use your up down arrow keys and or your space bar to advance the slides Other Important Terms Prehistoric Cultures University of Minnesota Duluth Tim Roufs 2010 2013 http www d umn edu cla faculty troufs anth1602 Selam aka Lucy s Baby Other Important Terms Prehistoric Cultures University of Minnesota Duluth Tim Roufs 2010 2013 http www d umn edu cla faculty troufs anth1602 Selam aka Lucy s Baby and one or more of these term clarifications might prove interesting and even helpful with your exams and class projects this is the same chart as in the Main Characteristics of Anthropology material difficult terms ethnography scientific description of cultures a portrait of a people ethno graphy graph from the Greek meaning something written or drawn ethno graphy ethnography looks at who what where and when ethnology comparative study of cultures ethn ology comparative study of cultures ethn ology ethnology looks at why and how ethnology comparative study of cultures ethnology the comparative studyanofentirely cultures take out n and that yields different word ethology scientific study of the social comparative study of cultures behavior of animals especially in their natural environments primatology scientific study of the social behavior of primates especially non human primates apes and monkeys primatology scientific study of the social behavior of primates especially non human primates apes and monkeys we ll see this in Ch 6 An Overview of the Primates Ch 7 Primate Behavior primatologist usually refers to one who studies the behavior and social lives of chimpanzees gorillas orangutans monkeys etc e g Jane Goodall Diane Fossy Birute Galdikas Brindamour Jane Goodall is the most famous primatologist of all time Grand Central Publishing 2006 primates include prosimians pre monkeys monkeys apes and also humans primates include prosimians pre monkeys monkeys apes and also humans www d umn edu cla faculty troufs anth1602 pcprim html non human primates are prosimians pre monkeys monkeys apes non human primates www d umn edu cla faculty troufs anth1602 pcprim html with regard to primates note one major recent change with regard to primates note one major recent change hominins is now generally used rather than hominids this reflects a relatively recent change in the classification of the Great Apes and prehistoric forms like Lucy hominins is now generally used rather than hominids other important terms include ethnocentrism judging other cultures by the standards of one s own culture rather than by the standards of that particular culture two fundamental concepts in anthropology are ethnocentrism judging cultural relativism other cultures by the standards of one s own culture rather than by the standards of that particular culture ethnocentrism is the mindset of judging other cultures by the standards of one s own culture rather than by the standards of that particular culture cultural relativism refers to the perspective that each culture must be understood in terms of the values and ideas of that culture and should not be judged by the standards of another in recent times two types of cultural relativism have cultural relativism emerged absolute cultural relativism critical cultural relativism term as originally in the recent times two types proposed came to be of cultural relativism have cultural relativism referred to as emerged absolute cultural relativism critical cultural relativism absolute cultural relativism the perspective that says a person from one culture should not question the rightness or wrongness of behavior or ideas in other cultures because that would be ethnocentric absolute cultural relativism was quickly criticized as unacceptable as taken literally absolute cultural relativism suggested we should accept anything and everything that was thought to be OK by the people under consideration absolute cultural relativism critics quickly pointed to Hitler and the World War II Holocaust and rightfully said that no one should accept behaviors that resulted in The WW II Holocaust that such behavior was unacceptable under any circumstances absolute cultural relativism and the critics added enough other examples so that the original concept of cultural relativism was modified and resulted in today s concept of critical cultural relativism critical cultural relativism offers an alternative view that poses questions about cultural practices and ideas in terms of who accepts them and why and who they might be harming or helping critical cultural relativism answered many of the early critics but even accepting the modified concept it is oftentimes not easy to figure out what in terms of who accepts them and why and who they might be harming or helping means critical cultural relativism let s look at a few examples of where it is oftentimes not easy to figure out what in terms of who accepts them and why and who they might be harming or helping means absolute cultural relativism how about doctor assisted suicide arranged underage marriage female genital mutilations withholding of medical treatment of children for religious reasons polygyny in many places doctor assisted suicide is legal perfectly acceptable to many if not most of the members of a culture is that OK people living in the states of Oregon and Washington and the countries of Belgium Luxembourg The Netherlands and Switzerland think so for e g http en wikipedia org wiki Voluntary euthanasia absolute cultural relativism how about Doctor Assisted Suicide arranged underage marriage female genital mutilations withholding of medical treatment of children for religious reasons polygyny a 9 year old requests a divorce in Yemen http news bbc co uk 2 hi middle east 7711554 stm http news bbc co uk 2 hi south asia 4536579 stm N ai one of the little girls in the film The Hunters was married to Gunda at the age of 8 we ll see The Hunters and N ai as a little girl Week 13 N ai one of the little girls in the film The Hunters was married to Gunda at the age of 8 absolute cultural relativism how about Doctor Assisted Suicide arranged underage marriage female genital mutilations withholding of medical treatment of children for religious reasons polygyny http en wikipedia org wiki Female genital mutilation absolute cultural relativism how about Doctor Assisted Suicide arranged underage marriage female genital mutilations withholding of medical treatment of children for religious reasons polygyny this is in Minnesota not Africa www usatoday