ANTHRO 2A Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Bricolage, Creative Assembly, Ethnocentrism
21 Sep 2017
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The politics of knowledge: knowledge creates the world. Eurocentrism: eurocentrism is a skewed perspective that prioritizes europe and north america, countries in the southern hemisphere are beginning to question conventional standards used by cartographers. Cultural relativism: culture is a lens through which we see. It is also: a moral universe involving judgements, nothing is outside of culture, all judgements are contextual, cultural relativism means suspending our judgement, cultu al elativi m mean t ying to unde tand othe people(cid:859) mo al. The orient is a construction [and so are other regio(cid:374)s, a(cid:374)d (cid:862)ra(cid:272)es(cid:863): politics of knowledge means that knowledge does not exist apart from power , knowledge is created and deployed in power relations. He is not talking about u(cid:374)edu(cid:272)ated people, he(cid:859)s talki(cid:374)g a(cid:271)out the expe t , the k(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledge-producers. Assumptions shape perceptions and interpretations: aid (cid:449)rites of (cid:858)a(cid:374) a(cid:272)(cid:272)epted grid for filteri(cid:374)g(cid:859)
