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... Recently Atlan and IR Cohen [3] have proposed an information-theoretic adaptation of IR Cohen’s [1, 2] ‘cognitive principle’ model of immune function and process, a paradigm incorporating pattern recognition behaviors analogous to those of the central nervous system. We paraphrase Atlan and Cohen’s ...
... Recently Atlan and IR Cohen [3] have proposed an information-theoretic adaptation of IR Cohen’s [1, 2] ‘cognitive principle’ model of immune function and process, a paradigm incorporating pattern recognition behaviors analogous to those of the central nervous system. We paraphrase Atlan and Cohen’s ...
- Maynooth University ePrints and eTheses Archive
... words those interactions that are primarily structured around counter cultural practices and meanings, and "hedonist" networks, which are primarily structured around dominant practices and meanings, but make selective "imports" from the counter culture. In these latter contexts, what we have are, fo ...
... words those interactions that are primarily structured around counter cultural practices and meanings, and "hedonist" networks, which are primarily structured around dominant practices and meanings, but make selective "imports" from the counter culture. In these latter contexts, what we have are, fo ...
73. Towards an Anthropology of Conflict Resolution
... is considered the “healthy” way to deal with conflicts, although mediations based on these premises on micro-levels usually leave structural violence and imbalances in power untouched. This culture-bound view conflicts with another view found in some other societies: “conflicts are not normal, they ...
... is considered the “healthy” way to deal with conflicts, although mediations based on these premises on micro-levels usually leave structural violence and imbalances in power untouched. This culture-bound view conflicts with another view found in some other societies: “conflicts are not normal, they ...
Key Competences for Lifelong Learning
... will need a wide range of key competences to adapt flexibly to a rapidly changing and highly interconnected world. Education in its dual role, both social and economic, has a key role to play in ensuring that Europe’s citizens acquire the key competences needed to enable them to adapt flexibly to su ...
... will need a wide range of key competences to adapt flexibly to a rapidly changing and highly interconnected world. Education in its dual role, both social and economic, has a key role to play in ensuring that Europe’s citizens acquire the key competences needed to enable them to adapt flexibly to su ...
Cultural Models, Consensus Analysis, and the
... sampling, their ethnographic accounts typically consist of qualitative generalizations from small samples to an unspecifiable population (the Bongo-Bongo think-believe-do X). By ignoring sampling issues, anthropologists seldom have sufficient data to estimate population parameters the way a well-des ...
... sampling, their ethnographic accounts typically consist of qualitative generalizations from small samples to an unspecifiable population (the Bongo-Bongo think-believe-do X). By ignoring sampling issues, anthropologists seldom have sufficient data to estimate population parameters the way a well-des ...
The cultural economy
... notion that commercial/ mass culture/private/for profit are aesthetically inferior, despite the fact that the arguments (on one hand Adorno’s Aura, and on the other, market failure) are different. ...
... notion that commercial/ mass culture/private/for profit are aesthetically inferior, despite the fact that the arguments (on one hand Adorno’s Aura, and on the other, market failure) are different. ...
PSYCHOLOGY VS. ANTHROPOLOGY: WHERE IS CULTURE IN
... seemed much less interesting and important (in general and for advertising) than some of the cultural phenomena, in particular the cultural shifts that seemed so readily apparent when we explored their technology-laden worlds. A striking aspect of the homes and offices of these technology leaders w ...
... seemed much less interesting and important (in general and for advertising) than some of the cultural phenomena, in particular the cultural shifts that seemed so readily apparent when we explored their technology-laden worlds. A striking aspect of the homes and offices of these technology leaders w ...
Social and Cultural Anthropology (MSc)
... focus in which aspects of social and physical well-being are systematically connected to specific culturally informed ways of coping with risk and uncertainty. The basic principle of the course is that social and cultural dimensions of human security - and therefore social and cultural approaches in ...
... focus in which aspects of social and physical well-being are systematically connected to specific culturally informed ways of coping with risk and uncertainty. The basic principle of the course is that social and cultural dimensions of human security - and therefore social and cultural approaches in ...
Discuss Various Types of Societies Submitted by WWW
... Industrial societies are based on using machines (particularly fuel‐driven ones) to produce goods. Sociologists refer to the period during the 18th century when the production of goods in mechanized factories began as the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution appeared first in Britain, a ...
... Industrial societies are based on using machines (particularly fuel‐driven ones) to produce goods. Sociologists refer to the period during the 18th century when the production of goods in mechanized factories began as the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution appeared first in Britain, a ...
Comparing Cultures
... farmers and fisherman and we have people who work in factories, farmers and fisherman expect ours are more advanced. They had people who were rich and people who were poor. Rich people like priests, land owners, and government officials. The common class included farmers and fisherman. In the Americ ...
... farmers and fisherman and we have people who work in factories, farmers and fisherman expect ours are more advanced. They had people who were rich and people who were poor. Rich people like priests, land owners, and government officials. The common class included farmers and fisherman. In the Americ ...
Health Information Systems Project in Andhra Pradesh
... best be investigated through that detailed on-theground research which is the hallmark of anthropology. Social anthropology, being a comparative discipline, studies both differences and similarities between ethnic phenomena & provides a nuanced and complex vision of ethnicity in the contemporary wor ...
