The Cultural Meaning of Cultural Difference

文化差异的文化意义

• 批准号: 8718254
• 负责人: Catherine Lutz
• 金额: $ 4.12万
• 依托单位: SUNY at Binghamton
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1988
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1988-03-01 至 1991-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8718254&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Cultural; Meaning; Difference

In this project, two anthropologists will interview a sample of middle-class Americans about their perceptions of cultural differences. The research objective is to describe the models used to understand and explain diferences between themselves and people living beyond US borders - people commonly defined as "Non-Western", underdeveloped or "Third World". The methods used to analyze this cultural idea system will include the examination of photographic images of Asians, Africans, and Latin Americans found in popular magazines; these pictures will be treated both as sources of information for magazine readers and as cultural artifacts reflecting the beliefs of the publishing society. The project will also interview a sample of individuals intensively on their ideas about foreigners. A cultural model of ethnocentrism will be created from these sources of information. This project is important because it will help us understand ethnocentrism as it exists in the USA. This country has always been described as less knowledgeable about foreigners than any other major Western nation. As the world economic situation changes and US citizens have to accomodate to more powerful foreign nations, we need to understand our own perceptions and reactions to them. This research will advance this understanding.

在这个项目中，两名人类学家将采访一个样本， 美国中产阶级对文化的看法 差异 研究的目的是描述模型 用来理解和解释它们之间的差异 以及生活在美国境外的人们--人们通常被定义为 “非西方”、“不发达”或“第三世界”。 的方法 用来分析这个文化理念体系的， 研究亚洲人、非洲人和 拉丁美洲人发现在流行杂志;这些图片将 作为杂志读者的信息来源 作为文化产物， 出版社。 该项目还将采访一个样本 对外国人的看法。 一 民族中心主义的文化模式将从这些创建 信息来源。 这个项目很重要，因为它将帮助我们了解 美国存在的民族中心主义。 这个国家一直 被描述为对外国人的了解比任何人都少。 其他西方主要国家。 世界经济形势 变化和美国公民必须适应更强大的 在外国，我们需要了解我们自己的看法， 对他们的反应。 这项研究将推动这一 认识