Anthropological perspectives of infanticide
... 1922), and has been described as "the most widely used method of population control" in human history (Harris 1977:5). More moderately, infanticide "...rather than being an exception ...has been the rule" (Williamson 1978:317). There is reasonably good evidence that even if infanticide is not a cult ...
... 1922), and has been described as "the most widely used method of population control" in human history (Harris 1977:5). More moderately, infanticide "...rather than being an exception ...has been the rule" (Williamson 1978:317). There is reasonably good evidence that even if infanticide is not a cult ...
1 Bracketing [Belief] - Sites: a journal of social anthropology and
... meanings of utterances without assuming intentionalities behind these utterances; and while we cannot or should not impute them, in the form of representations, we cannot avoid attributing intentions to people provisionally or speculatively (Herzfeld 2003). None of these two positions overcomes the ...
... meanings of utterances without assuming intentionalities behind these utterances; and while we cannot or should not impute them, in the form of representations, we cannot avoid attributing intentions to people provisionally or speculatively (Herzfeld 2003). None of these two positions overcomes the ...
The Movement of Dancing Cultures
... that it is the integrated outcome of focused attention, observation of multiple performances in a given context over time, and to some degree experiencing movement through one’s own body. It is hardly a coincidence, then, that it was only when dancers became anthropologists in their own right that d ...
... that it is the integrated outcome of focused attention, observation of multiple performances in a given context over time, and to some degree experiencing movement through one’s own body. It is hardly a coincidence, then, that it was only when dancers became anthropologists in their own right that d ...
Arapesh Warfare: Reo Fortune`s Veiled Critique of
... which Mead and Bateson came to refer to as the “squares,” provided a common set of terms for describing both cultures and individual personalities. According to the squares, all individuals have an inborn temperament that can be classified within a four-way typological scheme, regardless of their cu ...
... which Mead and Bateson came to refer to as the “squares,” provided a common set of terms for describing both cultures and individual personalities. According to the squares, all individuals have an inborn temperament that can be classified within a four-way typological scheme, regardless of their cu ...
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... examining the complexities of bridging different economic realities within the context of a new dynamic Pan-‐Asian industry, before tracing the shifting global market position, the evolving film cultures, as wel ...
... examining the complexities of bridging different economic realities within the context of a new dynamic Pan-‐Asian industry, before tracing the shifting global market position, the evolving film cultures, as wel ...
Marked Catalog Copy - East Carolina University
... instructor) ANTH 3028. Human Adaptation and Variation (3) (S) (P: ANTH 2015; or consent of instructor) ANTH 4203. Special Topics in Biological Anthropology (3) (P: ANTH 2015; or consent of instructor) ANTH 4225. Human Evolution (3) (FC:SO) (P: ANTH 2015, 2016; or consent of instructor) Cultural Anth ...
... instructor) ANTH 3028. Human Adaptation and Variation (3) (S) (P: ANTH 2015; or consent of instructor) ANTH 4203. Special Topics in Biological Anthropology (3) (P: ANTH 2015; or consent of instructor) ANTH 4225. Human Evolution (3) (FC:SO) (P: ANTH 2015, 2016; or consent of instructor) Cultural Anth ...
Turkish Nomads - Eclectic Anthropology Server
... doing so, the authors have engaged in an intense and novel collaboration. Having developed a new set of methods for this kind of study, one of their goals is to provide the means for others to use this hybrid approach to ethnography and history. The fruitfulness of their results augurs that further ...
... doing so, the authors have engaged in an intense and novel collaboration. Having developed a new set of methods for this kind of study, one of their goals is to provide the means for others to use this hybrid approach to ethnography and history. The fruitfulness of their results augurs that further ...
SSA321 History of Anthropological Theory
... be used in this context, as they are more recent than 1922, the so-called beginning of Structural-Functionalism and Modern British Anthropology. This work is, therefore, research both on the person of Flaherty, and the influence of Flaherty on the development of ethnographic film as a genre within a ...
