ANT02

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ANT02: introduction to sociocultural anthropology What is sociocultural anthropology? - Sociocultural anthropology is the study of how people in different places around the world live and make sense of the world around them What is the difference between ethnocentrism and cultural relativism ? 1. evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture. 1. When you think of other cultures in a way that your culture tells you to think of them as Cultural relativism is the effort to understand the beliefs and behaviours of other cultures in terms of the culture in which they are found. Cultural relativism concerns the act of understanding the practices and beliefs of a culture in the context in which it was found whereas moral relativism, or relativist fallacy, concerns the idea that it is impossible to make moral judgements about beliefs and behaviours about members of other cultures. Moral relativism implies that no beliefs or behaviours can be condemned, thus illustrating the difficulties of the ethical perspective of a culture. im in that power to judge others Postionality Our positonality as an antropoligist has an impact

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