2.0 What is Culture?

Demetrios Brellas and Vanessa Martinez

Authors:

Vanessa Martínez, Holyoke Community College

Demetrios Brellas, Framingham State University

Priscilla Medeiros, Women’s College Hospital

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.

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