Ethnocentrism & Ethnorelativism
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The document discusses cultural differences and sensitivity, outlining two frameworks: ethnocentrism and ethnorelativism. Ethnocentrism includes stages of denial, defense, and minimization, while ethnorelativism involves acceptance, adaptation, and integration, emphasizing the importance of recognizing and valuing diverse cultural perspectives. Overall, it highlights the progression from a self-centered view of culture to one that appreciates intercultural empathy and integration.
Ethnocentrism & Ethnorelativism
- 1. INTERCULTURAL SENSITIVE & CULTURAL DIFFERENCES BY MILTON J. BENNET Ignacio San Martín
- 2. CULTURAL DIFERENCES Complex perceptual organizations Predictions about behavior Divided in two stages; Ethnocentric & Etnhorelativism
- 3. ETHNOCENTRIC & ETHNORELATIVISM Ethnocentric It is about the own culture and judge other groups relative to their own ethnic group. Language Behavior Religion Custom Ethnocentric Denial Defense Minimization
- 4. ETHNOCENTRIC Ethnocentric divided in three stages: 1. Denial: Individual Experience. Their own Culture as the only “real one” 2. Defense: Now there are able to recognize that the difference between cultures, but in a way, they protect their own interest. 3. Minimization: “We are all the human”, everyone its same, like me. The melting pot it’s a example of devalued of culture mix. Ethnocentric Denial Defense Minimization
- 5. ETHNOCENTRIC & ETHNORELATIVISM Ethnorelativism No one culture it is superior to another. Recognize differences between cultures Believe in adapted or accommodate Ethnorelativism Acceptance Adaptation Integration
- 6. ETHNORELATIVISM Ethnorelativism divided in three stages: 1. Acceptance: No always are agreement. Accept some cultures but I don’t like that my self. 2. Adaptation: Intercultural empathy. Interpret and evaluate from more than one cultural perspective. 3. Integration: More desirable stage than adaptation, define as acculturation or assimilation of culture. Ethnorelativism Acceptance Adaptation Integration
- 8. CULTURAL SENSITIVE & CULTURAL DIFFERENCES BY J. BENNET Ignacio San Martín