2. Parsing Hybridity - Scholars at Harvard
... 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 ...
JEANNE FAVRET-SAADA ABOUT PARTICIPATION Let us begin by
... observation. Their conception of it was, moreover, a rather narrow one: their analysis of witchcraft was limited to that of accusations because, they claimed, these were the only "facts" that an ethnographer could "observe." Accusing is for them a "behavior," and even the typical witchcraft behavior ...
... observation. Their conception of it was, moreover, a rather narrow one: their analysis of witchcraft was limited to that of accusations because, they claimed, these were the only "facts" that an ethnographer could "observe." Accusing is for them a "behavior," and even the typical witchcraft behavior ...
Education for Sustainability
... thinking and behaving that allow them to meet their needs and aspirations without preventing future generations from meeting theirs. Sustainability needs to be considered from four aspects. Environmental sustainability is about maintaining the integrity of life support systems. This aspect incorpora ...
... thinking and behaving that allow them to meet their needs and aspirations without preventing future generations from meeting theirs. Sustainability needs to be considered from four aspects. Environmental sustainability is about maintaining the integrity of life support systems. This aspect incorpora ...
Exercise 2: Participant Observation
... In what other areas of culture—areas much more important than buttonholes—do participants share experience or awareness but can’t explain it to the anthropologist? ...
... In what other areas of culture—areas much more important than buttonholes—do participants share experience or awareness but can’t explain it to the anthropologist? ...
Culture in Business: Using a Symbolic Approach
... usually only corporate culture which reflects reality in very limited ways. Culture becomes a pale imitation of what the organization should look like based on the often‐detached perspective of senior management. What’s needed is a refreshed view of culture that takes into account a more holistic ...
... usually only corporate culture which reflects reality in very limited ways. Culture becomes a pale imitation of what the organization should look like based on the often‐detached perspective of senior management. What’s needed is a refreshed view of culture that takes into account a more holistic ...
anthropology and business
... cultural paradigm, by the 19th century’s legacy. Most anthropologists did not care to learn from the people and cultures but only to know about them and to explain this information in their own civilization’s terms and cultural propositions. With the contributions of non-Western anthropologists and ...
... cultural paradigm, by the 19th century’s legacy. Most anthropologists did not care to learn from the people and cultures but only to know about them and to explain this information in their own civilization’s terms and cultural propositions. With the contributions of non-Western anthropologists and ...
Beyond nature versus culture - Staff
... for reproductive success, because it makes individuals who happen to have been born in the aftermath of a fire less conspicuous to predators. Although the colour of the adult grasshopper is environmentally determined, the capacity to change colour according to local circumstances is a genetic charac ...
... for reproductive success, because it makes individuals who happen to have been born in the aftermath of a fire less conspicuous to predators. Although the colour of the adult grasshopper is environmentally determined, the capacity to change colour according to local circumstances is a genetic charac ...
Interpretive Methods for Social Work Practice and Research
... that emphasizes "the integral relationship between the person who knows and that which is known" (Imre, 1982, p. 1). The remainder of this section will be devoted to ways of knowing and methods for pursuing social work knowledge which take this integral relationship into account. Case Study Method T ...
... that emphasizes "the integral relationship between the person who knows and that which is known" (Imre, 1982, p. 1). The remainder of this section will be devoted to ways of knowing and methods for pursuing social work knowledge which take this integral relationship into account. Case Study Method T ...
Cultural Transformations and Globalization: Theory, Development
... Related to evolution, but almost its opposite, is cultural involution--a form of stagnating change. The term involution was used by Clifford Geertz (1963) in his discussion of agriculture in Java. The concept is borrowed from art history, where, in certain types of style, e.g., Byzantine and Rococo ...
... Related to evolution, but almost its opposite, is cultural involution--a form of stagnating change. The term involution was used by Clifford Geertz (1963) in his discussion of agriculture in Java. The concept is borrowed from art history, where, in certain types of style, e.g., Byzantine and Rococo ...
Cognitive and Cultural Views of Emotions
... we describe the properties of the brain in terms of rationality and cognition, we are in fact reinscribing features of our social life into our model of mental operation, rather than uncovering features that exist within the phenomena themselves. The idea of rationality – and our interpretation of ...
... we describe the properties of the brain in terms of rationality and cognition, we are in fact reinscribing features of our social life into our model of mental operation, rather than uncovering features that exist within the phenomena themselves. The idea of rationality – and our interpretation of ...
“Root Causes”
... some journalists writing for a larger audience have thus become interested in the impact of culture on political life, including in particular organised, armed conflict (e.g. Chabal and Daloz 1999, Ellis 1999, Huntington 1993, Kaldor 2004, Kaplan 1994). On the other hand, anthropologists are in gene ...
... some journalists writing for a larger audience have thus become interested in the impact of culture on political life, including in particular organised, armed conflict (e.g. Chabal and Daloz 1999, Ellis 1999, Huntington 1993, Kaldor 2004, Kaplan 1994). On the other hand, anthropologists are in gene ...
Globalization and its effects on community, work and household
... ready movement of financial resources across national boundaries. In many respects globalization and industrialiization overlap, the one projecting on to the increasingly fast development of the other. What is new and important about contemporary globalization is the speed, extent and the impact of ...