... be used in this context, as they are more recent than 1922, the so-called beginning of Structural-Functionalism and Modern British Anthropology. This work is, therefore, research both on the person of Flaherty, and the influence of Flaherty on the development of ethnographic film as a genre within a ...
The Kirghiz and Wakhi of Afghanistan 1 THE KIRGHIZ AND WAKHI
... The closure of borders and the adoption of the centralized nation-state model in Afghanistan by the colonial powers had a wide ranging impact on the socio-cultural practices of the Wakhi and the Kirghiz community. Closing the borders restricted the nomadic lifestyle of the Kirghiz who then had to re ...
... The closure of borders and the adoption of the centralized nation-state model in Afghanistan by the colonial powers had a wide ranging impact on the socio-cultural practices of the Wakhi and the Kirghiz community. Closing the borders restricted the nomadic lifestyle of the Kirghiz who then had to re ...
The Concept of Kinship
... T h e purpose of this paper is not merely to reply to Needham's arguments1 and to correct his errors, but also, in the course of this, to throw some light on the anthropological concept of kinship. For simplicity of reference, it will be useful to number Needham's errors. (1) Needham (p. 97): "Biolo ...
... T h e purpose of this paper is not merely to reply to Needham's arguments1 and to correct his errors, but also, in the course of this, to throw some light on the anthropological concept of kinship. For simplicity of reference, it will be useful to number Needham's errors. (1) Needham (p. 97): "Biolo ...
Claude Lévi-Strauss, Chiasmus and the Ethnographic Journey
... The point of departure of this paper is the intuition of a recurring hidden structure in Lévi-Strauss’s works and the realisation of a correlation between this structure and the rhetorical figure of chiasmus. I propose to follow the trace of this structure in Lévi-Strauss’s works and to try to under ...
... The point of departure of this paper is the intuition of a recurring hidden structure in Lévi-Strauss’s works and the realisation of a correlation between this structure and the rhetorical figure of chiasmus. I propose to follow the trace of this structure in Lévi-Strauss’s works and to try to under ...
2006 Program - Society for Applied Anthropology
... Development Anthropology. This Award is presented each year to an outstanding senior scholar who is recognized for a lifetime commitment to the application of the social sciences to contemporary issues. The Award was initiated by the Society in 1973 and previous recipients have included Everett C ...
... Development Anthropology. This Award is presented each year to an outstanding senior scholar who is recognized for a lifetime commitment to the application of the social sciences to contemporary issues. The Award was initiated by the Society in 1973 and previous recipients have included Everett C ...
Theorizing Dreaming and the Self
... social transactions. Similarly, in Western cultures we place the dream within a person’s head. Many of the peoples who anthropologists study, however, see dreams as an alternative social world, as much outside the person as a convivial party, even if what goes on there is often far from convivial. F ...
... social transactions. Similarly, in Western cultures we place the dream within a person’s head. Many of the peoples who anthropologists study, however, see dreams as an alternative social world, as much outside the person as a convivial party, even if what goes on there is often far from convivial. F ...
Pirs and Semiotic Presence
... knowledge system is fundamentally non-linguistic (Bloch 1991:186). The nonlinguistic aspect of knowledge is formed partly by experience of the external world and partly through the historical accumulation of knowledge transferred from anterior generation to posterior generation. When this knowledge ...
... knowledge system is fundamentally non-linguistic (Bloch 1991:186). The nonlinguistic aspect of knowledge is formed partly by experience of the external world and partly through the historical accumulation of knowledge transferred from anterior generation to posterior generation. When this knowledge ...
Wilson rpt-case for repatriation
... conclusion rests primarily on the geographical evidence of Kumeyaay oral traditions, songs, and ceremonial ground paintings, and the probability of at least some biological relationship of earlier and present-day groups, but it does not rest on the biological /skeletal evidence. Our interpretation o ...
... conclusion rests primarily on the geographical evidence of Kumeyaay oral traditions, songs, and ceremonial ground paintings, and the probability of at least some biological relationship of earlier and present-day groups, but it does not rest on the biological /skeletal evidence. Our interpretation o ...
