SOCI 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Xenocentrism, Female Genital Mutilation, Cultural Relativism
16 Jun 2017
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The languages, beliefs, values, norms, behaviours and material objects that are passed down from one generation to the next (henslin et al. , 2014) Arrange yourselves in groups of 4-5 people outside of your normal friend circle. Share some of your culture in the small groups. Compare and contrast some of the similarities between each group member"s cultural practices (based on the de nition of what constitutes culture) Did you learn something new about any speci c culture you didn"t know before. We judge others cultures based on our own view of our own culture (cultural ideas) Trying to understand cultures on their own terms rather than through our cultural lens. Believing that another culture does something better than ones own. idealizing certain aspects of another culture. Symbol systems: represent and guide thinking, feeling, behaviour. Jewellery, art, buildings, weapons, machines, hairstyles, and clothing, comic strips.
