1. Why was the article by Michael Buckland, “Histories, heritages, and the past: The case of Emanuel Goldberg” was given as the first reading for the course?
The case of Emmanuel Goldberg illustrates the convoluted path back to the origin of an idea as well as the factors that contributed to its blurred out past. His work shows the intricacies of social memory, as the ‘erasure’ of Emmanuel Goldberg and his life’s work was so multifaceted—confounded by politics, war, nationalism, physical destruction, religious and racial discrimination, censorship, and an ongoing list of factors. This combination of human societal components led to the misattribution of the microdot technology to a man that does not even exist. Because the formation of a religion—from …show more content…
Who are the Nacirema?
Nacimera is a term used in anthropology and sociology to the aspects of the behavior and society of citizens of the United States of America. The neologism attempts to create deliberate sense of self-distancing for American anthropologists might look at their own culture more objectively.
Miner wrote the paper, and it describes the Nacirema as a little known tribe living in North America. The way in which he writes about the curious practices that this group performs distances readers from the fact that North American group described actually corresponds to the modern-day Americans of the mid 1950s. He describes the Nacirema as a group living in the territory between the Canadian Cree, the Yaaqui and Tarahumareof Mexico, and the Carib and Arawak of the Antille. The papers popular aspects of the Nacirema culture include medicine men and women that stand in place for doctors, pharmacists, and psychiatrists, a charm box that compares to the medicine cabinet that we all hold at home, a mouth-rite ritual that serves as analogy to brushing ones teeth, and finally a cultural hero known as Notgnihsaw, whom represented Washington. These ritual practices are meant to serve as how man should comport himself in the presence of sacred things. These sacred aspects are the rituals that the Nacirema partake throughout their …show more content…
Most of the teachings for religion are founded on the same core values, but the path and journey to all those destinations are different depending on what you choose to believe. The one characteristic that all religion has in common is that they are a solution to the question that is: why do we live and what for? Religion offers a sense of hope and guide to people. When there is questions that no one, or even science cannot answer that is when people turn to religion for their answers. The value and demerit that comes with a holistic religion is that depending on what kind of answer you need a religion to suit that person. Though this is good for many that are lost, it can also transform religion into a weapon to be used by those most powerful to influence those most susceptible. We can see clear examples such as Hitler with his hatred towards those of Jewish ancestry, and we can see this again with Donald Trumps words against Islam and attempts to influence the Christianic
The case of Emmanuel Goldberg illustrates the convoluted path back to the origin of an idea as well as the factors that contributed to its blurred out past. His work shows the intricacies of social memory, as the ‘erasure’ of Emmanuel Goldberg and his life’s work was so multifaceted—confounded by politics, war, nationalism, physical destruction, religious and racial discrimination, censorship, and an ongoing list of factors. This combination of human societal components led to the misattribution of the microdot technology to a man that does not even exist. Because the formation of a religion—from …show more content…
Who are the Nacirema?
Nacimera is a term used in anthropology and sociology to the aspects of the behavior and society of citizens of the United States of America. The neologism attempts to create deliberate sense of self-distancing for American anthropologists might look at their own culture more objectively.
Miner wrote the paper, and it describes the Nacirema as a little known tribe living in North America. The way in which he writes about the curious practices that this group performs distances readers from the fact that North American group described actually corresponds to the modern-day Americans of the mid 1950s. He describes the Nacirema as a group living in the territory between the Canadian Cree, the Yaaqui and Tarahumareof Mexico, and the Carib and Arawak of the Antille. The papers popular aspects of the Nacirema culture include medicine men and women that stand in place for doctors, pharmacists, and psychiatrists, a charm box that compares to the medicine cabinet that we all hold at home, a mouth-rite ritual that serves as analogy to brushing ones teeth, and finally a cultural hero known as Notgnihsaw, whom represented Washington. These ritual practices are meant to serve as how man should comport himself in the presence of sacred things. These sacred aspects are the rituals that the Nacirema partake throughout their …show more content…
Most of the teachings for religion are founded on the same core values, but the path and journey to all those destinations are different depending on what you choose to believe. The one characteristic that all religion has in common is that they are a solution to the question that is: why do we live and what for? Religion offers a sense of hope and guide to people. When there is questions that no one, or even science cannot answer that is when people turn to religion for their answers. The value and demerit that comes with a holistic religion is that depending on what kind of answer you need a religion to suit that person. Though this is good for many that are lost, it can also transform religion into a weapon to be used by those most powerful to influence those most susceptible. We can see clear examples such as Hitler with his hatred towards those of Jewish ancestry, and we can see this again with Donald Trumps words against Islam and attempts to influence the Christianic