George Murdock - National Academy of Sciences
... on a grand scale. Rather, he critically evaluated and selected from the theoretical contributions of others in anthropology and related disciplines with an eye to their utility in advancing anthropology as a scientific enterprise. He evaluated that utility against the evidence provided by linguistic ...
... on a grand scale. Rather, he critically evaluated and selected from the theoretical contributions of others in anthropology and related disciplines with an eye to their utility in advancing anthropology as a scientific enterprise. He evaluated that utility against the evidence provided by linguistic ...
Social science research and designs in Caribbean
... nation creation correspond with different ideological positions. The process of nation-building is based on a mono-cultural ideology emphasizing the centrality and power of the state from a top-down perspective. [1] The process of nation-creation departs from an ideology of harmonic ethnic diversity ...
... nation creation correspond with different ideological positions. The process of nation-building is based on a mono-cultural ideology emphasizing the centrality and power of the state from a top-down perspective. [1] The process of nation-creation departs from an ideology of harmonic ethnic diversity ...
educational futures, culture change, and the community college
... and reflected in the traditional liberal arts curriculum4. After all, parents had to continue working in order to support the education of their children, and universities were organized around full-time academic study, which would be impossible for working parents. Job relocation, starting new jobs ...
... and reflected in the traditional liberal arts curriculum4. After all, parents had to continue working in order to support the education of their children, and universities were organized around full-time academic study, which would be impossible for working parents. Job relocation, starting new jobs ...
Department of Anthropology
... anthropology. Born in Scotland, Turner was influenced early on by the structional-functionalist approach of British social anthropology (Turner 1980:143). However, upon embarking on a study of the Ndembu in Africa, Turner's focus shifted from economics and demography to ritual symbolism (McLaren 198 ...
... anthropology. Born in Scotland, Turner was influenced early on by the structional-functionalist approach of British social anthropology (Turner 1980:143). However, upon embarking on a study of the Ndembu in Africa, Turner's focus shifted from economics and demography to ritual symbolism (McLaren 198 ...
Anthropology - Saint Mary`s College
... collections. Collecting efforts are aimed at maintaining a well rounded collection for the undergraduate in all areas of anthropology thus providing a basic collection as curricular and research interests change. As such, collecting will focus on, but not be limited to, the following subject areas: ...
... collections. Collecting efforts are aimed at maintaining a well rounded collection for the undergraduate in all areas of anthropology thus providing a basic collection as curricular and research interests change. As such, collecting will focus on, but not be limited to, the following subject areas: ...
Statistics for Cross-Cultural Research
... Analysis and Comparison in Testing Theory: An Introduction What is Cross-Cultural Research? Human communities have a variety of practices, beliefs, social roles, norms, expressions, forms of organization and conflicts (economic, political, legal, religious, expressive and artistic) that exhibit some ...
... Analysis and Comparison in Testing Theory: An Introduction What is Cross-Cultural Research? Human communities have a variety of practices, beliefs, social roles, norms, expressions, forms of organization and conflicts (economic, political, legal, religious, expressive and artistic) that exhibit some ...
Pioneering Studies on Languages and Cultures of Southeast Asia
... 1.1. The linguistic theories of Schmidt In his early academic career Schmidt worked predominantly as linguist. In 1899, on the eve of the 20th century Schmidt coined the term “Austronesian” („Austronesisch“). According to Schmidt whose special field of interest at this time was comparative linguisti ...
... 1.1. The linguistic theories of Schmidt In his early academic career Schmidt worked predominantly as linguist. In 1899, on the eve of the 20th century Schmidt coined the term “Austronesian” („Austronesisch“). According to Schmidt whose special field of interest at this time was comparative linguisti ...
alfred irving hallowell - National Academy of Sciences
... language of psychoanalysis and clinical psychology, and the culture of their group as the ethnographer describes it. In his view, the entire field of psychology was potentially relevant to the concerns of anthropology, and so he was eager to take advantage of the findings and methods of learning the ...
... language of psychoanalysis and clinical psychology, and the culture of their group as the ethnographer describes it. In his view, the entire field of psychology was potentially relevant to the concerns of anthropology, and so he was eager to take advantage of the findings and methods of learning the ...
