Etnocentrism - Teresa Mares PDF

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Culture is what we make of our natural means – it is not the same as nature Culture is based on symbols Culture is always learned and shaped by power relations Culture contains microcultures o Microcultures include class, gender, race, sexuality… Distinctive features of contemporary anthropology  Cultural relativism: understanding the context in which culture is situated  culture must not be questioned or changed by outsiders Avoiding ethnocentrism  Ethnocentrism: using the practices of your own people as a yardstick to measure how well the customs of different peoples measure up  Cultural hybridization: the mixing of reconfiguring of elements from different cultural traditions  Indigenization: the process of adopting cultural features that may have originated in the US/West but have been adapted by local people for local purposes NAFTA – North American Free Trade Agreement  January 1st, 1994  Mexico, US, Canada    ...