Stereotypes about American and Asian Cultures
Posted by thuicc on August 24, 2005
Michael Turton has a good post on his blog, responding to a Taipei Times article about differences in how Euro-Americans and Chinese “process visual data differently”. He exposes some of the dangers of jumping to conclusions about cultures based on a particular kind of study. We’ll read this in class at some point, so check it out!
Update: There’s also a discussion about this article on Savage Minds, an anthropology blog.