Article About the Nacirema

[lurichan]

I read this article a while about in school, and I thought people might enjoy it and some of the perspective it might offer. Please read the article, and then share your thoughts on it with everyone.

Please also feel free to discuss how our view point might impact how we perceive the world around us.

Nacirema Article  

[-Resurrected Writer-]

Wow, that was... wow.

Man I feel sorry for the kids; it sounds like it scared the crap out of them. Also to perform all bodily functions as rituals? gonk  

[lurichan]

Dead_Ed

Wow, that was... wow.

Man I feel sorry for the kids; it sounds like it scared the crap out of them. Also to perform all bodily functions as rituals? gonk

Hint in White:
I would suggest you look at the name Nacirema and then see what it spells backwards. 3nodding  

[IY_and_MCR]

Holy-mouth-man?!
*Laughs hard*
I'm going to refer to them all as holy-mouth-men from now on.

I thought that was interesting to read.
Thank you, lurichan.  

[lurichan]

IY_and_MCR

Holy-mouth-man?!
*Laughs hard*
I'm going to refer to them all as holy-mouth-men from now on.

I thought that was interesting to read.
Thank you, lurichan.

*lol* Yes, it is funny isn't it. I read it a long time ago in anthropology, and just thought about it again. I remember the first time I read it, it took till about half way through before I went. "wait a minute...."  

[Angel Bruja]

Interesting.  

[-Resurrected Writer-]

lurichan

Dead_Ed

Wow, that was... wow.

Man I feel sorry for the kids; it sounds like it scared the crap out of them. Also to perform all bodily functions as rituals? gonk

Hint in White:
I would suggest you look at the name Nacirema and then see what it spells backwards. 3nodding

... Whoa. eek  

[zz1000zz]

Quote:

They are a North American group living in the territory between the Canadian Cree, the Yaqui and Tarahumare of Mexico, and the Carib and Arawak of the Antilles.

This sentence actually meant something to me. That makes me feel pathetic.  

[lurichan]

zz1000zz

Quote:

They are a North American group living in the territory between the Canadian Cree, the Yaqui and Tarahumare of Mexico, and the Carib and Arawak of the Antilles.

This sentence actually meant something to me. That makes me feel pathetic.

That just means you're intelligent and good at picking up on context clues.  

[2aetH]

OMG
I read to the section about the men scraping their faces before I figured it out lmao.
The worst part is that I was thinking "There is a tribe out there that does these things?! What the ******** is wrong with them?!?" hahahaha.
This has made my day.  

[Stygian Zero]

oh yeah...I remember reading this article in class in 7th grade.
I thougth it was awesome.
lol
thanks for bringing back memories.
I've been searching for this. 3nodding  

[lurichan]

DarkDaigoro

oh yeah...I remember reading this article in class in 7th grade.
I thougth it was awesome.
lol
thanks for bringing back memories.
I've been searching for this. 3nodding

Glad to hear you enjoyed a second read through of it. ^_^  

[ceilisidhe]

What truly shocks me isn't the paper per se but rather the comments people make upon figuring this out; I mean it's hard to believe most people don't comprehend/believe our culture is no more advanced than, say, the Incans or Mesopotamians and yet many stare in utter shock and amazement when such a thing is presented.  

[trampyre]

lurichan

I read this article a while about in school, and I thought people might enjoy it and some of the perspective it might offer. Please read the article, and then share your thoughts on it with everyone.

Please also feel free to discuss how our view point might impact how we perceive the world around us.

Nacirema Article

That was creepy, but good! It really does offer perspective like you said...  

[lurichan]

trampyre

lurichan

I read this article a while about in school, and I thought people might enjoy it and some of the perspective it might offer. Please read the article, and then share your thoughts on it with everyone.

Please also feel free to discuss how our view point might impact how we perceive the world around us.

Nacirema Article

That was creepy, but good! It really does offer perspective like you said...

I'm glad you enjoyed it. ^_^

I really like how it gets people to take a step back from how they usually see the world around them, and think about how other people might see things. How a complete outsider (aliens/different culture/people from a different time/etc) might view our world.