The Value of Cultural Relativism: Comparing Peace Corp Volunteer Floyd Sandford’s African Odyssey and Anthropologist Richard Lee’s Dobe Ju/’hoansi

Even students who have received only 4 weeks of anthropology education acknowledge that their views have changed since they gained knowledge. Learning foreign lifestyles and unfamiliar customs can help you understand the impact your culture has on their minds. Anthropology is valuable in order to eliminate shocks and misunderstandings that arise when examining the view of the world of aliens. A comparison between Peace Company volunteer Floyd Sandford's Africa Odyssey and Anthropologist Richard Lee's Dove Ju / 'hoansi explains the value of cultural relativism, that is, a culture passes through another culture Principles for judging principles that should not.

"Kang, or Ju / 'hoansi, as they say, is a hunting party society that occupies the Kalahari desert at the border of Namibia and Botswana.The Dobe area has about 10 water pools.Ju /' hoansi Pedigree is determined by three systems of "wi" by lineage, name, and solution Ju / 'hoansi is gathered in small things They are quite an equal society, but reducing the number of conflicts In harsh environments, social relationships are vital to survival and can interact with others through hexalo-communication, because the nomadic band has a small band of their own I will keep in touch.

When impossible experiments are carried out, the baby of Yanomamo is replaced at the birth by the baby of Ju / 'hoansi, the child of the genetic Yano mamo grows to culture Ju /' hoansi, the child of the gene Ju / 'Huanci to the culture Yanomamö I will grow up. Waiteri which can be rephrased as "fierce" is a feature of Yanomamö, and Ju / 'hoansi emphasizes peace in conflict resolution. The important thing is that our lifestyle is certainly related to our biological heritage, but the difference we see in different cultures is shaped by the product of life experience, our environment Cultural norms to be followed, and how we raise. In academia, there are also several subfields that can be integrated there and provide information and format for our thinking.