Research Topic Precursor & Personality & Culture Movement Is the theory of cultural relativism by Franz Boas still applicable today? Course: Intercultural Business Communications Submitted to: Mr. Jammal Submitted by: Meron Ghebremicael (185991) Submission date: XXXXXXXX Table of contents Table of contents 2 Acknowledgements 3 Introduction 4 The concept of culture 5 Well known personalities of this movement 6 Franz Boas as precursor of cultural anthropology 7 1.0 Life of Franz Boas
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5. Relativism Many different ideas have been given the name ‘relativism’‚ and the term has been used to pillory all sorts of views (sometimes for good reasons‚ sometimes for bad ones). It is mere posturing to say that you are for or against “relativism” unless you say what you mean by the term. Here I want mainly to discuss (and to criticize) a view I have encountered among students in philosophy courses‚ who say things like this: "What anyone believes is true for that person. What you believe
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CULTURE [pic] SOME DEFINITIONS • Culture refers to the cumulative deposit of knowledge‚ experience‚ beliefs‚ values‚ attitudes‚ meanings‚ hierarchies‚ religion‚ notions of time‚ roles‚ spatial relations‚ concepts of the universe‚ and material objects and possessions acquired by a group of people in the course of generations through individual and group striving. • Culture is the systems of knowledge shared by a relatively large group of people. • Culture is communication‚ communication
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BODY RITUAL AMONG THE NACIREMA Horace Miner From Horace Miner‚ "Body Ritual among the Nacirema." Reproduced by permission of the American Anthropological Association from The American Anthropologist‚ vol. 58 (1956)‚ pp. 503-507. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Most cultures exhibit a particular configuration or style. A single value or pat- tern of perceiving the world often leaves its stamp on several institutions in the society. Examples are
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62 NAT: AACSB: Tier 1 Communication; Tier 2 Environmental Influence Informal institutions are based on the rules and legal systems of an economy. PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: p. 63 NAT: AACSB: Tier 1 Communication; Tier 2 Legal Responsibilities 3. Ethnocentrism is the quality of a society that perceives its own culture‚ ethics‚ and norms as natural‚ rational‚ and morally right. ANS: T OBJ: 3.1 4. ANS: F OBJ: 3.1 5. ANS: F OBJ: 3.1 6. ANS: T OBJ: 3.1 PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: p. 63 NAT: AACSB: Tier 1 Diversity;
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societies are also a contributor because they aren’t doing anything to stop it from happening. All of these groups are different but work together to make this practice widely accepted and common. To label the Americans views on FGM as ethnocentrism isn’t completely accurate‚ but the intervention to discourage this practice
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Film Response on Mending Ways: The Canela Indians of Brazil The film that I choose to do a respond on is the film “Mending Ways: The Canela Indians of Brazil.” In the film‚ the anthropologist‚ Dr. William H. Crocker from the Smithsonian Institute of Anthropologist studied the Canela tribe for over 30 years. The film is divided into two parts which is the first is about how he studied the tribe and its culture. A few years later‚ merely about 20 years‚ he studied the change in the community which
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Ch. 2 Characteristics of Culture The Concept of Culture Culture is Learned Culture is Shared Culture is Based on Symbols Culture Gives Meaning to Reality Functions of Culture Culture and Change Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism What is Culture? Superstructure: Superstructure A culture’s worldview‚ including morals and values‚ oftentimes grounded in religion Social structure: structure The rule-governed relationships—with all their rights and obligations—that hold members of a society
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List of Concepts covered in Class each Week Fall Semester Week 3 - Chapter 2: relativism‚ cultural evolution‚ enculturation‚ acculturation‚ power distance‚ masculinity/femininity‚ tolerance for ambiguity‚ individualism/collectivism‚ high & low context cultures‚ intercultural comm. competence‚ stereotypes‚ ethnocentrism‚ stages of culture shock‚ any of the concepts covered in the Japanese communication patterns Blackboard article. Week 4 – Chapter 3: self-concept‚ self-awareness‚ self-esteem
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Anthr 110 Gender‚ Age and Culture Instructor: François Larose Study Questions Fall 2012 Instructions: In preparation for the exams‚ here is a list of study questions for each chapter. What you need to know from the text is covered in these questions. For all these chapters‚ you need to be familiar with the definitions (technical terms) highlighted in the text. Also‚ while there will be no direct questions on the grey boxes in these chapters‚ I strongly suggest you read them. They provide
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