Anthropology Notes: 01/29/2009

There was the view that there was a cultural evolution from customs classified as savagry to the customs classified as Euro American.
If cultural systems are relative then can something like the Holocaust be justified?
Methodological Relativity - more than a method than a priniciple, you study in the context of living in that community.
	Attempts to eliminate bias, but you can still believe your own morals.
The Issue of Human Rights

If you don't know anything else, then you will see other cultures as worse. This results in ethnocentrism.
	Ethnocentrism is about feelings.
Culture shock

Thursday February 12th, 2009 lecture at 4:15pm

02/10/2009
Phonemes are a class of phonetically similar sounds in complimentary distribution
	Allophones are subcategories of phonemes (each sounds)
Emic level vs. Etic level
	Emic represents how natives understands the world
	Etic
	
88-100 (264) - A
77-87 (231) - B
02/26/2009
Hunters and Gatherers
Zen Approach - Low consumption Approach
Technical wants are few but..
The Kung live in the Kalahari Desert, partially in Namibia and Bostwana.