Forging the Volksgeist: Herder in Hungary, then and now
... clung instead to the dichotomy between Kulturvölker and Naturvölker. The latter were the particular concern of the anthropologist/ethnologist, and they were located outside of history and cultural change. Arguably, this was precisely the stereotype of der Wilde which Herder’s philosophy of history ...
... clung instead to the dichotomy between Kulturvölker and Naturvölker. The latter were the particular concern of the anthropologist/ethnologist, and they were located outside of history and cultural change. Arguably, this was precisely the stereotype of der Wilde which Herder’s philosophy of history ...
Introduction: Popular Noise in Global Systems
... Functional systems belong to the most important structural characteristics of a world society (Stichweh 2000). But how do they relate to the Popular? On the one hand, they are often observed as rather unpopular. Modern society seems to function according to dull, bureaucratic, procedural or merely t ...
... Functional systems belong to the most important structural characteristics of a world society (Stichweh 2000). But how do they relate to the Popular? On the one hand, they are often observed as rather unpopular. Modern society seems to function according to dull, bureaucratic, procedural or merely t ...
Read the introduction - Duke University Press
... anthropological fieldwork, museum collecting and display, and social governance in the early twentieth century in Australia, Britain, France, New Zealand, and the United States. With case studies ranging from the Musée de l’Homme’s 1930s fieldwork missions in French Indo-China to the influence of Fr ...
... anthropological fieldwork, museum collecting and display, and social governance in the early twentieth century in Australia, Britain, France, New Zealand, and the United States. With case studies ranging from the Musée de l’Homme’s 1930s fieldwork missions in French Indo-China to the influence of Fr ...
Social Functions — 1 Social functions of emotions at four levels of
... influence social judgments (for an exception, see Weiner, 1993, on the role of anger and sympathy in punitive judgments). Most studies of the effects of affect on cognition have examined more general positive and negative mood states (Schwarz, 1990). Second, it has been claimed that certain emotion- ...
... influence social judgments (for an exception, see Weiner, 1993, on the role of anger and sympathy in punitive judgments). Most studies of the effects of affect on cognition have examined more general positive and negative mood states (Schwarz, 1990). Second, it has been claimed that certain emotion- ...
Human Beings and Being Human: An Overview of
... of getting food into the mouth. Similarly, the ways in which people find marriage partners in traditional Indian society (perhaps by arranged marriages) and traditional German society are just different. Cultural anthropologists study why these variations exist in the first place, and how they’re ma ...
... of getting food into the mouth. Similarly, the ways in which people find marriage partners in traditional Indian society (perhaps by arranged marriages) and traditional German society are just different. Cultural anthropologists study why these variations exist in the first place, and how they’re ma ...
A polylogue? Where and how to move with and in
... institutional, and normative aspects. Situations, we know from research, are powerful shapers of behaviour and thought. The reason why we insist on the importance of ‘social position’ as a concept is that it enables us to conceptualize the relationship between the situations that people have been in ...
... institutional, and normative aspects. Situations, we know from research, are powerful shapers of behaviour and thought. The reason why we insist on the importance of ‘social position’ as a concept is that it enables us to conceptualize the relationship between the situations that people have been in ...
Definitions, Forms and Nuances of Racism
... Ethnocentrism Stereotyping Prejudice Discrimination Ethnocentrism is an incipient (embryonic) process in the formation of individual and group identity. We can think of the matter this way: ethnocentrism is a necessary but not sufficient condition for stereotyping; and stereotyping is a necess ...
... Ethnocentrism Stereotyping Prejudice Discrimination Ethnocentrism is an incipient (embryonic) process in the formation of individual and group identity. We can think of the matter this way: ethnocentrism is a necessary but not sufficient condition for stereotyping; and stereotyping is a necess ...
- 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). ...
On Microsociology of Toys: Material Turn and Non
... Abstract—Everyday face-to-face interaction is the domain of unquenchable interest for microsociologists. However recent changes in sociological theory (e.g. “material turn”, actor-network theory development) led to some reconceptualisations of the very notion of interaction. The concept of face-to-f ...
... Abstract—Everyday face-to-face interaction is the domain of unquenchable interest for microsociologists. However recent changes in sociological theory (e.g. “material turn”, actor-network theory development) led to some reconceptualisations of the very notion of interaction. The concept of face-to-f ...
invisible fences: egalitarianism, nationalism and racism
... individual value. In order to have their desired identities confirmed, people need relevant others who are able and willing to recognize and support them. According to the logic involved, the relevant supporters are other people who are regarded as similar. This logic often leads to an interaction s ...
