Q February 21st Class Discussion During the class on February 21st the following questions will be posed to discuss by either turning your mic on to talk or by answering in the chat. You are required to respond to at least one and encouraged to respond to more. Once you respond in class so we can hear each others responses you will summarize your verbal answer or copy you chat answer into this assignment. This can be completed during the class and will add to your participation grade. You can still do this if absent but small point deductions will apply. There will be leniency for 1 absence and excused absences, please communicate with me throughout the semester. Additional questions may be posed during the class- answers to those if complete can be used here as well. • Who are the Nacirma? • According to Miner, what functional beliefs underlie the Nacrima body rituals? • Some would say that Mine’s analysis exotizes (portrays as exotic or unsual) the Nacirema and makes them seem mysterious and irrational. What in his writing dose this? Does presenting customs as “religion” rather that as “science” or “medicine” inevitably make them seem irrational to people in our own culture? Are our own customs with respect to care of the body irrational? • What is “ethnocentrism”? What is “cultural relativism”?