Studying Societies and Cultures: Marvin Harris`s Cultural
... Inasmuch as Harris’s work had a broad impact on all subfields of anthropology, we hope this book will be of interest to all anthropologists. Those contemporary anthropologists who embrace a scientific approach generally fall into one of two camps, Harris’s own cultural materialism or Darwinian anthr ...
... Inasmuch as Harris’s work had a broad impact on all subfields of anthropology, we hope this book will be of interest to all anthropologists. Those contemporary anthropologists who embrace a scientific approach generally fall into one of two camps, Harris’s own cultural materialism or Darwinian anthr ...
Planet M : The intense abstraction of Marilyn Strathern
... (although such affinities are no doubt there, and arguably go to the core of her divergence from the American-liberal humanism of the literature on the crisis of representation in anthropology). Rather, our question is this: if the ‘self ’ features only as an object of analysis, alongside what one w ...
... (although such affinities are no doubt there, and arguably go to the core of her divergence from the American-liberal humanism of the literature on the crisis of representation in anthropology). Rather, our question is this: if the ‘self ’ features only as an object of analysis, alongside what one w ...
Writing ethnography. Malinowski`s fieldnotes on Baloma
... ‘Baloma’ is divided into eight sections, as a result of sorting his notes. First, Malinowski indexed his fieldnotes by writing the subjects down on the margins with a red pencil. Then, he put together all the references to the baloma and related subjects, and read them again. These tasks provided hi ...
... ‘Baloma’ is divided into eight sections, as a result of sorting his notes. First, Malinowski indexed his fieldnotes by writing the subjects down on the margins with a red pencil. Then, he put together all the references to the baloma and related subjects, and read them again. These tasks provided hi ...
To be Makiran is to see like Mr Parrot: the anthropology of wonder in
... possible, the “could be”’ (Holbraad et al. 2014). In keeping with my own comparative approach to ontology, however, the anthropology of wonder I seek to develop values the recursive power of the anthropologist’s wonder, but extends also to an ethnographic focus on what constitutes a wonder to others ...
... possible, the “could be”’ (Holbraad et al. 2014). In keeping with my own comparative approach to ontology, however, the anthropology of wonder I seek to develop values the recursive power of the anthropologist’s wonder, but extends also to an ethnographic focus on what constitutes a wonder to others ...
(2009) 223-233 PAUL G. HIEBERT`S LEGACY OF WORLDVIEW A
... this orientation, it is not surprising that (as Hiebert notes) most of his research has focused on the cognitive dimension of cultures and worldviews, and far less on the affective ones (2008,85). Hiebert's approach to analyzing and understanding worldview is mapped out in Appendix A of Transforming ...
... this orientation, it is not surprising that (as Hiebert notes) most of his research has focused on the cognitive dimension of cultures and worldviews, and far less on the affective ones (2008,85). Hiebert's approach to analyzing and understanding worldview is mapped out in Appendix A of Transforming ...
Historicism
... culture, and hence it is named Historicism. Boas would later teach at Columbia University and this would produce a school of thought based on his ideas. This view would produce a wide range of definition of what, exactly, constituted culture and history, but in each case the only means of explaining ...
... culture, and hence it is named Historicism. Boas would later teach at Columbia University and this would produce a school of thought based on his ideas. This view would produce a wide range of definition of what, exactly, constituted culture and history, but in each case the only means of explaining ...
The Mickey Mouse Kachina and Other "Double Objects"
... strategic, translational transfer of tone, value, signification, and position—a transfer of power . . . that changes the very terms of interpretation and institutionalization, opening up contesting, opposing, innovative, “other” grounds of subject and object formation. (Bhabha quoted in Seshadri-Cro ...
... strategic, translational transfer of tone, value, signification, and position—a transfer of power . . . that changes the very terms of interpretation and institutionalization, opening up contesting, opposing, innovative, “other” grounds of subject and object formation. (Bhabha quoted in Seshadri-Cro ...
