Martial Arts Anthropology
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
Anthropology belong to the culture?
Describe your two cultures – two (sets of) assumptions, the standards they rationalize, and the models they produce coordinated behavior. Clearly describe how differences in standards arising from differences in assumptions. Start with a cultural norm, such as health care should be taken • a basic human right. • A woman should have the last word on her pregnancy. • To reduce domestic violence, we should encourage women to develop effective defensive martial art skills, as the Art of the Gun. What do they want me to do? What examples are the others?
Your assumptions (health care, pregnancy, violence) does are in no way cultural norms. Everyone is under discussion and subject to change. "Cultural norms are sometimes referred to as" the way we do things here. "Cultural norms are not statistical averages. Instead, they are related to social norms of appropriate behavior. Standards Cultural accepted and expected practice. A norm may or may not coincide with the laws and policies. For example, it is a common standard for drive five miles per hour above the speed limit. "Http: / / www.changeculture.com / Webpages / Standard / Standing Norms.htm online is a cultural norm. Always look people form a line? Why not simply make a crowd and push your way forward? In America, we tend to walk sideways right to a corridor or on the sidewalk. Asia is more often the left side. In Korea, school children and raise the right arm to get into traffic. It is illegal and discouraged, but it is the norm. Take a classroom. Is this not a time at the end of the class in the absence of more work will be done? When people stop and pack? Do not Friday and the last day before the break have different behaviors?
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