In the Final Research Paper, you will Describe an aspect of your own culture from an etic (outsider's) perspective in Part I of the paper.

In the Final Research Paper, you will

• Describe an aspect of your own culture from an etic (outsider's) perspective in Part I of the paper.
• Describe an aspect of another culture from an emic (insider's) perspective in Part II of the paper.
• Apply cultural relativism in order to examine misconceptions about culture that may occur due to ethnocentrism.
• Keep the distinction between cultural relativism and moral relativism in mind as you write your final paper.
• Even if you do not personally agree with a cultural practice, explain how the practice makes sense in its cultural context.
• Avoid opinionated or judgmental language in your paper.
• Analyze your chosen aspect in terms of how it developed as part of a social system within both your culture and another culture.
• Analyze your chosen aspect in terms of its purpose as part of a social system both within your own culture and another culture.