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Q There are three parts to this assignment: 1. Briefly define ethnocentrism and cultural relativism. 2. Describe one of the following cultural features of Roma society from an ethnocentric perspective: a) their religious beliefs b) their methods of settling disputes c) their traditional occupations 3. Using the same cultural feature that you described above, now explain it from a position of cultural relativism.

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1. Cultural relativism explains that the culture should be evaluated and viewed including the context of the culture where the anthropologists are able to describe the customs, beliefs, cultural traits, activity and shows whether they are able to adjust to the values and traditions of that particular cultural system or not. It helps in describing a custom and also discusses of the ways in which it is being viewed within that particular culture. On the other hand, Ethnocentrism tends to make value judgments while they describe the different aspects of another culture.