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1) Select one aspect of culture from the list. Once you've made your selection, please delete all other options.
2) Select a source to use for Part I of the paper. You will be using your textbook and the article by Miner for this part of the paper, but for this worksheet, include the source you found through your own research. Review the tutorial on Evaluating sources and enter your reference in the space below.
Reference entry in APA format:
Lett, J. (1990). Emics and etics: Notes on the epistemology of anthropology. In T. N. Headland, K. L. Pike & M. Harris (Eds.), Emics and etics: The insider/outsider debate (pp. 127-142). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
3) Include the reference for Part II that corresponds to the topic you’ve chosen. Copy and paste the reference entry from the table (e.g., if you chose Education, you would use the article by Jonsson for Part II).
4) Summarize the main points from each of your sources. See this guide for help with summarizing your sources.
Summary of your source for Part I (include one to two paragraphs, totaling at least 300 words). Enter your summary in the space below.
When analyzing a different culture, one of the difficulties that arise is that their worldview may be completely different than one’s own. It is important to note that this does not mean that it is wrong; only, that is it different than one’s own. In this sense, the description of their culture becomes problematic, as one only counts on one’s conception of the universe, which may be completely different from theirs. Nevertheless, this may actually be beneficial, as it could provide an outsider’s point of view with regards to the situation. Scientists have long attempted to neutralize their language, so that everything in the world may be accounted for in it. They constantly seek to describe phenomena using the vocabulary that they have fine-tuned for this precise purpose. In this sense, there has long been a debate on whether this extrinsic perspective is actually beneficial or not. There is a tension between the insider’s and the outsider’s perspective, as they describe the same world in two very different manners. Furthermore, the language that one uses is very important, as these different categories correspond to various dissections of the world, which may not overlap with one another.
This raises epistemological issues, as one does not really know which one of the two would really correspond to true knowledge. The separation between an emic and an etic approach does not only correspond to how one collects data, but also manifests itself on what one considers to be knowledge as a whole. What should one value more, the insight of supposedly objective scientists, or the people that experience it every day? Truth and knowledge are always perceived through a linguistic lens, so it is impossible to determine which one is more beneficial or coherent. Both methodologies have good points and bad aspects, and they both contribute knowledge in very different manners.
Summary of your source for Part II (include one to two paragraphs, totaling at least 300 words). Enter your summary in the space below.
5) Write a working thesis statement based on your sources. See this example.
Working Thesis Statement:
