Anthropology 4400E Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Cultural Homogenization, Sub-Saharan Africa, Cultural Relativism

• School: Western University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: Anthropology 4400E
• Professor: Dan Jorgensen

Document Summary

Convention relating to status of refugee in 1951. This was in wake of wwii which led to founding on un. Next one came in 1975 declaration of rights of disabled persons. Convention on all forms of discrimination of all women in 1979. 2007 declaration on rights of indigenous people. Long term commitment on part of un. A series of declaration - approx 1 a decade. It shifts from status of human rights in general to refugees then to women then to children then to linguistic minorities then to indigenous people. One way to interpret this is a greater inclusion. Wanna make sure no ones left out so you begin to specify things. One thing that happens is we generate lists and if something"s not on that list it is not included. Expansion of inclusion could then become expansion of exclusion. Not all of these conventions are universally adopted. Long term commitment of un vs how that landscape changes over time.