ANTHROP 2F03 Lecture Notes - Cultural Relativism, Cultural Anthropology, Observer-Expectancy Effect
12 Nov 2013
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Brinton perceived as alternating, didn"t actually happen- its not how they pronounce it, but how we perceive it as an outsider- question of perception not vocalization. Cultural relativism as core of cultural anthropology: empiricism. : with a resulting skepticism of attempts to formulate. : customs, beliefs, habits as fluid and dynamic. : in which the anthropologist resides for an. Scientific laws of culture extended period among the people being researched, conducts research in the native language, and collaborated with native researchers, as a method of collecting data fieldwork, and as heuristic tool while analyzing data. : as a methodological tool while conducting: cultural relativism. European peoples over non-european people: opposite of cultural relativism: ethnocentrism. Important for boas to summarize concept for scientific racism- what he saw contrasted with theories- asked why two clashed, and concluded someone needed to be on the inside to realize. What is culture: shared, socially learned, knowledge, and patterns of behaviour.
