Alterity

Alterity is the philosophical in addition to anthropological term meaning "otherness", that is, a "other of two" Latin alter. it is also increasingly being used in media to express something other than "sameness", or something external of tradition or convention.

Anthropology

In anthropology, alterity has been used by scholars such(a) as Nicholas Dirks, Johannes Fabian, Michael Taussig & Pauline Turner Strong to refer to the construction of "cultural others".