... ready movement of financial resources across national boundaries. In many respects globalization and industrialiization overlap, the one projecting on to the increasingly fast development of the other. What is new and important about contemporary globalization is the speed, extent and the impact of ...
Marvin Harris at Columbia in the 1970`s
... someone in Schennerhorn could call you out in person-collegially of course. The same went for the students, who challenged each other and their teachers. Columbia, like other anthropology departments, took in far too many grad students. There were about 30 in my incoming class, with very little fund ...
... someone in Schennerhorn could call you out in person-collegially of course. The same went for the students, who challenged each other and their teachers. Columbia, like other anthropology departments, took in far too many grad students. There were about 30 in my incoming class, with very little fund ...
THE NEW MIDDLE EASTERN ETHNOGRAPHY
... generations of Orientalist scholars had immersed themselves in the historical study of cosmopolitan culture and in recovering and translating the great literature of Islam. For them, these books contained the essential truth about the region, and the hierarchical urban and courtly world of the Medie ...
... generations of Orientalist scholars had immersed themselves in the historical study of cosmopolitan culture and in recovering and translating the great literature of Islam. For them, these books contained the essential truth about the region, and the hierarchical urban and courtly world of the Medie ...
Printable version
... That intuition is that human history is always the history of individuals who have organized themselves into communities in such a way as to insure their own personal survival as best they can, and also the survival of their children. 2 In such a view the manner in which people keep themselves alive ...
... That intuition is that human history is always the history of individuals who have organized themselves into communities in such a way as to insure their own personal survival as best they can, and also the survival of their children. 2 In such a view the manner in which people keep themselves alive ...
sociology/anthropology
... Concentrated study of important social issues. Content and approach will vary according to needs and interests of students and staff. Each course will focus on a single topic. Examples are ethnic identity, population problems, deviant behavior, family violence, work and leisure, Native Americans, te ...
... Concentrated study of important social issues. Content and approach will vary according to needs and interests of students and staff. Each course will focus on a single topic. Examples are ethnic identity, population problems, deviant behavior, family violence, work and leisure, Native Americans, te ...
What Is Anthropology?
... The study and analysis of different cultures from a comparative or historical point of view, utilizing ethnographic accounts and developing anthropological theories that help explain why certain important differences or similarities ...
... The study and analysis of different cultures from a comparative or historical point of view, utilizing ethnographic accounts and developing anthropological theories that help explain why certain important differences or similarities ...
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... A) Members of the group may have little in common with each other B) People do not necessarily use these labels when they think about themselves C) There is no clear placement for some groups within the current naming system *D) The names used are inherently racist E) There is no clear placement for ...
... A) Members of the group may have little in common with each other B) People do not necessarily use these labels when they think about themselves C) There is no clear placement for some groups within the current naming system *D) The names used are inherently racist E) There is no clear placement for ...
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... A) Members of the group may have little in common with each other B) People do not necessarily use these labels when they think about themselves C) There is no clear placement for some groups within the current naming system *D) The names used are inherently racist E) There is no clear placement for ...
... A) Members of the group may have little in common with each other B) People do not necessarily use these labels when they think about themselves C) There is no clear placement for some groups within the current naming system *D) The names used are inherently racist E) There is no clear placement for ...
Science Supports Education: The Behavioral Research Base for
... (Dweck, 2006). One conceptualization, the incremental or growth mindset, characterizes intelligence as malleable and not fixed and hence able to increase or grow. Students with a growth mindset generally focus on learning goals and are more willing to take on challenging tasks in an effort to test and ...
... (Dweck, 2006). One conceptualization, the incremental or growth mindset, characterizes intelligence as malleable and not fixed and hence able to increase or grow. Students with a growth mindset generally focus on learning goals and are more willing to take on challenging tasks in an effort to test and ...
WHAT CONSTITUTES QUALITY IN ECE
... • To begin a discussion about “What does quality in ECD mean for you in your context” • To explore whether we can come up with a common conception of what quality ECD means for the sector ...
... • To begin a discussion about “What does quality in ECD mean for you in your context” • To explore whether we can come up with a common conception of what quality ECD means for the sector ...
orders and ministry
... assumed, today, a multidimensional reference. First of all, it designates a world-encompassing process and thus has dynamic overtones. This dynamism reaches out to and deeply affects the economic, political, social, military, and religious dimensions of the entire globe. In many ways, the word “glob ...
... assumed, today, a multidimensional reference. First of all, it designates a world-encompassing process and thus has dynamic overtones. This dynamism reaches out to and deeply affects the economic, political, social, military, and religious dimensions of the entire globe. In many ways, the word “glob ...
epistemic confusion and patterns of sociological knowledge
... heuristic shortcomings of sociological knowledge, and to the specificity of modernity which brought this knowledge about. The way sociological knowledge has been patterned in the twentieth century, I contend, produces confusion as to the nature of society and to our ability to understand it. Hegel ( ...
... heuristic shortcomings of sociological knowledge, and to the specificity of modernity which brought this knowledge about. The way sociological knowledge has been patterned in the twentieth century, I contend, produces confusion as to the nature of society and to our ability to understand it. Hegel ( ...
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).