The Cultural Relativism Of Colombia

The cultural relativism of Colombia

Introduction

Ethnocentrism and cultural relativism in some cultures of Colombia. Colombia is a multicultural country, according to the newspaper El Espectador, visiting it would be a fantasy. Since each region, each department or even more each town has a cultural wealth, either: artisanal, architectural, gastronomic, etc.  That speaks a lot of their ancestors, of their aborigines. Each town with their very particular features, managing to differentiate themselves from others. Others instead managing other cultures (inculturation). Thus obtaining on the one hand the access to new global perspectives, but also losing the essence of their culture.

Developing

Despite the cultural variety that exists, in this article I will briefly tell you about ethnocentrism and cultural relativism that exists in some of these cultures and to what entails the practice of these. However, in many cultures a very marked regionalism can be evidence? Or better what is understood by ethnocentrism?, the SAR defines it, as the attitude of considering its own culture as superior to the others. Valuing one’s language, traditions, gastronomy, religion and their customs, always above the others. 

Which reinforces the sensations of belonging and group self – esteem, but impairing or making invisible the characteristics of the cultural heritage provided by other cultures. For example, the coastal, for the newspaper El Heraldo, according to Juan Gossain, says that the true coast is defined by his joys before life, not the one who screams most, nor the one who best dances, nor the one who puts on the most shirtScapitous and scandalous of the world.

Being Costaño is not carried out but inside. But for the rest of the cultures, to mention some, paisas, rolos, vallunos, among others;They say that being coastal is, bullous, lazy, gross etc.

Managing to have a very wrong vision of the coastal stereotype, judging from their culture. We can show that ethnocentrism is a cultural barrier, because it constitutes a source of cultural discrimination and prevents us from analyzing and understanding other peoples, as well as recognizing their qualities. Thus, for this individualism and racial selfishness, many cultures disappear for fear of opening and sharing those cultural knowledge or features that it has as universal. However, there are cultures that are horizontal, which has its open minds being aware of the cultural diversity that exists, giving as a cultural relativism. 

Why talk about relativism culture? What positive and negative consequences does relativism have in a culture?, We could continue asking many questions on this subject;But it is enough for us to know, what is cultural relativism? John Dewey, says that cultural relativism is the idea that moral or ethical systems, which vary from culture to culture, are all equally valid, and no system is "better" than the other. There are cultures that, within it, there are a kind of subculture, accommodating other cultural features and adopting them as their own, where they are not judged that it is right or wrong, but that they accept and enjoy what is unknown tothey.

Thus, we live a change of times, and therefore there is a change of mentality, we are in postmodernity, where tolerance and acceptance words have taken new meanings, as the limits of our culture have expanded, no longer no longerThere is talk of universality but of particularity, of objectivity but of subjectivity;where everything is accepted being able to bring disastrous consequence for their culture. The coastal ones who decideFor paisa culture.

conclusion

Changing his dialect, ways of dressing, even changing his favorite team, the "Junior of Barranquilla" for the "national", and on the coast when they return they are recognized as corronchos, thus managing to lose their cultural identity. By way of conclusion it could be pointed out that each culture has its own stereotypes, with which it is made known to other cultures;Not being selfish, and there are others that give themselves the opportunity to know other cultures, but they must take into account their roots and respect their flyers and the values that govern other cultures.