As an anthropologist you have to take special care not to impose your values on the people you're observing. At the same time, you're not expected to be entirely impartial and there is the understanding that human needs are more important than anthropological data. The question is where is the line? What is our ethical responsibility? There are cases where anthropologists have tried to help an endangered culture fight for its survival. These don't always end well. Then there are cases, like female genital mutilation or the use of child soldiers, where organizations are trying to eliminate certain behaviors. And in some cases, you have nations imposing their will on other nations. This is sometimes referred to as regime change. Do we have the right to change other cultures? How do we decide what's acceptable and what's not? Relating all of this to the article, how does Scheper-Hughes explain the actions of the mothers? What role do local officials and priests play? How did this situation come to exist?

swahili is an extremely rich and complex civilization, a set of ethnic groups articulated by a language and a series of cultural elements that fuse the african traditions, islam and indian culture. this growth was largely a result of the indian ocean trading network that brought in not just man-made riches, but also religious ideas, specifically islam, which had a significant impact on the local culture. furthermore, the development of the swahili language gave a common cultural unity to the people.

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cuba  

russia  

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el salvador  

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known as the land of volcanoes, el salvador has visit seismic tremors and volcanic movement. it is the main nation in central america that does not have a coastline on the caribbean sea. about portion of all salvadorans live in the wide open. they are poor and don't have power or running water in their homes. in 1525, pedro de alvarado, a lieutenant of cortés's, vanquished el salvador. el salvador, with alternate nations of central america, pronounced its freedom from spain on sept. 15, 1821, and was a piece of a league of central american states until the point when that association broke up in 1838.