ANT-2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Cultural Relativism, Ethnocentrism
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Idea that each culture must be understood in terms of values and beliefs of that culture. Should not be judged by standards of another culture. Assumes no culture is better than other. Gain a sense of relativism spend amount of time living w/people outside your own culture. Reading about other cultures, internet research, and cooking and reading novels. Absolute cultural relativism what goes on in culture must not be questioned or changed - not right or wrong answer. Holocaust - comfortable with position from nazi"s. Critical cultural relativism offers alternative view. Poses questions about cultural practices and ideas (who accept them, why and who they might be harming or helping. Ethnocentrism: (opposite from cultural relativism) bad word in c. a. Judging other cultures by standards of one"s own culture rather than by standards of particular culture. Fuelled by changing other people in the world.
