Summary ANT101.WEEK5 FINAL RESEARCH PAPER.docx ANT 101 Week 5 Final Research Paper University of Arizona Global Campus ANT 101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Cultural relativism is the idea that we should understand someones beliefs and values based off

ANT101.WEEK5 FINAL RESEARCH PAPER.docx ANT 101 Week 5 Final Research Paper University of Arizona Global Campus ANT 101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Cultural relativism is the idea that we should understand someones beliefs and values based off of their own culture. A lot of times people can be biased when learning about other peoples cultures, and the reasonsbehind why they do what they do, simply because its not their own culture. Being open-minded and understanding of others cultures is are important so you can better understand who they are, what they do, and why they do what they do. Its also interesting to see what others, who are not used to your culture, feel about it. Throughout this paper, I will look at a certain part of my own culture, Western Culture, through an etic, or outsiders, perspective and I will also look at a certain part of another culture from an emic, or insiders, perspective so that I can b