Social Psychology and the Comic-Book Superhero: A
... religious symbolism, where death—a state of being that cannot be coherently imagined—is correlated with vegetable and culinary transformations (in the symbolism of burial and cremation) that allow for the assertion of the counterfactual reality of the afterlife. In this way, the cognitive and affect ...
... religious symbolism, where death—a state of being that cannot be coherently imagined—is correlated with vegetable and culinary transformations (in the symbolism of burial and cremation) that allow for the assertion of the counterfactual reality of the afterlife. In this way, the cognitive and affect ...
In this brief introduction to this section on ethnography as method I
... way: “When I was a graduate student one imagined people in a culture; ten years later culture was all in their heads. The thing went from something out there and very large to something that got placed inside. Culture became a branch of cognitive psychology. We went from “Let‟s try to look at behavi ...
... way: “When I was a graduate student one imagined people in a culture; ten years later culture was all in their heads. The thing went from something out there and very large to something that got placed inside. Culture became a branch of cognitive psychology. We went from “Let‟s try to look at behavi ...
Supplement A from Henrich and Boyd, “Division of Labor, Economic
... between individuals in different groups can be amplified by a number of different social or evolutionary processes to generate persistent inequality among groups. For example, either correlated asymmetries such as access to high-quality resources (such as land) or uncorrelated ones such as skin colo ...
... between individuals in different groups can be amplified by a number of different social or evolutionary processes to generate persistent inequality among groups. For example, either correlated asymmetries such as access to high-quality resources (such as land) or uncorrelated ones such as skin colo ...
IN MEMORIAM Walter Rochs Goldschmidt
... Adaptation (1985). He led the Culture and Ecology Project, a path- breaking comparative study of four East African tribes. The project field teams compared influences of culture and subsistence ecology on human development, mental life, religion, social organization and values. Goldschmidt also brou ...
... Adaptation (1985). He led the Culture and Ecology Project, a path- breaking comparative study of four East African tribes. The project field teams compared influences of culture and subsistence ecology on human development, mental life, religion, social organization and values. Goldschmidt also brou ...
SOS 101 Introduction to Sociology I (3 C/H 6 ECTS – Compulsory
... The aim of the course is to learn about a city that is at the intersection of two continents, where local meets global; analyze its place in world and understand its historical dynamics. Over Istanbul which is a European capital, students will tackle issues such as gentrification, mediatic and artis ...
... The aim of the course is to learn about a city that is at the intersection of two continents, where local meets global; analyze its place in world and understand its historical dynamics. Over Istanbul which is a European capital, students will tackle issues such as gentrification, mediatic and artis ...
The Future and Frontiers of Culturalized Properties in the Global South
... University, Toronto, Canada. I thank Laura Fox, a Masters student in the Communication and Culture Program at York University who provided excellent research and editorial assistance on this paper. This paper is forthcoming in Jane Anderson and Haidy Geismar, eds., Routledge Companion to Cultural Pr ...
... University, Toronto, Canada. I thank Laura Fox, a Masters student in the Communication and Culture Program at York University who provided excellent research and editorial assistance on this paper. This paper is forthcoming in Jane Anderson and Haidy Geismar, eds., Routledge Companion to Cultural Pr ...
ELEMENTS of MODERN CULTURE R
... The realization of a human need, or an opportunity for gain, has always inspired ingenious men and women to marshall all the empirical knowledge available, valid or invalid, to devise a means of fulfilling this need by a technique, a commodity, or a service. The incentives for such activities might ...
... The realization of a human need, or an opportunity for gain, has always inspired ingenious men and women to marshall all the empirical knowledge available, valid or invalid, to devise a means of fulfilling this need by a technique, a commodity, or a service. The incentives for such activities might ...
Introduction to Cultural Anthropology II
... Eriksen, Thomas Hylland. Small places, Large issues – an Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology. Chapter 11. 2nd edition. London, Sterling: Pluto Press, 1995 9, Anthropology and law Malinowski, Bronislaw. Crime and Custom in Savage Society. London: Rotledge-Paul, 1978, pp. 50-59 Acton, Tho ...
... Eriksen, Thomas Hylland. Small places, Large issues – an Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology. Chapter 11. 2nd edition. London, Sterling: Pluto Press, 1995 9, Anthropology and law Malinowski, Bronislaw. Crime and Custom in Savage Society. London: Rotledge-Paul, 1978, pp. 50-59 Acton, Tho ...
