Chapter 2
Remix Authors:
Vanessa Martínez, Holyoke Community College
Demetrios Brellas, Framingham State University
Original Authors
Priscilla Medeiros, Women’s College Hospital
priscilla.medeiros@wchospital.ca
Emily Cowall, McMaster University
Learning Objectives
- Describe how anthropologists define culture.
- Compare and contrast the ideas of ethnocentrism and cultural relativism.
- Describe how the anthropological concept of culture came to be.
- Identify the differences between armchair anthropology and participant-observer fieldwork.
- Assess some of the ethical issues that can arise from anthropological research.
