The Four-Field Model
... and the Republic of Ireland for most the 20th century, where it appears to have usually also meant physical an- ...
... and the Republic of Ireland for most the 20th century, where it appears to have usually also meant physical an- ...
world anthropologies - Ram-Wan
... academic anthropology is not sufficient to account for the history of the anthropological knowledge on a global scaleiii. This is due not only to the specificities of the histories of anthropologies in different national settings but also to the fact that other cosmopolitics have developed in other ...
... academic anthropology is not sufficient to account for the history of the anthropological knowledge on a global scaleiii. This is due not only to the specificities of the histories of anthropologies in different national settings but also to the fact that other cosmopolitics have developed in other ...
Advocacy in Anthropology: Active engagement or passive
... countries. It is in this complex, messy and uneven scenario that most anthropologists find themselves involved, usually at the micro-level with individuals and local communities. Should the anthropologist act to try to improve the circumstances of local people? Should the anthropologist act as inter ...
... countries. It is in this complex, messy and uneven scenario that most anthropologists find themselves involved, usually at the micro-level with individuals and local communities. Should the anthropologist act to try to improve the circumstances of local people? Should the anthropologist act as inter ...
History and Theory in Anthropology
... Assumptions include notions of common humanity, of cultural diVerence, of value in all cultures, or of diVerences in cultural values. More speciWcally, anthropologists may assume either human inventiveness or human uninventiveness; or that society constrains the individual, or individuals create soc ...
... Assumptions include notions of common humanity, of cultural diVerence, of value in all cultures, or of diVerences in cultural values. More speciWcally, anthropologists may assume either human inventiveness or human uninventiveness; or that society constrains the individual, or individuals create soc ...
the Role of Anthropology in Development
... general has been a source of consternation: “the insistence that each little world should be evaluated on its own terms has created awkward disjunctures, and made comparison very difficult.” (Robertson 1984:298). Many critics of development anthropology find their grievance not in anthropology but i ...
... general has been a source of consternation: “the insistence that each little world should be evaluated on its own terms has created awkward disjunctures, and made comparison very difficult.” (Robertson 1984:298). Many critics of development anthropology find their grievance not in anthropology but i ...
The LATIN AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGY REVIEW 4(2) 76–78
... reader, wishing to find easily accessible comparative material on kinship, social and ceremonial organization, socialization, and cognitive orientations of the Canela will find much to be thankful for both in content and method of presentation. In this sense one can envision a role for this monograp ...
... reader, wishing to find easily accessible comparative material on kinship, social and ceremonial organization, socialization, and cognitive orientations of the Canela will find much to be thankful for both in content and method of presentation. In this sense one can envision a role for this monograp ...
notes on theoretical anthropology and genealogy as fields of
... Croatia we were able to document co-existence of patrilineal and matrilineal traditions. In the catalogue of the Family History Library (on-line) there are specific subjects that refer to historic aspects of genealogy - immigration, genealogy, history, etc. The difference between genealogy on one ha ...
... Croatia we were able to document co-existence of patrilineal and matrilineal traditions. In the catalogue of the Family History Library (on-line) there are specific subjects that refer to historic aspects of genealogy - immigration, genealogy, history, etc. The difference between genealogy on one ha ...
LEACH, EDMUND Early Life and Introduction to Anthropology
... persistent habit in anthropology of treating village, tribal, national, or any other communities as islands unto themselves, rather than as constituents of broader relational schemes. This insight informed, for instance, his student Fredrik Barth’s celebrated thesis (1969) that ethnic groups were no ...
... persistent habit in anthropology of treating village, tribal, national, or any other communities as islands unto themselves, rather than as constituents of broader relational schemes. This insight informed, for instance, his student Fredrik Barth’s celebrated thesis (1969) that ethnic groups were no ...
Class, property, and structural endogamy: Visualizing networked
... and historical studies, particularly by researchers in France such as Jola, Verdier and Zonabend, La Maison, and Segalen,9 who have shown the importance of marital relinkages between families as a means of alliance in European villages. Marital relinking of the ancestral lines of two or more couples ...
... and historical studies, particularly by researchers in France such as Jola, Verdier and Zonabend, La Maison, and Segalen,9 who have shown the importance of marital relinkages between families as a means of alliance in European villages. Marital relinking of the ancestral lines of two or more couples ...
- SlideBoom
... Anthropology Past & Present • The relationship between anthropology and other “human sciences” is based on a specific history and intellectual tradition (which we will discuss in greater detail throughout the course). ...
... Anthropology Past & Present • The relationship between anthropology and other “human sciences” is based on a specific history and intellectual tradition (which we will discuss in greater detail throughout the course). ...
PDF 7.7MajorContributions
... One of the theories for which Tylor is well known is of the origin of religion. He submitted that since primitive man was extremely simple, his thoughts should also be of the same kind, and in these thoughts would rest the ideas about the origin of religion. The first type of religion was ‘belief in ...
... One of the theories for which Tylor is well known is of the origin of religion. He submitted that since primitive man was extremely simple, his thoughts should also be of the same kind, and in these thoughts would rest the ideas about the origin of religion. The first type of religion was ‘belief in ...
The Domestication of Anthropology
... Wilson (1988, this volume) played on the major significance attached to plant and animal domestication (the Neolithic Revolution) in the evolution of human societies (domestic as not wild), while primarily referring back to the etymological roots of “domestication” (domus, the house or household in ...
