Victoria Tauli-Corpuz wrote about the most surprising thing…
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz wrote about the most surprising thing she discovered when moving from her rural Philippine village to attend high school in Manila, which was that her teachers and classmates embraced her tribal identity so warmly, she became a minor celebrity because of that Igorot wisdom passed down from time immemorial.
Read DetailsBodley described various ways that colonial governments and…
Bodley described various ways that colonial governments and even social scientists demonstrated ethnocentrism that ranged from paternalism to outright racism toward the ‘tribal’ peoples they encountered. Identify which factor is NOT one of those?
Read DetailsIn the South Seas, this cruel practice was legal, because it…
In the South Seas, this cruel practice was legal, because it did not include chattel slavery, and was supposed to be equivalent to indentured servitude prevalent in Europe among the poor. It centered around the novelty of Western sailing ships, and basically was kidnapping of Island peoples to become forced workers on the plantations of Fiji and north Queensland. It was known as [BLANK-1].
Read DetailsEven anthropologists were often guilty of ethnocentrism rega…
Even anthropologists were often guilty of ethnocentrism regarding the need for native peoples to “improve” or “develop” lifestyles and values that were part of the “modern” world, such as Lord Raglan and Arthur Hippler, who were disturbed by ‘backwards superstitions’ and the “terrors of shamanism.”
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