tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4645839568564602372.post5529881611037910575..comments2024-01-16T20:32:16.809-06:00Comments on Teaching Anthropology: Dip or Bow: Lessons in Negotiated Culture or just making friends...Pamthropologisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04061905270637904812noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4645839568564602372.post-18258149607070198442009-04-17T22:32:00.000-05:002009-04-17T22:32:00.000-05:00Sounds a bit weasely to me.
[I would have said "...Sounds a bit weasely to me. <br /><br />[I would have said "wishy-washy" but that would have been politically incorrect. Of course, weasels may have their defenders....]larry c wilsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4645839568564602372.post-10567773742217988452009-04-17T21:27:00.000-05:002009-04-17T21:27:00.000-05:00I never said it was black and white. That is why ...I never said it was black and white. That is why its negotiated not determined.Pamthropologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04061905270637904812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4645839568564602372.post-41525038056008507452009-04-17T21:24:00.000-05:002009-04-17T21:24:00.000-05:00If no choice is free of cultural conditioning, the...If no choice is free of cultural conditioning, then the Social Darwinists were/are correct.larry c wilsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4645839568564602372.post-66292353251001860672009-04-17T19:01:00.000-05:002009-04-17T19:01:00.000-05:00Thanks missives....can I call you miss? *snerk*.
...Thanks missives....can I call you miss? *snerk*.<br /><br />I think my students only get the culture idea cause its in the title of the course. At least that is my theory.<br /><br />I think anthro and socis have nothing but trouble with the whole "group" concept. I am so tired of it. If I have to explain one more time that the decision to have breast implants is not a completely individual choice because its made in a CULTURAL context one more time, I just may give in and get myself a pair so big they block my view of all my students and I can quietly exist in my own private Idaho.<br /><br />Sorry, end of year, end of semester rant.Pamthropologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04061905270637904812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4645839568564602372.post-78992369200853059342009-04-14T22:07:00.000-05:002009-04-14T22:07:00.000-05:00Wow, you have students who think there are cultura...Wow, you have students who think there are cultural rules that govern behavior? My students think we (Americans) live in a free nation where everyone does what they want all the time. It's hard for me to get to them past their individualism to see any structural constraints at all. It seems easy for them to see OTHERS as to some extent constrained by culture, but practically impossible for them to see that THEY ARE TOO!!<br /><br />That next step (these "rules" are constantly renegotiated) is crucial though--otherwise they're stuck with stupid stereotypes about what those "other" cultures are like. <br /><br />In sum, great post! Keep up the good work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com