CULTURAL RELATIVISM

GROUP 1
 WHAT IS CULTURE ?

BELIEFS BEHAVIORS OBJECTS

 ETHNOCENTRISM AND CULTURAL RELATIVISM

• evaluating and judging • not judging a culture to our

another culture based on own standards of what is
one’s own cultural norms. right or wrong, strange or
(“WHAT IS CULTURAL RELATIVISM”, KHAN ACADEMY) normal. (“WHAT IS CULTURAL RELATIVISM”,
KHAN ACADEMY)
EXAMPLES OF CULTURAL RELATIVISM
(LOCAL-NATIONAL-INTERNATIONAL)
 WHAT - RITUAL WHERE – ITOGON WHY – "CLEANSE"
PRACTICE FOR AND BONTOK THE MIND OF THE
THE DEAD SURVIVORS

DAW-ES

WHEN – OCT 30, HOW –

2018 AND 2014 BUTCHERING OF A
DOG
 ITOGON,
BENGUET
(OCT, 2018)

• 91 people dead

• Daw-es performed
on Oct 30, 2018
 BONTOC,
MOUNTAIN
PROVINCE (2014)

• 14 dead
• 32 injured
“IGOROT NA HINDI
PINASAKAY NG
DRIVER NG BUS
DAHIL SA SUOT NYA”

• April 19, 2017

 TOURIST
FINED
• Lin Tzu Ting
• October 13, 2019

• Php 2500
• Boracay, Philippines
 BANNING BALUT

• NEW YORK RESTAURANT,

MAHARLIKA
• “DISGUSTING” AND “INHUMANE”
• ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVIST
BREAKFAST
IN
DIFFERENT
PLACES
AFRICAN BODY MODIFICATION
 JARAWA
TRIBE
• New York Times

• Jarawa tribe killing

people encroaching their
land
 CULTURAL RELATIVISM

IDEA TOOL ENGAGE

 SOLUTION

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 REFERENCES

• “WHAT IS CULTURAL RELATIVISM”, KHAN ACADEMY; ACCESSED FEBRUARY 4,

2019. https://www.khanacademy.org/test-prep/mcat/society-and-
culture/culture/a/cultural-relativism-article
• Agoot, L. (2018).Daw-es: Igorots' cleansing ritual for dead, living. Retrieved from
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1052457.
• Dizon, G. (2009).The dog, a symbol of death and protection. Kordillera Autonomy.
Retrieved from http://kordillerautonomy.blogspot.com/2009/06/dog-symbol-of-
death-and-protection.html?m=1
• Deleno, R.(2017).Makabagbag-damdamin: Igorot, Hindi Pinasakay sa Bus Dahil sa
Suot na Bahag? Netizens, Nagalit!.Retrieved on February 03, 2020 from
https://news.definitelyfilipino.net/posts/2017/04/makabagbag-damdamin-igorot-
hindi-pinasakay-bus-dahil-sa-suot-na-bahag-netizen-
nagalit/?fbclid=IwAR1Qgajn1zP6vLvOy5ms4O5SV7iJSD0nMUgVa9I8Dog-
bxitWRzD4jZLCQM
• Killgrove, K. (2016, March 14). The New York Times Tackles Cultural Infanticide, Riles
Up Anthropologists In The Process, Retrieved from
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2016/03/14/the-new-york-times-
tackles-cultural-infanticide-riles-up-anthropologists-in-the-process/#127dc4d5426f