... individual value. In order to have their desired identities confirmed, people need relevant others who are able and willing to recognize and support them. According to the logic involved, the relevant supporters are other people who are regarded as similar. This logic often leads to an interaction s ...
ADVISING HANDBOOK Department of Anthropology and Sociology
... Many sciences study something about humans and their behavior, but only anthropology tries to understand people as a whole - as biological and social beings, from the beginning of time and all over the world. Anthropology seeks to understand the origins, evolution, and diversity of human biology and ...
... Many sciences study something about humans and their behavior, but only anthropology tries to understand people as a whole - as biological and social beings, from the beginning of time and all over the world. Anthropology seeks to understand the origins, evolution, and diversity of human biology and ...
From Settler Colony to Global Hegemon: Integrating the
... reduced comparisons inserted into narratives focussed on developments within the United States to “one-shot brief analogies,”17 that have often proved more misleading than informative. Until the past three or four decades, this preoccupation with national history had also marginalized both comparati ...
... reduced comparisons inserted into narratives focussed on developments within the United States to “one-shot brief analogies,”17 that have often proved more misleading than informative. Until the past three or four decades, this preoccupation with national history had also marginalized both comparati ...
Social Psychology and Multiculturalism Verkuyten, Maykel
... explicit forms of racial attitudes. Participants exposed to a message endorsing colour-blindness showed greater racial bias on both forms of racial attitudes than those exposed to a message endorsing a multicultural perspective. Both these studies were limited to white participants and the American ...
... explicit forms of racial attitudes. Participants exposed to a message endorsing colour-blindness showed greater racial bias on both forms of racial attitudes than those exposed to a message endorsing a multicultural perspective. Both these studies were limited to white participants and the American ...
Social Networks Analysis of the Landscape of the City for
... landscape of the city that were published in A imagem da cidade [The Image of the City] by Lynch ([1960] 1997), in Paisagem urbana by Cullen ([1961] 1971), and in A arquitetura da cidade[The Architecture of the City] by Rossi ([1966] 1995). Also the first work that indicated the built heritage of th ...
... landscape of the city that were published in A imagem da cidade [The Image of the City] by Lynch ([1960] 1997), in Paisagem urbana by Cullen ([1961] 1971), and in A arquitetura da cidade[The Architecture of the City] by Rossi ([1966] 1995). Also the first work that indicated the built heritage of th ...
Excerpt - School for Advanced Research
... overly insular and homogenizing (to say nothing of politically selfserving of imperial and scholarly authority) had challenged how anthropologists write about culture, to the point that many questioned ...
... overly insular and homogenizing (to say nothing of politically selfserving of imperial and scholarly authority) had challenged how anthropologists write about culture, to the point that many questioned ...
II. A Certain Inheritance: Nineteenth Century German
... (Barnard 1969: 17). The Lutheran pastor Herder3 did away with the view that language has a divine origin. Instead he introduced the idea of slow and gradual development of language ‘from rude beginnings’ (Sapir 1907: 110). Language for Herder was an organic product grown in time, determined by the h ...
... (Barnard 1969: 17). The Lutheran pastor Herder3 did away with the view that language has a divine origin. Instead he introduced the idea of slow and gradual development of language ‘from rude beginnings’ (Sapir 1907: 110). Language for Herder was an organic product grown in time, determined by the h ...
How race becomes biology: Embodiment of social inequality
... 2004; Bakalar, 2007; Drexler, 2007). Thus, if anthropologists want to reconcile race for anyone other than ourselves, we have to engage the debate over racial inequalities in health. Third, the association between race and health exposes the inadequacy of the conventional critique of race in anthrop ...
... 2004; Bakalar, 2007; Drexler, 2007). Thus, if anthropologists want to reconcile race for anyone other than ourselves, we have to engage the debate over racial inequalities in health. Third, the association between race and health exposes the inadequacy of the conventional critique of race in anthrop ...
Blood of My Blood - The George Washington University
... continues to ritually hunt deer, feast, and dance in a historically driven and traditional manner. He also explores the positive attitude taken by most local residents with regard to the increase in international tourism. Ghana Cultural commodification Tourism and identity maintenance Cultural anthr ...
