ANTH 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cultural Relativism, Participant Observation, Piltdown Man
27 Nov 2017
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Certain things are unforgivable & cross human rights: ex: murder. Ex: slavery: if you have to work for something/receive something in return, then it is not slavery, owning another human being is never ok. Ex: genocide: never ok to eradicate an entire group of people. No support: role is to observe & study, not to intervene, imposes the assumption that one culture is better than the other. Yes support: ex: child soldiers, can use a culture"s own terminology & beliefs to better their society (ex: medicine) Forcing change is not what anthropologists strive for. #1: systematic problems within a culture could be xed in a way that is in keeping with that culture"s ways. Tuesday, september 12, 2017: keeping an open mind does not mean ignoring basic human rights. The scienti c description of the customs, behaviors, & ideas of a given culture. Greek root: ethnos: group of people. Greek root: grapho: i write, enthographer.
