ANTH 1120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Ethnocentrism, Cystic Fibrosis, Medical Anthropology
5 Mar 2018
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Culture beliefs, values, and practices learned thought and behaviour and passed from one generation to the next. Cultural relativism all cultures are valid antidote to ethnocentrism- judging another culture by the values and standards of one"s own culture. Cross-cultural approach survey and comparison of different cultures worldwide. Takes as its starting point the perspectives, words and experiences of the research participants (study population) Etic perspective ( outsider, deductive, or top-down ) takes as its starting point the perspectives, words and experiences of the research participants (study of population) Takes as its starting point the theories, hypothesis, perspectives, and concepts from outside of the setting being studied. Biocultural perspective- studies the interaction between biology and culture. Three case studies in singer & baer textbook (chapter 1): coping with cystic fibrosis (myra bluebond-langner (1996) Family one son suffers from cystic fibrosis. Medical anthropologist interviewed the family- noticed it reflected the relationship and family dynamic.