... Wilson (1988, this volume) played on the major significance attached to plant and animal domestication (the Neolithic Revolution) in the evolution of human societies (domestic as not wild), while primarily referring back to the etymological roots of “domestication” (domus, the house or household in ...
Career Paths in Anthropology 10/6/09
... There are a number of pathways to consider if anthropology as a career interests you. 1. Corporate Anthropology More and more companies are recognizing that statistical profiles, survey research and focus groups still leave out a great deal about how individuals relate to the world around them. The ...
... There are a number of pathways to consider if anthropology as a career interests you. 1. Corporate Anthropology More and more companies are recognizing that statistical profiles, survey research and focus groups still leave out a great deal about how individuals relate to the world around them. The ...
intro
... No survey can tell engineers what women really want in a razor, so marketing consultant Hauser Design sends anthropologists into bathrooms to watch them shave their legs. Companies are starving to know how people use the Internet or why some pickups, even though they are more powerful, are perceived ...
... No survey can tell engineers what women really want in a razor, so marketing consultant Hauser Design sends anthropologists into bathrooms to watch them shave their legs. Companies are starving to know how people use the Internet or why some pickups, even though they are more powerful, are perceived ...
Video Information Cultural Anthropology: Our Diverse World Anthropology 102
... that society. The lesson defines marriage and suggests that this is one way that societies regulate sexual relations between men and women. It points out that all cultures include rules on who can marry whom because of the general concern regarding marriage between close family members, or incest. ...
... that society. The lesson defines marriage and suggests that this is one way that societies regulate sexual relations between men and women. It points out that all cultures include rules on who can marry whom because of the general concern regarding marriage between close family members, or incest. ...
Why Rajput Practice Exogamy: Anthropological Perspective
... value, conflicting loyalties and alliance formation. The proponents of survival value theory (Taylor, 1888; White, 1949; Murdock, 1949; Service, 1971) argue that exogamy serves two primary functions; it reduces the likelihood of the conflict within the exogamous group; and creates cross-cutting ties ...
... value, conflicting loyalties and alliance formation. The proponents of survival value theory (Taylor, 1888; White, 1949; Murdock, 1949; Service, 1971) argue that exogamy serves two primary functions; it reduces the likelihood of the conflict within the exogamous group; and creates cross-cutting ties ...
In Conjunction with Cultural Anthropology
... people long for but do not necessarily pursue the rules by which beauty is to be evaluated in a culture an idea a person holds about what is factual or real a group whose identity is based on shared customs, especially of immigrants the attitude that one’s own culture is the only good one and that t ...
... people long for but do not necessarily pursue the rules by which beauty is to be evaluated in a culture an idea a person holds about what is factual or real a group whose identity is based on shared customs, especially of immigrants the attitude that one’s own culture is the only good one and that t ...
RE - SMU
... many decades. What are the key elements of “community” as it has been developed in anthropological theory? What are the connections between ways of doing ethnographic research and ways of thinking about community? 23. How have anthropologists contributed to our understanding of global processes in r ...
... many decades. What are the key elements of “community” as it has been developed in anthropological theory? What are the connections between ways of doing ethnographic research and ways of thinking about community? 23. How have anthropologists contributed to our understanding of global processes in r ...
An Overview of the Anthropological Theories
... Evolutionists tried to prove that some cultures are more developed than the others. For example, civilized society is considered more developed and sophisticated than the savage societies. But when Boas travelled to Baffinland, his views became different by observing those people (Stocking, 1965; 61 ...
... Evolutionists tried to prove that some cultures are more developed than the others. For example, civilized society is considered more developed and sophisticated than the savage societies. But when Boas travelled to Baffinland, his views became different by observing those people (Stocking, 1965; 61 ...
Kinship Terms in Arabic language
... English and Arabic . Kinship is the most basic principle of organizing individuals into social groups, roles, and categories. Some form of organization based on parentage and marriage is present in every human society. However, the nuclear family household is still the fundamental institution respon ...
... English and Arabic . Kinship is the most basic principle of organizing individuals into social groups, roles, and categories. Some form of organization based on parentage and marriage is present in every human society. However, the nuclear family household is still the fundamental institution respon ...
the transcript
... alongside Rivers's work on the Torres Strait Islands. The seminar will also explore-- to some extent, depending on time-- the concealing and exposing of alternative evidence through archival practises, through technological innovations, and through financial considerations in reproducing material. O ...
... alongside Rivers's work on the Torres Strait Islands. The seminar will also explore-- to some extent, depending on time-- the concealing and exposing of alternative evidence through archival practises, through technological innovations, and through financial considerations in reproducing material. O ...
Interview with Laura Fortunato, Winner of the 2011 Gabriel W
... EH: You find that both Proto-Indo-Hittite and Proto-Indo-European had monogamous habits and were neo-/virilocal. Do you think these patterns of social organization arose because of the emergence of agriculture? LF: Together with previous analyses (Fortunato et al. 2006; Fortunato and Mace 2009), the ...
... EH: You find that both Proto-Indo-Hittite and Proto-Indo-European had monogamous habits and were neo-/virilocal. Do you think these patterns of social organization arose because of the emergence of agriculture? LF: Together with previous analyses (Fortunato et al. 2006; Fortunato and Mace 2009), the ...