Powerpoint Slides Week 2-3 Flashcards
What isn’t culture?
Nationality Ethnicity Race Static Simple Clearly Bounded
What is a Cultural Construct?
A particular worldview or way of being that is normalized as obvious, natural, and/or universal by a culture (when in reality, it maybe purely “cultural” and not universal or biological)
What is the point of the Nacirema article?
Mundane aspects of life that make perfect sense to us (insiders) are completely obscured when discussed by a total outsider
According to the the Nacirema article, the _________ used to describe culture is powerful.
language
In the article Nacirema what word was used, and how man times?
“Ritual” used ~15 times (not including title)
List some of the words and phrases used in the article THE NACIREMA.
- “exotic”
- “magical”
- “ancient and secret”
- “traditional”
- “sadistic”
- “masochistic”
What is the difference between etic and emic?
“Etic” is a perspective from the outside of a culture, group, or situation
“Emic is a perspective from the inside
What is participant observation?
the method anthropologists use to gather information by living as closely as possible to the people whose culture they are studying while participating in their lives as much as possible.
Is this cultural or moral relativism: There is no absolute right / wrong?
moral relativism
According to _____ ________, all decisions and actions are equally correct or incorrect.
moral relativism
According to moral relativism, all decisions and actions are equally _______ or _______.
correct
incorrect
Moral Relativism has a ___________ / __________ viewpoint.
Pseudo-nihilistic
existentialist
According to moral relativism, there is no responsibility to create _______ or to ________.
change
intervene
According to ______ _________, there is no responsibility to create change or to intervene.
moral relativism
Phillipe Bourgois was born in 1956, and received a ____ in 1985 at Stanford.
PhD
_______ ________ was born in 1956, and received a PhD in 1985 at Stanford.
Phillipe Bourgois
Phillipe Bourgois is a Professor of ___________.
Anthropology
_______ ________ is a Professor of Anthropology.
Phillipe Bourgois
Phillipe Bourgois was a Director of Center for ______ ________ and _________ in Dept of Psychiatry at UCLA.
Social Medicine
Humanities
_______ ________ was a Director of Center for Social Medicine and Humanities in Dept of Psychiatry at UCLA.
Phillipe Bourgois
What is the overall subject of the Bourgois article? What is it about?
Putting the drug economy and violence in East Harlem into a cultural context.
How does the Bourgois article attempt to reach its goal? How does he study “street culture” in this part of New York?
Participant Observation:
(1) He moves into the neighborhood
(2) He gains the trust of and befriends individuals involved in the sale and purchase of illicit drugs
(3) This takes time and commitment!
How is Bourgois’s study different than how a sociologist might approach the study of inner-city poverty and violence?
Participant Observation vs. Surveys, Statistics, “Data”
According to Bourgois how might a suburban, middle- or upper-middle-class Euro- American (white) view violence surrounding the drug economy?
- immoral & senseless
- opportunistic
- ruthless
- due to lack of education
- due to “break down of family” and disintegration of “moral fiber”
According to Bourgois’s article; the logic of violence It is a type of “_________ _______”.
insurance policy
According to Bourgois’s article; the logic of violence is a way to prevent being ______ __________ ___.
taken advantage of
According to Bourgois’s article; ________ has largely begotten ________.
Violence
According to Bourgois’s article; the economy of drugs: why do people choose drugs over other jobs?
The kinds of jobs available to residents of East Harlem offer little security, little pay, little dignity.
The drug economy offers pay, prestige, power, but even less security.
History of Puerto Rico and its people have been caught between which imperial powers?
Spain, United States
History of Puerto Rico and its people: ___ – ___ of population left Puerto Rico.
1/3
1⁄2
History of Puerto Rico and its people: more Puerto Ricans _______ the island than on the island.
outside
What is epistemology?
the investigation of what distinguishes justified belief from opinion
What is positivism?
The view that there is a reality ‘out there’ that can be known through the senses and that there is a single, appropriate set of scientific methods for investigating that reality.
What is reflexivity?
Critically thinking about the way one thinks; reflecting on one’s own experience
