Emic and etic

In “Border Crossings,” Renato Rosaldo states that all peoples have culture and that “each human culture is so unique that no yardstick can measure one against another.” (Rosaldo 196) But in society, the most powerful group usually have the privilege of classifying themselves as a-cultural or post-cultural. They are blind to their own culture and therefore see themselves as the “norm.” Rosaldo argues that by labeling one group as the “norm” and another group as more cultural it perpetuates the…

A central notion is 'stratification', such that language is analysed in terms of four strata: Context, Semantics, Lexico-Grammar and Phonology-Graphology. Context concerns the Field (what is going on), Tenor (the social roles and relationships between the participants), and the Mode (aspects of the channel of communication, e.g., monologic/dialogic, spoken/written, +/- visual-contact, etc.). Systemic semantics includes what is usually called 'pragmatics'. Semantics is divided into three…

Chapter one 1. Preliminaries 1.1 Introduction Translation is the act of rendering a written text from one language into another. It is the action of interpretation of the meaning of a text, and subsequent production of an equivalent text, also called a translation, that communicates the same message in another language, which is why the outcome has to be close to the original meaning. If the goal of the translation is to understand the culture, it is more useful to comprehend the meaning.…

not mean that we think the same. Also, that cultural shape thoughts but thought are something that is within individual. Moreover, he agree with boas with the cultural relativism. He mention the emic vs etic which is emic is the insider point of view and it to think and behave like a natives. Unlike, the etic which is the outsider point of view but using hypothesis and theory to apply it to a set of population that is being studied (lecture,…

The Foundation of Qualitative Research in Education states, “In taking an emic approach, a researcher tries to put aside prior theories and assumptions in order to let the participants and data “speak” to them and to allow themes, patterns, and concepts to emerge.” While I interviewed my grandmother, I tried to incorporate the emic approach and kept an open mind and listened to her talk about her religious beliefs and rituals. While doing my research…

According to the American Marketing Association, “marketing is the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large” (2016). Most would agree that the job of a marketer is very complex and involves partnering and working with many other divisions within an organization. For this essay the focus is global advertising strategy. Advertising is a part of the larger…

The purpose of this paper is to critique the peer-reviewed research entitled “Body Ritual Among the Nacirema” written by anthropologist, Horace Miner. Originally published in the journal American Anthropologist in June of 1956 (Wikipedia), Miner’s etic, social analysis reporting, portrays a small tribe living in the “territory between the Canadian…

1815 to destroy all local, traditional cul­ture, such as Tahitian dance, music, and native religious culture, including wood carvings and temples.(Nowak, B., & Laird, P. (2010) This made the chiefdoms essentially go away from the tribes. From an etic point of view I do not see how Christianity has any right to do that. The tribes that are mentioned in chapter 6 seem to have had years of tradition and heritage and now because of the Christian church it is gone. The chief’s status is…

research paper, I will examine politics in America from an etic perspective by taking a step back and make an attempt to be an outsider looking in on the way politics tend to work. When writing about a culture in an etic perspective, one must ensure that they are livening an outsider’s objective view of that culture and do not let their own biases take over. (Crapo, 2013 1.1). Miner gives a very good example of how to write from an etic perspective in his article, “Body Ritual among the…

related to the theory. Several terms that the theory uses are: Human Care and Caring, Culture, Culture Care, Culture Care Diversity, Culture Care Universality, Worldview, Cultural and Social Structure Dimensions, Environmental Context, Ethnohistory, Emic, Etic, Health, Transcultural Nursing, Cultural Care Preservation or Maintenance, Cultural Care Accommodation or Negotiation, Cultural Care Repatterning or Restructuring and Culturally Competent Nursing Care. (Tomey & Alligood, 2006). A few…