Summer 2013 (June 6-July 11) MTWThF 10:00-11:30 am ANT F302 Cultural Anthropology (revised syllabus) Instructor: Prof. Pauline Strong E-Mail: pstrong@austin.utexas.edu Phone: 512-471-8524 Office: SAC 4.130 Office Hours: after class‚ & by apt. Overview Materials This course is an introduction to cultural anthropology. It fulfills a Social Science and Cultural Diversity requirement. The main text: • Goals Students will emerge from the course with • • • • knowledge
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Matsdorff Professor Dr. Connie Humphreys Ethics – PHI 112 February 21‚ 2011. Ethical Relativism and the “ Jeitinho Brasileiro” – Brazilian Way Introduction Sometimes‚ the right and the wrong are hard to identify with clarity. What is ethical in a society cannot be in another. The culture and the moral values from each society will be a guide to analyze if an individual behavior is ethical or is not. Likewise‚ the individual is influenced by the culture of society which he is inserted
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Various civilizations have come and gone. We are divided into so many diverse groups in terms of our different countries‚ cultures‚ religions. And the laws of the groups we reside in define most of our lifestyle. DISCOURSE: we have to look at each group with understanding of the environment that the people live in. It is a universal fact the society imposes on us certain accepted facts which become our right and wrong‚ our way of doing things. And these accepted theories do change with advancement
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expectable when it comes to our diet. Ethnocentrism is the use of one’s own culture as a yardstick for judging the ways of other individuals or societies‚ generally leading to a negative evaluation of their values‚ norms‚ and behaviors. Cultural relativism is not judging a culture but trying to understand it on its own terms. Although‚ these terms shed a light on the reasons why we differ so vastly from one another it still boils down to the way we were raised and what has been readily available to
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similar reaction occurred after a Toulambis man recorded himself singing and the Westerner played back his voice. While these items were fascinating to the Toulambis‚ it was evident that the westerners considered the cultural relativism of the Toulambis tribe. Cultural Relativism involves evaluating another group or culture by its own standards and not by the standards of ones own group or culture. The Westerners did not bring items such as clothing or hairbrushes to share with the Toulambis who obviously
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lives and eat different things‚ the concepts of ethnocentrism and cultural relativism come into play for each type of custom. We judge those that have different ways of living as weird‚ nasty and strange while they think of our ways of living as the same. This essay also discusses the three major sociological theories: functionalism‚ conflict theory‚ and interactionism for the analysis of ethnocentrism and cultural relativism. People around the world eat different things that reflect on their cultures
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they are right or wrong in themselves. This is also known as deontological. The relativist theory is the theory that there are no universally valid moral principles. All principles and values are relative to a particular culture or age. Ethical relativism means that there is no such thing as good “in itself”‚ but if an action seems good to you and bad to me‚ that is it‚ and there is no objective basis for us to discover the truth. This theory is also known as teleological. An example of an absolutist
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is used to provide backing to statements. Dates‚ percentages‚ words‚ and numbers are used to provide precise and specific material. If the article were to contain mere words‚ it would give a broad‚ generic vibe. Qualitative‚ Quantitative‚ Subjective and Objective Data Quantitative data is used to describe things‚ which can be counted or numerically expressed. Quantitative data can be contrasted to qualitative data. Qualitative data is data‚ which is used to describe things in terms of qualities
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Cultural relativism is defined as the idea that a person actions or behavior should be judged within the context of that person’s culture. While this seems like a simple concept‚ it can be difficult for many people to fully accept (Eriksen 73). Whether this is caused by ignorance or a negative bias of the culture being analyzed as a whole‚ the most effect method to increase cultural relativism is to increase awareness of the differences between cultures
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framework of conflict and division? How can the acquisition of self-knowledge‚ and awareness of our spiritual nature‚ be promoted in ways that contribute to the equality of women and men? How can we move beyond the impasse of cultural relativism in our efforts to establish the equality between women and men? How can we transform economic structures and processes so that they are conducive to justice and equality among all – including women and men? How can we reconceptualize
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