Third Edition
... • Human populations have not been isolated enough from one another to develop into discrete groups • Biological variation between human populations involves gradual shifts (clines) in gene frequencies and other biological features, not sharp breaks ...
... • Human populations have not been isolated enough from one another to develop into discrete groups • Biological variation between human populations involves gradual shifts (clines) in gene frequencies and other biological features, not sharp breaks ...
Sample Chapter 1
... particular, can be traced to the nineteenth century. Early solve a particular issue or problem.) Culture is a key American anthropologists were concerned especially environmental force in determining how human bodwith the history and cultures of the native peoples of ies grow and develop. Cultural t ...
... particular, can be traced to the nineteenth century. Early solve a particular issue or problem.) Culture is a key American anthropologists were concerned especially environmental force in determining how human bodwith the history and cultures of the native peoples of ies grow and develop. Cultural t ...
Hubris or Hybrids
... and technology could potentially make to improving global justice and what science and technology actually do, grows wider. A market-oriented approach to knowledge making is, to put it simply, not the most appropriate way to alleviate injustice. Nanotechnology is being developed, as are the other “h ...
... and technology could potentially make to improving global justice and what science and technology actually do, grows wider. A market-oriented approach to knowledge making is, to put it simply, not the most appropriate way to alleviate injustice. Nanotechnology is being developed, as are the other “h ...
The Anthropologist as a Primatologist
... and biological anthropology. I at least, a seasoned fieldworker with a quarter of a century’s experience, operate without an explicit intellectual framework and know hardly any colleagues who have one. This essay will thus touch upon explicit and, more importantly, implicit factors which shape field ...
... and biological anthropology. I at least, a seasoned fieldworker with a quarter of a century’s experience, operate without an explicit intellectual framework and know hardly any colleagues who have one. This essay will thus touch upon explicit and, more importantly, implicit factors which shape field ...
Introduction to Anthropology TEST
... to the field', as anthropologists often say, cannot start without a solid preparation. Before embarking 'for the field' anthropologists need to have a solid foundation in anthropological theories, good knowledge of the language, and the people they will live with. They also need a feasible and serio ...
... to the field', as anthropologists often say, cannot start without a solid preparation. Before embarking 'for the field' anthropologists need to have a solid foundation in anthropological theories, good knowledge of the language, and the people they will live with. They also need a feasible and serio ...
Carola Lentz Culture The making, unmaking and remaking of an
... ent culture concepts, both of which to this day continue to shape how anthropologists talk about culture. In 1871, Tylor published his magnum opus under the ambiguous title Primitive Culture, which can be read as meaning both primitive culture and the culture of primitives. In Great Britain, at the ...
... ent culture concepts, both of which to this day continue to shape how anthropologists talk about culture. In 1871, Tylor published his magnum opus under the ambiguous title Primitive Culture, which can be read as meaning both primitive culture and the culture of primitives. In Great Britain, at the ...
Contextualizing Social Science in Nepal
... originally used to substantiate the difference among the Christians and non-Christians. It was used in this sense from the mid fourteenth century until the mid nineteenth century, and then it gradually began to develop ‘racial’ connotations (to be linked with lineage and kin solidarity). ‘Ethnicity’ ...
... originally used to substantiate the difference among the Christians and non-Christians. It was used in this sense from the mid fourteenth century until the mid nineteenth century, and then it gradually began to develop ‘racial’ connotations (to be linked with lineage and kin solidarity). ‘Ethnicity’ ...
Study Session 1 Powerpoint
... A researcher gathers knowledge about a group of people by observing them in their natural environments, what technique is this researcher using: A.) Naturalistic Observation B.) Systematic Observation C.) Unobtrusive Observation D.) Normative Observation ...
... A researcher gathers knowledge about a group of people by observing them in their natural environments, what technique is this researcher using: A.) Naturalistic Observation B.) Systematic Observation C.) Unobtrusive Observation D.) Normative Observation ...
Archaeologies of Amalgamation in Seventeenth
... to create something different. Although this process has historically received less attention from archaeologists than evolution/divergence, it is probably the most common of the three types. In recent years the term hybridity (or hybridization) has served as shorthand for this process, joining the ...
... to create something different. Although this process has historically received less attention from archaeologists than evolution/divergence, it is probably the most common of the three types. In recent years the term hybridity (or hybridization) has served as shorthand for this process, joining the ...
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).