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lindiwe

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What is cultural relativism, and why is it central to the mission of anthropologists?
 
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Anglo-American culture uses Eskimo kinship terminology.
 
  a. True
  b. False
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Reply #1 on: Aug 11, 2018
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It is the ability to suspend judgment to understand a culture on its own terms. It is essential to anthropologists because it allows them to gain an in-depth understanding of how a culture functions.

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