a) I agree with what the commenter just above me said, so thanks to them for saying it better than me.
b) Granted, I've only taken two anthropology classes (linguistics anthro & intro to biological anthro), but in neither of those have I experienced what you talked about... In fact, there was far more emphasis on the other side - much more focus on "don't judge based on your own conventions / don't judge at ALL, really" than anything else. So I'm thinking it may be more your teacher, your particular class, than anything else... and I'm sorry you got stuck with that. :/
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Date: 2010-02-04 10:47 pm (UTC)b) Granted, I've only taken two anthropology classes (linguistics anthro & intro to biological anthro), but in neither of those have I experienced what you talked about... In fact, there was far more emphasis on the other side - much more focus on "don't judge based on your own conventions / don't judge at ALL, really" than anything else. So I'm thinking it may be more your teacher, your particular class, than anything else... and I'm sorry you got stuck with that. :/