A Summary Of Cultural Relativism In Dancing Skeletons

In 1956 a professor from the University of Michigan, Horace Miner, wrote an article in The American Anthropologist that has become a mainstay of learning for anthropology students. Miner published the article to show a fictional exotic society called “Body Ritual among the Nacirema” as an example of how one’s own limited perspective might affect the perception of a foreign culture (Miner, 1956, p. 503). The article uses subtle humor to make the reader more comfortable in examining cultural behaviors, physical appearance, and health as the reader soon discovers that the actual society being examined is the American society. To the reader, the article begins to sound very familiar after each paragraph is

Mrs. C.D. express her view on the women back at home are not working and they engaged in a lot of sexual activities. The culture does not believe in birth control methods such as HIV/AIDS, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and herpes, etc. Mrs. C.D. also reports Haitians loves music and to dance. “They will party all day and all night long on the streets. Where ever you hear music, you will see a Hattian” (Mrs. C.D., personal interview August 29, 2015). With this crowd of playing music and dancing, introduces drugs and alcohol into the scene. In the end, Mrs. C.D. reports people are killing each other while engaging in this type of behavior and atmosphere.

They view fatness as pleasure and always set structures which help to explore the desires and experience of fat people in any way possible. The embodiment of disobedience explains the cultural deviations in beauty criteria and some related cultural and social practices (Lee 246). In the analysis of media frames of fat bodies, it is prudent to engage in fat studies pedagogy and communicate any research findings in an effort to help the fat people regain courage and their well-being in the community. Some ambiguous pleasures provide a valuable complement to sex and sexuality within and beyond the context of the society. The moral anxieties around the young bodies provide a useful historical and political account on cultural shift (Rahelu 305). For instance, the African Diaspora has for a while displayed resistance to any other culture which indulges into fat anxiety. Based on culture and the understanding of sex as an element of a person, implies that women are allowed to see sexual desires as part of their self (Lee 247). The pleasure fair of fatness acts as the key reason why most fat people are so happy with their bodies. However, the weight gained has nothing to do with gender or sexual activities in a relationship because, in most instances, some people weight gain is associated with a sense of security in a

Dance has always been a part of my life, and it was always fun to look back at old pictures and reminisce about all of the dance issues I had when I was younger. But as I got older and better, the growing stopped. I wasn’t learning as much new stuff, just perfecting old choreography. Ballet has never been my favorite dance style, my studio is more invested in lyrical and performance styles, like tap, jazz, and musical theatre. I originally only wanted to take ballet here because I wanted to be in the Nutcracker because it was something my studio doesn’t do. But this class brought me back to ballet basics, and I have seen major growth in my ballet technique, enough for my mom to notice. I’ve gotten a lot stronger at certain ballet barre warm

Today, our third choreography day, my group was assessed by our peers. We did not finish the piece before the review, which I believe did contribute to some unusual mistakes. This contributed to many areas where we may had been forgetful and off time from each other simply because we were working before hand at a pace faster than our brains could comprehend, just to finish the dance. Realizing this, I definitely know that it is more beneficial to progress at a slower rate and remember the piece, than to vigorously finish the piece and tarnish all of our previous rehearsal time trying to remember other sections. Our peers had identified a very obvious flaw during the presentation: lack of expression. Again, I believe that because our minds were

Dance is a career that has several different options and paths. Someone could be a professional dancer, a dance teacher, or a choreographer. Whichever path is chosen, the anatomy of the human body is very important. Whether it is placement and strength of certain muscles, knowledge of which muscle to use for which step, or knowing how to properly stretch, warm up, and exercise your body. Anatomy is even used in injury prevention and injury healing. Interestingly, dance in general has been around since the beginning of time. Even the Bible talks about dancing like David danced and worshiping God through dance. However, dance as a classical form did not come around until 18th century France. This was when ballet was established. Even then, dance

The following imitation biography spotlights a young woman in North Kivu, Congo and her harrowing journey during the late 1990’s. Her trials start with her sexual assault and continue through to the birth of her child, concentrating on her mental and emotional health through the process. This story gives insight to the harsh realities of rape victims through social isolation, lack of medical resources, and overall deterioration of health. While this story has elements of fiction, her details are sourced from studies and true stories that delineate the adversities of young women in Congo.

