AN100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Participant Observation, Transnationalism, Determinism
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However, don"t focus too much on either, because you can alienate your own culture! You may end up treating people like different kinds of human beings (i. e. refugee crisis in europe). The unconscious belief that reality is the same for everybody no matter their culture > denial of diversities. Ethnocentrism: the belief and feeling that ones own culture is best > Anthropology matters because: we gain knowledge about the human condition, aquire a particular perspective on the human condition, apply knowledge and perspective to: Culture matters because: appreciation of cultural diversity; tolerance, accommodation, promotion of cross-cultural understanding to reduce misunderstandings. Anthropology matters more today because: we live in multicultural contexts, many of us have different cultural origins, relatives from different cultures and countries, canada is a microcosm of the world. Anthropologists study: local manifestations of global changes, local on global, multiculturalism, hybridity (how different cultures mix > bollywood & hollywood, inequalities of class, gender, race, etc.
