What is the "very simple idea" of cultural anthropology? - Answer-That our beliefs, values, and abilities are largely the product of our culture.
Why do anthropologists believe ethnocentrism is a "prison for the mind"? - Answer-I believe anthropologists believe that ethnocentrism is a "prison fo...
Anthropology Exam 1 Make Up
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What is the "very simple idea" of cultural anthropology? - Answer-That our beliefs,
values, and abilities are largely the product of our culture.
Why do anthropologists believe ethnocentrism is a "prison for the mind"? - Answer-I
believe anthropologists believe that ethnocentrism is a "prison for the mind" because
their jobs are to explore other cultures and their development. When they have a
question they are researching, they have to devote multiple years into it, they change
their whole lifestyle to understand another, and give up a lot of what they have. Their
study becomes a way of their life which can make it seem like a prison for your mind.
Another thing is that ethnocentrism is believing that your culture is better than another,
so when studying another culture you have to make sure that you are not being biased
to your own culture.
Feeling disoriented when experiencing another culture is called what? - Answer-culture
shock
What do you think the Japanese address system says about how a person in Tokyo
might think about their place in the world? - Answer-I think the Japanese address
system may affect a person in Tokyo's vision about their place in their world as more of
a ranking than just a house/building. I say this because since the houses of Tokyo are
numbered off of when constructed. Since this is how their addresses work, it would be
easy for one of them to see themselves as better than others if they have a higher
number. It also probably puts into their head about how big their country is if they have
to put their country, their city, and so on. SEE THEMSELEVES AS A BIGGER
COMMUNITY
When you write an address on a letter, what does it say about how you might think
about yourself? - Answer-The order that our addresses are written could also show how
we think of ourselves as individuals rather than a part of a community.
does dr.durbin like jersey shore? - Answer-yes, a lot
does dr. Durbin like pancakes - Answer-no but they are growing on him
What would be a good guess about Professor Durbin, given his self-introduction? -
Answer-He likes Snooki, a character from Jersey Shore.
where did dr. Durbin do fieldwork? - Answer-Samoa, South Dakota, Kiribati, the Cook
Islands, the Gilbert Islands, Fiji, New Zealand, and the United States
, what is an anthropologists superpower? - Answer-Seeing a universe of meaningin the
smallest details.
what is anthropology? - Answer-the study of humansin all times and in all places.
what are the four subfields of anthropology? - Answer-Physical/Biological, Archaeology,
Linguistic, Cultural/Social
what is ethnographic fieldwork? - Answer-consists of living among a group of people
(traditionally for at least 12 months) to experience their way of life and record it in detail.
-Extended experiential research to gather detailed information about a group of people's
customary ideas, values, and practices.
what is participant observation? - Answer-join in and try to experience the everyday
lives of people. We participate for the very good reason that sharing people's lives is the
best way to understand what the world means for those people and how their culture
works.
-The primary method for doing ethnographic fieldwork. PO involves learning about a
culture through direct social participation, personal observation, interviews and
conversations with members of a social group.
what is ethnocentrism? - Answer-the idea that our own beliefs, values, ideas, practices,
and assumptions are the only correct and proper ones.
whats the problem with ethnocentrism? - Answer-prevents us from understanding
people and their point of view. That's why anthropologists think of ethnocentrism as a
prison for one's mind. It locks us into only one way of viewing the world.
well what is the antidote/solution to ethnocentrism? - Answer-cultural relativism
what is cultural relativism? - Answer-when we encounter cultural differences we do not
understand, we choose to reserve our own judgments (which are part of our own
cultural heritage, after all) for a period of time while we try to understand how those
cultural differences make sense to those who live in the other culture.
-Suspending judgment (at least for a while), Understanding others in their terms,
Reflecting on one's own culture
what is moral relativism? - Answer-the idea that all moral values are equally acceptable
or true.
Malinowski did not think this situation was adequate. Instead, the "left the veranda" and
________________________? - Answer-lived among villagers as they went about
everyday life.
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