The many ethnographies produced from the fieldwork of anthropologist, account for much of our knowledge of cultures we may consider foreign of our own. Ethnographies are often written to provide an understanding of the practices of the studied culture, thus bridging the gap between separate ways of life. Majorie Shostak is one of the well known anthropologist who attempts to do just this in her writings. During her stay in the Dobe regions of Botswana, she studied the life of !Kung women to find out if they share similar ideas to women of her own culture. She begun her research by emerging herself in anyway possible. She learns the language, lived among them in grass huts, and ate the foods they ate. She still remained unsatisfied and

I was challenged from the very beginning with the free-will to choose my own topic of interest! This ultimately lead me to change my topic twice because of moral concerns and an extreme case of apathy, which defeated the purpose of my research being about a personal interest. After months of procrastination however, I had an epiphany which finally lead to the selection of a topic.

On the day that they were given the groups, they immediately began planning and thinking about what they would do for the finals. Even though that was just a day to get together and start making a group name, they went on to plan on what they would do/use for the song. they set up things like the song they would use and even started writing down possible dance steps. By the next class or the first official day of practicing, they started off by waiting for everyone in the team to arrive at the dance studio. Once they did they continued making plans for what they were gonna do for their dance. They had already settled on the song they would use and began practicing what they had planned out. They seemed genuinely enthusiastic when it came to

Across the world, there are countless cultures. Every continent seems to have completely different traditions from its neighboring continent. People might see some traditions as barbaric and other traditions as beautiful. Ethnocentrism plays a big role in deciding if certain traditions should be made illegal or simply accepted because of a particular culture. The tradition of breast ironing, which is typically practiced in West Africa, should be changed through legislation within the state, by its’ own representatives, and because of its’ harmful effects.

Inspired by personal experience as a ballet dancer and researcher (Dornelles de Almeida; Flores-Pereira, 2013) I plan to conduct a qualitative study through a bodily-centred (Crossley, 1995) ethnography at professional ballet companies, as well as with independent professional ballet dancers in London. Ethnography offers the opportunity to understand cultural differences and “reveals what people think and show us the cultural meanings they use daily” (Spradley, 1980, p.vii).The ethnographer's goal is to go beyond a cognitive, behavioural and representational apprehension of the research field (Grau, 2011; Hanna, 2014). As soon as different organisations promote environments where embodiment occurs by its employers in diverse ways (Dale, 2001),

Assistant Professor Katherine Ann Wiley shared her research about “Anthropological Research And Methods In the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.” Katherine had been teaching english at the high schools at Kankossa, Mauritania. She was involved with the peace courts which lead her to Mauritania. Katherine had gotten so familiar with the community and spoke the language. She wanted to do a type of research that had a meaning to the woman that live there. Many of the woman said how important woman's work is, and the economic activities they had to do. Katherine thought Kankossa was a good place to do her study because it had a mixture of many women. It was definitely a risk Katherine had to do, because she could have putten herself in danger, and

While the documented health effects of FGC are undeniable, the fact that the practice endures is testament to the failure of eradication endeavors including the almost global criminalization of FGC. The geographic spread of the practice along with the diversity of cultures that engage in FGC signify the need for a critical understanding and contextual analysis of the practice in order to better situate it within the many milieus which practising communities and affected individuals inhabit. Any harmful cultural practice has social justice ramifications, but it is not enough for people to merely express their displeasure, rather, as Wangila (2007) asserts, “there are universal norms that can make intercultural communication possible” (p. 64). In other words, while there is a case to be made for the eradication of FGC, there are cultural justifications for its continuation from the perspectives of communities that engage in it. At the heart of the debate is the real issue, which is the health and wellfare of women and girls.

Lets define what ethnography means, which is conducting fieldwork on contemporary people and their societies. But also a brief history of the early methods of anthropologists, which was “arm chair anthropology” in where conducting fieldwork long-term or short-term on a culture, person or place with included previous studies of other scholars. Now there is a much better and guided way to conduct research, which is the ethnographic method to fieldwork credited by Malinowski. In our readings of Seth Holmes Fresh Fruits, Broken Bodies and in Damani Partridge article of “We Were Dancing in the Clubs not in the Berlin Wall” these two anthropologists use participant-observation. These two anthropologists immersed themselves in their research by actively