ANT208H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Olympic Symbols, Cultural Imperialism, Cultural Relativism
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First culture is a people"s way of life: includes all spheres of life such as political, social, economic, etc, it is learnt and shared across members of a culture, cultures can undergo change throughout time. Provide 2 detailed examples of how cultural anthropologists are represented in horror films. (week 2). Cultural anthropology is also called sociocultural anthropology: studies the life of people around the world throughout different periods of time, includes contemporary people. Present day people, western cultures: focus on how people understand and experience the world, make sense of people that we do not know a lot about, uses a holistic approach to studying others. The two guiding principles: cultural relativism/ethnocentrism, ethnocentrism: applies one"s values to another culture in order to understand them. May lead to bias, misunderstandings: cultural relativism: understand culture based on it"s own terms, values and beliefs.
