Unit 1 Ethnocentrism - Landsberg IS

Why do cultural relativists don't have to accept all perspectives&ideas from other cultures?

Because after practicing cultural relativism, you are still allowed to make up your own mind on your opinion about the idea/perspective of the other culture. Only after understanding WHY can you make conclusions.

Cultural relativism and ethnocentrism relationship

Complete opposites. E- close minded, own culture CR- open minded, other cultures Practicing Cultural Relativism DECREASES Ethnocentrism

Power of socialization on a culture

Creates unity, agreement, harmony within culture. If it doesn't exist, the opposite happens.

Views on globalization

DEPEND on who we are, and what our lifestyle is. Poor will see certain amount of money as great, the opposite may be true for rich bc they are used to something else

Drawing the world on the first day of school showed

Different perspectives

Relationship between dominant ideology and nationalism

Dominant ideology creates Nationalism

"The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer" accuracy?

Yes, the right are getting richer but the poor aren't necessarily getting poorer. Rich are getting richer much FASTER than poor can keep up with, and the gap between poor and rich is getting wider and wider

Subcultures

a culture within a culture, based on ethnicity, class, region, wealth, politics, education, language. Mr. Landsberg's 4th period class.

Ethnocentrism

belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group

Cultural Relativism

the practice of judging/looking at/acknowledging a culture by its own standards and experiences

Not all cultures have same norms because

All cultures were socialized differently. - Leads to Ethnocentrism because we judge people if they have different behavior than us - It shouldn't lead to Ethnocentrism because we need to understand we were all socialized different>> different culture and customs and rules

Most commonly shown perspectives

Are more easily accepted and respected, people get angry if they are contradicted

GDP per capita numbers to know

17 thousand dollars More realistically 11,600 dollars of GDP per capita

How many countries are in the world?

195

How many people are in the world?

7.6 billion

Globalization

Any type of interaction and connection of cultures throughout the world, trade is good ex

Relationship between ethnocentrism and cultural universals

Ethnocentrism is decreased when we look for cultural universals.

Main ideas of Blinded by Views

Ethnocentrism is not looking at other perspectives. If they are presented, thinking they are wrong because they are different. Going deeper into Ethnocentrism circle.

Ethnocentrism circle

Ethnocentrism>> Stereotypes>> Prejudice

Mores

Expectations of behavior that have predestined/defined punishments/consequences if broken. Laws

Socialization factors

FAMILY, media, friends, school, religion, government, work, background, etc

Number 1 socialization factor

Family, least ethnocentric are babies

GDP per capita

GDP divided by population, how much each person in the country makes per year

Relationship between globalization and cultural interdependence&cultural diffusion

Globalization increases cultural interdependence&cultural diffusion

GDP

Gross Domestic Product- the total market value of EVERYTHING produced in a country in a year

Cultural Interdependence

Idea that as interactions between cultures increase, cultures start to depend on each other Ex: America needs oil from other places

Why should we understand Globalization?

It is increasing rapidly, we come in contact with more and more cultures every day and we must know how to interact with them

"History is neither black, nor white, but gray"

Look for the truth, not one perspective is absolutely right.

Relationship between ethnocentrism and different perspectives?

Looking at other perspectives DECREASES ethnocentrism

Elephant from Denmark/Jackal from Djibouti?

Main, well known perspective/less common, prob less accepted perspective

Dominant ideology

Most common/strongest ideas in a culture

Relationship between nationalism and ethnocentrism

Nationalism increases ethnocentrism

Goal of IS? (Movement within Ethnocentrism circle?)

Never leave the circle, but get as outer as possible (border of circle, refrain from inner parts)

Main idea of Edo Star Trek episode

People tend to judge cultures bc norms are different, leads to violence. Other cultures aren't going to have the same customs as us, we must learn to look at other cultures norms from their perspective and not judge them. Other cultures may apply the same principle in different ways.

Realpolitik

Politics based on practicality and not morality. Best interest of the state. Not often taught like this bc everyone wants to think of US as moral, heroic country.

Norms

Rules/expectations for ways of behaving "Normal" Violating these is considering abnormal, may make people upset.

Purpose of Statistical Look At The World Webquest?

Shows just how unfairly the wealth of the world is really distributed

There are more ————- in the world than differences

Similarities

Relationship between socialization and ethnocentrism

Socialization increases ethnocentrism, more examples that increase ethnocentrism in world>> more ethnocentric

Why can globalization be controversial? Why is it actually Gray?

Some believe it is good to connect, some believe it increases inequality between countries. It is Gray bc it can be both.

Does the simpsons support or challenge dominant ideology?

Support because Lisa doesn't tell everyone the truth, happy ending

What is the criticism against history books in Lies My Teacher Told Me?

That textbooks only show the good, no controversy and therefore not the whole truth, only facts that have to be memorized, difficult to change this bc controversy decreases the amount of MONEY they make bc if it's too risky schools won't buy books

Which fish is the US?

The big fish. Most of US has a positive outlook on globalization bc it benefits them.

Socialization

The process by which people learn customs and values of their culture. Makes you who you are, influences what you believe in. Different socialization>> different beliefs Constant process

Averages of GDPs can be misleading because

The smaller percent of richer countries with really high numbers will pull the average up more than the poor countries can pull it down, skews the data and does not leave overall representation of the world correct

People tend to prefer their own culture because

They understand it better. Leads to ethnocentrism bc they only understand their own culture, therefore prefer it.

Why did we watch the Simpsons episode?

To show what happens when dominant ideology is challenged or questioned

All cultures have advantages and disadvantages

Using cultural relativism helps us acknowledge how and why other cultures are better or worse in certain ways.

People tend to focus on differences because

We are all Ethnocentric and when we see something different we judge it. Differences stand out.

Main ideas of Rethinking Our Language

Words are political and metaphorical. Can have more meaning or mean something we may or may not intend it to.

Loaded words

Words which are slanted for or against the subject. "Civilization" "Discovered" "New" "Participates, included"

Folkways

norms that are not strictly enforced, done by peer pressure, no written code for it Manners, hyiegene,

Cultural diffusion

the spread of cultural elements from one society to another via interactions between them

Cultural universals

traits that are part of every known culture (Fashion, education, language, identification, gov, economy, etc.)