... best be investigated through that detailed on-theground research which is the hallmark of anthropology. Social anthropology, being a comparative discipline, studies both differences and similarities between ethnic phenomena & provides a nuanced and complex vision of ethnicity in the contemporary wor ...
Slides Lecture 1
... cultural life, such as economics, politics, religion or art. Cultural anthropologists seek to understand the internal logic of another society. It helps outsiders make sense of behaviors that, like face painting or scarification, may seem bizarre or senseless. ...
... cultural life, such as economics, politics, religion or art. Cultural anthropologists seek to understand the internal logic of another society. It helps outsiders make sense of behaviors that, like face painting or scarification, may seem bizarre or senseless. ...
Introduction Creative arts and cultural professions within the Europe
... years ago, i.e. turning a marginal concept into a key and focal concept for any development strategy. To achieve this aim, politicians first need to consider the creative arts and cultural sector outside its sole contribution to the market sector, while learning to use qualitative measures for asses ...
... years ago, i.e. turning a marginal concept into a key and focal concept for any development strategy. To achieve this aim, politicians first need to consider the creative arts and cultural sector outside its sole contribution to the market sector, while learning to use qualitative measures for asses ...
Ordering America: How the Progressive Era and the Eugenics
... teachers, philanthropists, journalists and ordinary citizens. Eugenicists believed that some “races,” classes and individuals were superior to others. They advocated for policies that created an “orderly society” based on who should be treated as superior and inferior. By examining events from this ...
... teachers, philanthropists, journalists and ordinary citizens. Eugenicists believed that some “races,” classes and individuals were superior to others. They advocated for policies that created an “orderly society” based on who should be treated as superior and inferior. By examining events from this ...
Syllabus
... This seminar is designed as a core course for graduate students in anthropology, graduate students in other fields, and advanced undergraduates who have an interest in social theory and anthropology. (The course counts as the “cultural requirement” for anthropology graduate students.) We consider mo ...
... This seminar is designed as a core course for graduate students in anthropology, graduate students in other fields, and advanced undergraduates who have an interest in social theory and anthropology. (The course counts as the “cultural requirement” for anthropology graduate students.) We consider mo ...
The Concept of Culture
... Although there is a range of variation in cultural behavior throughout the world, all people acquire their culture by the same process ...
... Although there is a range of variation in cultural behavior throughout the world, all people acquire their culture by the same process ...
Selected Annotated Bibliography on Missiology
... Books; London, UK: Geoffrey Chapman, 1988. xii, 291 pp., paper. 0883445360 (0). 0225665026 (C). The author brings together the many strands of historic and contemporary Roman Catholic thought on the theology of incultur ation, with the argument that faith must become culture in order to be fully re ...
... Books; London, UK: Geoffrey Chapman, 1988. xii, 291 pp., paper. 0883445360 (0). 0225665026 (C). The author brings together the many strands of historic and contemporary Roman Catholic thought on the theology of incultur ation, with the argument that faith must become culture in order to be fully re ...
structuralism - U of L Class Index
... It is in a sense reduced too imitating the mind itself as object. L-S Believed that studying the mythologies of primitive people allows him to examine the unconscious universal patterning of human thought in its uncontaminated form LS thought the mythology of primitive people is closer to these u ...
... It is in a sense reduced too imitating the mind itself as object. L-S Believed that studying the mythologies of primitive people allows him to examine the unconscious universal patterning of human thought in its uncontaminated form LS thought the mythology of primitive people is closer to these u ...
Cultural Anthropology
... Biological Anthropology (aka“Physical Anthropology”) Focuses on humans as biological organisms Biological organisms Have similar features and needs Are the products of evolutionary and environmental forces ...
... Biological Anthropology (aka“Physical Anthropology”) Focuses on humans as biological organisms Biological organisms Have similar features and needs Are the products of evolutionary and environmental forces ...
Fundamental in socio-cultural Anthropology
... name of this very branch of anthropology. Some prefer to use the name ‘social’ anthropology while some want to use ‘cultural’ anthropology. Social and Cultural anthropology: Social anthropology is the outcome of the impact of the “Durkheimian School of Thought” followed by the British anthropology w ...
... name of this very branch of anthropology. Some prefer to use the name ‘social’ anthropology while some want to use ‘cultural’ anthropology. Social and Cultural anthropology: Social anthropology is the outcome of the impact of the “Durkheimian School of Thought” followed by the British anthropology w ...
Culture, Identity and Representations of Region
... civil society. It has also involved the practical politics of regional identity and belonging. On the one side, ‘Europe’ in the ASEM process consists exclusively of European Union (EU) members. And if its membership is to expand in the future, so too will the identity of Europe and its representatio ...
... civil society. It has also involved the practical politics of regional identity and belonging. On the one side, ‘Europe’ in the ASEM process consists exclusively of European Union (EU) members. And if its membership is to expand in the future, so too will the identity of Europe and its representatio ...
Cultural Relativism or Covert Universalism?
... since we would be judging according to our own culturally bound customs and norms. Different cultures can be evaluated, it is said, only by their own standards; if they think something is right, then for them it is right. It is supposed to be sheer ethnocentric bias to suppose our culture's standard ...
... since we would be judging according to our own culturally bound customs and norms. Different cultures can be evaluated, it is said, only by their own standards; if they think something is right, then for them it is right. It is supposed to be sheer ethnocentric bias to suppose our culture's standard ...