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Just what do anthropologists do when they encounter a strange and intriguing culture that begs the concepts of "barbarous", "backward", or "undeveloped"? How do they maintain their neutrality of judgement when it's so difficult?

Here is one such observation of a culture, the Nacirema tribe.

Core questions: Would you want to live amongst these people? What would you suggest to them?

read: Nacirema observational notes

 

 

 

 

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