Do Now Would you like to live in a place where everyone: Would you like to live in a place where everyone: Is the same? (Homogeneous) Is the same? (Homogeneous)

Do NowDo Now

Would you like to live Would you like to live in a place where in a place where everyone:everyone:Is the same? Is the same? (Homogeneous)(Homogeneous)oror

Is different? Is different? (Heterogeneous)(Heterogeneous)

What is Diversity?What is Diversity?Cultural diversity refers to the wide Cultural diversity refers to the wide

range of cultural differences found range of cultural differences found between and within nationsbetween and within nationsCan be a result of natural Can be a result of natural

circumstances (climate, geography) or circumstances (climate, geography) or social circumstances (technology or social circumstances (technology or demographics)demographics)

Societies can be homogeneous or Societies can be homogeneous or heterogeneousheterogeneous

Heterogeneity in the U.S. Heterogeneity in the U.S.

Have you ever been made to feel Have you ever been made to feel like an outsider?like an outsider?

When societal tensions arise, people may When societal tensions arise, people may look for others on whom they can place look for others on whom they can place blame or single out persons or groups who blame or single out persons or groups who are the “outsider”, who do not belong.are the “outsider”, who do not belong.

SubcultureSubculture

A category of people who share A category of people who share distinguishing attributes, beliefs, distinguishing attributes, beliefs, values, and/or norms that set values, and/or norms that set them apart in some significant them apart in some significant manner from the dominant manner from the dominant culture.culture.

CountercultureCounterculture

A group that strongly rejects A group that strongly rejects dominant societal values and dominant societal values and norms and seeks alternative norms and seeks alternative lifestyleslifestyles

Do NowDo NowHow should How should women be treated women be treated in today’s society? in today’s society? Why? Why?

EthnocentrismEthnocentrism

The practice of judging all other cultures The practice of judging all other cultures by one’s own cultureby one’s own culture

Based on the assumption that Based on the assumption that one’s own way of life is superior one’s own way of life is superior to all othersto all othersCan be positive or negativeCan be positive or negative

Why might this map be considered ethnocentric?

Cultural RelativismCultural Relativism

The belief that the behaviors and The belief that the behaviors and customs of any culture must be customs of any culture must be viewed and analyzed by the viewed and analyzed by the culture’s own standardsculture’s own standards

If the World Was 100 PeopleIf the World Was 100 People

How many people How many people would be from would be from major regions of major regions of the world?the world?


How many How many would speak would speak what languages?what languages?


How many How many would practice would practice what religions?what religions?


How many would How many would have what degree have what degree of education?of education?


How many How many would be would be malnourished?malnourished?


How many would How many would have access to have access to clean drinking clean drinking water?water?

Attitudes that hinder the Attitudes that hinder the study of culturestudy of culture

EthnocentrismEthnocentrismGlorification or “Noble Glorification or “Noble

Savage Myth”Savage Myth”

EthnographersEthnographersLive with, talk to, and Live with, talk to, and observe the society they observe the society they are studying. This is are studying. This is called field work or called field work or participant observationparticipant observation

EthnographyEthnographyThe product created by The product created by field work.field work.

EthnohistoriansEthnohistoriansStudy how a particular Study how a particular group of people have group of people have changed over time.changed over time.

Theoretical Theoretical OrientationOrientation

This is the anthropologists This is the anthropologists point of viewpoint of view

Theoretical Theoretical Orientation Orientation

Cultural EcologyCultural EcologyPolitical EconomyPolitical EconomySociobiology Sociobiology

Cultural EcologyCultural EcologyLook at the relationship Look at the relationship between environment between environment and culture.and culture.

Political EconomyPolitical EconomyAssumes external forces Assumes external forces shape the social shape the social environmentenvironment

SociobiologySociobiologyApplying natural Applying natural selection and other selection and other biological principals to biological principals to the study of culture.the study of culture.

Exit TicketExit Ticket

What are the What are the dangers of an dangers of an ethnocentrism ethnocentrism view? view?

HomeworkHomeworkThe UN says that if countries The UN says that if countries

took the money they spent on took the money they spent on weapons and spent it on weapons and spent it on foreign aid, hunger in the world foreign aid, hunger in the world would be eliminated. Why would be eliminated. Why don’t we do that?don’t we do that?

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