Pierre Bourdieu as a Post-cultural Theorist
... Bloch refers to this classical legacy as ‘the anthropological theory of cognition’. This theory relies on three interlinked postulates which are seldom called into question, and which continue to be influential in cultural sociology today: 1. ‘Action and history are contained by cognition because c ...
... Bloch refers to this classical legacy as ‘the anthropological theory of cognition’. This theory relies on three interlinked postulates which are seldom called into question, and which continue to be influential in cultural sociology today: 1. ‘Action and history are contained by cognition because c ...
Material Culture and Other Things Post-disciplinary
... will most likely be numerous archaeologists who are updated in various social theories. Bjørnar Olsen complained once that compared to the 1980s when very few read theory, everybody reads theory today, but nothing new happens (Olsen 1998). Following Clarke, “paradigmatic changes” are not possible if ...
... will most likely be numerous archaeologists who are updated in various social theories. Bjørnar Olsen complained once that compared to the 1980s when very few read theory, everybody reads theory today, but nothing new happens (Olsen 1998). Following Clarke, “paradigmatic changes” are not possible if ...
GENDER, CULTURE CHANGE, AND FERTILITY DECLINE IN HONDURAS: AN
... anthropologist, while I was reading his book, Our Kind. I was struck by his ability to take explanations for human behavior to their ultimate causes. His writings are some of the most intellectually satisfying works I have ever read. I use his forcefulness and clarity of argument as a model for my ...
... anthropologist, while I was reading his book, Our Kind. I was struck by his ability to take explanations for human behavior to their ultimate causes. His writings are some of the most intellectually satisfying works I have ever read. I use his forcefulness and clarity of argument as a model for my ...
Cultural anthropology
Cultural anthropology is a branch of anthropology focused on the study of cultural variation among humans and is in contrast to social anthropology which perceives cultural variation as a subset of the anthropological constant. A variety of methods are part of anthropological methodology, including participant observation (often called fieldwork because it involves the anthropologist spending an extended period of time at the research location), interviews, and surveys.One of the earliest articulations of the anthropological meaning of the term ""culture"" came from Sir Edward Tylor who writes on the first page of his 1897 book: ""Culture, or civilization, taken in its broad, ethnographic sense, is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society."" The term ""civilization"" later gave way to definitions by V. Gordon Childe, with culture forming an umbrella term and civilization becoming a particular kind of culture.The anthropological concept of ""culture"" reflects in part a reaction against earlier Western discourses based on an opposition between ""culture"" and ""nature"", according to which some human beings lived in a ""state of nature"". Anthropologists have argued that culture is ""human nature"", and that all people have a capacity to classify experiences, encode classifications symbolically (i.e. in language), and teach such abstractions to others.Since humans acquire culture through the learning processes of enculturation and socialization, people living in different places or different circumstances develop different cultures. Anthropologists have also pointed out that through culture people can adapt to their environment in non-genetic ways, so people living in different environments will often have different cultures. Much of anthropological theory has originated in an appreciation of and interest in the tension between the local (particular cultures) and the global (a universal human nature, or the web of connections between people in distinct places/circumstances).The rise of cultural anthropology occurred within the context of the late 19th century, when questions regarding which cultures were ""primitive"" and which were ""civilized"" occupied the minds of not only Marx and Freud, but many others. Colonialism and its processes increasingly brought European thinkers in contact, directly or indirectly with ""primitive others."" The relative status of various humans, some of whom had modern advanced technologies that included engines and telegraphs, while others lacked anything but face-to-face communication techniques and still lived a Paleolithic lifestyle, was of interest to the first generation of cultural anthropologists.Parallel with the rise of cultural anthropology in the United States, social anthropology, in which sociality is the central concept and which focuses on the study of social statuses and roles, groups, institutions, and the relations among them—developed as an academic discipline in Britain and in France. An umbrella term socio-cultural anthropology makes reference to both cultural and social anthropology traditions.