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Teaching: Latin America & Caribbean 2012

Sanabria - Anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean

Anthropology of Latin America and the Caribbean is less about “peoples and cultures” and more about processes at work across the Americas.

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Categories Anthropology Courses Tags cultural relativism, culture, gender, immigration, Jared Diamond, Latin America, Michel-Rolph Trouillot, political economy, race, race mixing, racism, sexuality, Sidney Mintz, textbooks 19 Comments

Cultural Relativism & Anthropology

McGovern - Socialist Peace - Cultural Relativism

An assessment of cultural relativism & anthropology in 2011 as “Before you Judge, Stand in Her Shoes” dueled with “Don’t walk a mile in her shoes.”

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Categories Cultural Anthropology Tags ambushing anthropology, cultural relativism, culture, immigration, Michel-Rolph Trouillot, political economy, politics, Ruth Benedict, Tim Ingold 2 Comments

#EndFGM Together

Female Circumcision - Is female circumcision torture

Many commenters have described female circumcision as “torture.” Anthropology can respond without sensationalizing or approving.

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Categories Scathing Anthropology Tags ambushing anthropology, cultural relativism, culture, gender, introduction to anthropology, politics 2 Comments

War on Terror

Weaponizing Anthropology - War on Terror

With death of Osama bin Laden, how anthropology supports pursuing criminals, not blanket “war on terror,” and anthropology questions xenophobic nationalism.

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Categories Moral Optimism Tags anthropology branding, cultural relativism, culture, empathy, politics, Ruth Benedict 3 Comments

Culture Doesn’t Matter

Culture Matters

Does culture matter? Anthropology promoted culture, but the book “Culture Matters”–and David Brooks–reveal a perverted idea of culture.

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Categories Cultural Anthropology Tags ambushing anthropology, anthropology branding, capitalism, cultural relativism, culture, David Brooks, Latin America, Michel-Rolph Trouillot, political economy, politics, Sidney Mintz 8 Comments

Cosmopolitanism & Cultural Relativism

Have the promoters of anthropological cosmopolitanism considered the proximity of Cosmopolitan the magazine? Does cosmopolitanism improve on cultural relativism?

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Anthropology Textbooks: Doubling down on culture?

Doubling Down on Culture in Anthropology

Kottak and Gezon’s Culture uses a magazine-style textbook to double down on culture in anthropology. That’s problematic–culture is already everywhere.

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Categories Cultural Anthropology Tags anthropology branding, cultural relativism, culture, education, Michel-Rolph Trouillot, politics, race, Ruth Benedict, Sidney Mintz, textbooks 6 Comments
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