ANTHRCUL 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: World Trade Organization, Ethnocentrism, Acculturation

• School: U of M
• Department: Anthropology, Cultural
• Course: ANTHRCUL 101
• Professor: Dumes

Document Summary

It is integrated if one part changes, so does another(eg. attitudes towards women working: set of core values integrates each culture and help distinguish it from others. **many modern cultural traits(eg. aircon) can be maladaptive in the long run: cultures are integrated and patterned differently and display tremendous variation and diversity. Ethnocentrism: the tendency to view one"s own culture as superior and to use one"s own standard and values in judging outsiders. Cultural relativism: the idea that behaviour should be evaluated not by outside standard but in the context in which it occurs. approach to understanding another culture. Ethnology: compares and contrasts results from ethnography: ethnographic methods are an extension of what we already do: read reports, survey, interview, participant observation, life histories. Taking part in the community you are observing. Genealogical method: establish technique to understand social relationships and reconstruct history.