ANTH 1150 Lecture Notes - Ethnocentrism

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 1150
• Professor: Tad Mc Ilwraith

Document Summary

Biological anthropology > with the premise that we are animals: question the relationship between biology and culture, human variation > genetics, adaptation to environment, evolution, primatologist study non human primates (chimpanzee, medical anthropology, methods archaeology. What is ethnocentrism: why should anthropologists be aware of ethnocentrism, my culture is better than yours, judging other people and there actions on the basis on your own beliefs, values, experiences, anthropologists are supposed to be neutral and impartial, cultural relativity hedican says cr is the intellectual antidote for ethnocentrism. Idea that observing other cultures try to understand others based on their values, beliefs, and histories: absolute cultural relativity no judging is allowed, hard to live it, human rights are violated is an anthropologist supposed to stand by and say nothing, critical cultural relativity try to understand the context for a practice, who benefits and who is hurt, more popular, culture.