ANTH 1a Lecture 3: Ethical and Cultural Relativism

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Cultural relativism does not equal ethical relativism. After living with ilogots, began to understand distinctions between cultures and morals. Be willing to be knocked off moral high horse. Don"t have to condone headhunting in order to have humility about own moral position. Implication of cultures as museum cases = distinct, isolated, and fixed with original (benedict and boas"s view) Never as black and white as it may first appear. Example of ethnographic writing observing classroom behavior: Description and interpretation occur at home social scenes . Focus more on how than the why. How routine actions in the setting are organized and take place . Avoid speculation or explanation in the beginning. Inscription, transcription, and description are all meant to be private writings. Often have a shorthand unique to ethnographer since they"re the only ones who really need to read it. It"s imperative to learn the local language as much as possible and avoid translators.

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