiters? It’s difficult to say whether or not a different culture‚ other than my own is politically correct in the ways they go about their daily lives‚ but after reading the article “Body Ritual among the Nacirema” by Horace Miner‚ it got me to question; What type of society are we making out our culture to be? Often people look at different cultures as primitive
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The Nacirema Study and the Priorities of the Modern American When a person visits a museum or watches a documentary to learn about an unfamiliar culture‚ particularly distant cultures‚ often the information has been gathered and studied by an anthropologist. As defined by Merriam-Webster‚ anthropology is the study of humankind‚ their culture and how they react with their environment (Anthropology‚ n.d.). In Horace Miner’s essay about the Nacirema people‚ he observes a culture who is on the extreme
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Body Rituals of the Nacirema Tribe By Sir Horatio Galbraith People in the Nacirema culture spend a considerable portion of their days in ritual activity. The focus of some of these activities is the human body‚ the appearance and health of which loom as a dominant concern in the minds of the tribe’s people. While such a concern is certainly not unusual‚ the way the tribe operates can be considered quite unique. The fundamental belief of the people appears to be that the human body is ugly and
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“Body Ritual Among the Nacirema” and “Voodoo in Haiti”‚ they hold quite different attitudes and views to these exotic cultures. Broadly speaking‚ Horace Miner‚ the author of “Body Ritual Among the Nacirema”‚ criticizes Nacirema’s uncivilized culture. In the article‚ Miner describes how the tribes perform the strange sadism rituals to very extreme level. The holy-mouth-man uses a variety of tool to enlarge the client’s mouth and put magical materials into the holes. What makes Miner more uncomfortable
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In the article “Body Ritual Among the Nacirema” by Horace Miner‚ he writes about a North American group known as the “Nacirema”‚ who were described by Professor Linton in the early twentieth century. In the article described‚ the “Nacirema” are a cultural group who seem to be obsessed with rituals they perform in regards to the human body on a day-to-day basis. These people believe that the human body is ugly and debilitating and are described to waste great portions of their days performing the
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The Young Change Agents Introduction: Every organizational structures and practice has the role of the change agent and it plays a significant part in organization. A case like ‘The Young Change Agents’ focuses on the change leader and the bottom of the ladder. Following by that in this case study James Shaw who joined AIESEC- world largest student-run international student exchange and development organization and his main responsibilities were recruiting‚ training‚ motivating
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different viewpoint on a culture we find normal will be addressed. This essay will elaborate on the theme that Body Ritual of the Nacirema and “This American’s Life” audio have in common. The ability to look outside the box and be open to different perspectives will be explained. Thoughts on Lamron Rituals in Society As I read about Nacirema‚ I began to see the clear parallels between their society and our very own in the United States. The unique analogies give insight
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Miner is successful at making his point clear‚ his point was that we are in a routine and have our faith and placed on doctors and technology‚ that those have become customs. In Miner’s view‚ “The Nacirema have an almost pathological horror of and fascination with the mouth‚ the condition of which is believed to have a supernatural influence on all social relationships”(Miner). Miner is correct‚ we choose to keep our mouths clean‚ I consider this relevant for the reason that this has become a routine
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kindness‚ sensitivity and discretion. And bad news should always be delivered face to face. Members of the crisis communication team should be assigned this task. The company should inform the immediate family before releasing the names of the injured miners to the media. The company should analyze the situation to judge its newsworthiness. The company should give the media as much information as possible so they want get the information twisted. The media will get the information (perhaps inaccurately)
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Chilean Miners BCOM275 2/26/2013 Chilean Miners The "Timeline: Trapped Chilean Miners" (2010) website reported that on August 5th‚ 2010 33 Chilean miners were trapped when the main ramp of the San Jose mine in the Atacama region of northern Chile collapsed. Emergency officials are currently unable to communicate with the miners trapped. It was said that workers were trapped at a depth of around 300 meters Weik‚ J. (2010). The company Codelco is yet to inform the immediate families of the
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