"The article I was talking about is called "The impact of the concept of culture on the concept of man" (in the book "The Interpretation of Cultures) by Clifford Geertz.
It sprung to mind because it's a pretty basic justification of the anthropological approach. Geertz argues that culture is an intrinsic part of human nature and that it is untenable to study one without the other.
However, the Geertz article doesn't really talk about cultural bias per se, it just stresses how fundamental culture is to our nature.
I'm not sure whether your friend was looking for something more specific to globalisation and scientific discourse? There's absolutely loads out there but I can't remember anything off the top of my head. Sorry!
x x x"
She says this is kind of the introduction-to-anthropology text that explains that culture is important to the way we all see the world, so might be quite good as a ref for this kind of general point?
It's bizzarre that she wants more jutification when essentially it sounds like your whole dissertation IS the justification, but hopefully the above might be useful.
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Date: 2009-08-10 03:16 pm (UTC)"The article I was talking about is called "The impact of the concept of culture on the concept of man" (in the book "The Interpretation of Cultures) by Clifford Geertz.
It sprung to mind because it's a pretty basic justification of the anthropological approach. Geertz argues that culture is an intrinsic part of human nature and that it is untenable to study one without the other.
However, the Geertz article doesn't really talk about cultural bias per se, it just stresses how fundamental culture is to our nature.
I'm not sure whether your friend was looking for something more specific to globalisation and scientific discourse? There's absolutely loads out there but I can't remember anything off the top of my head. Sorry!
x x x"
She says this is kind of the introduction-to-anthropology text that explains that culture is important to the way we all see the world, so might be quite good as a ref for this kind of general point?
It's bizzarre that she wants more jutification when essentially it sounds like your whole dissertation IS the justification, but hopefully the above might be useful.