... continues to ritually hunt deer, feast, and dance in a historically driven and traditional manner. He also explores the positive attitude taken by most local residents with regard to the increase in international tourism. Ghana Cultural commodification Tourism and identity maintenance Cultural anthr ...
Historical anthropology and anthropological his- tory
... the rallying cries for Lawrence Stone’s ‘revival of narrative’ (Stone 1979) or Lynn Hunt’s ‘new cultural history’ (Hunt 1989), rather than as a ...
... the rallying cries for Lawrence Stone’s ‘revival of narrative’ (Stone 1979) or Lynn Hunt’s ‘new cultural history’ (Hunt 1989), rather than as a ...
Normalcy Abstracts
... death and non-finite related. To be specific my presentation will examine both the academic and practical/service provision-based effects that are the foundation to my research. I will discuss how loss and disability has become somewhat hegemonic in nature through the concept of cognitive meritocrac ...
... death and non-finite related. To be specific my presentation will examine both the academic and practical/service provision-based effects that are the foundation to my research. I will discuss how loss and disability has become somewhat hegemonic in nature through the concept of cognitive meritocrac ...
SCENT, SOUND AND SYNAESTHESIA
... sensory modality is accompanied by a perception in one or more other modalities. Thus, synaesthetes report hearing colours, seeing sounds, and feeling tastes (see Marks 1982).4 Such inter-modal associations and transpositions are also commonly reported by persons under the influence of hallucinogens ...
... sensory modality is accompanied by a perception in one or more other modalities. Thus, synaesthetes report hearing colours, seeing sounds, and feeling tastes (see Marks 1982).4 Such inter-modal associations and transpositions are also commonly reported by persons under the influence of hallucinogens ...
revisiting theories of invented tradition
... What pharmaceutical drugs, or commercials for that matter, have to do with Indigenous traditional medicine is not clear, but that is likely beside the point. What is clear is the imagery being evoked: Native American medicinal traditions as secret, powerful, and the stuff of legends. While perhaps h ...
... What pharmaceutical drugs, or commercials for that matter, have to do with Indigenous traditional medicine is not clear, but that is likely beside the point. What is clear is the imagery being evoked: Native American medicinal traditions as secret, powerful, and the stuff of legends. While perhaps h ...
On Ethnographic Intent - Indiana University Bloomington
... a group, or at least implicitly, as evidenced by what the observer has selected to observe, report, and discuss then the account is not ethnographic, regardless of how adequate, sensitive, thorough, or insightful it may be. And its ethnographicness is not enhanced simply by noting that the resea ...
... a group, or at least implicitly, as evidenced by what the observer has selected to observe, report, and discuss then the account is not ethnographic, regardless of how adequate, sensitive, thorough, or insightful it may be. And its ethnographicness is not enhanced simply by noting that the resea ...
Unity through Diversity:
... employment, immigration, health, and international relations. There is a sense that government departments operate in isolation in their respective silos. It was felt that there is little dialogue across sectors and cultural groups. Discussions on cultural diversity also generally involve only membe ...
... employment, immigration, health, and international relations. There is a sense that government departments operate in isolation in their respective silos. It was felt that there is little dialogue across sectors and cultural groups. Discussions on cultural diversity also generally involve only membe ...
multi -use marine protected areas and coastal - NUPAUB
... in terms of project feasibility and potentially far-reaching sociocultural impacts and consequences (i.e. not only environmental impacts) on many of the world’s tropical coasts where poverty remains endemic. Given the attention international conservation groups are devoting to expansion of MPAs (esp ...
... in terms of project feasibility and potentially far-reaching sociocultural impacts and consequences (i.e. not only environmental impacts) on many of the world’s tropical coasts where poverty remains endemic. Given the attention international conservation groups are devoting to expansion of MPAs (esp ...
Intercultural competence
Intercultural competence is the ability to communicate effectively and appropriately with people of other cultures: Appropriately. Valued rules, norms, and expectations of the relationship are not violated significantly. Effectively. Valued goals or rewards (relative to costs and alternatives) are accomplished.In interactions with people from foreign cultures, a person who is interculturally competent understands the culture-specific concepts of perception, thinking, feeling, and acting.Intercultural competence is also called ""cross-cultural competence"" (3C).