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Towards a Generative Model of Nomadism
... Secondly, and with a view to etymology, I define nomads as pastoral nomads, though I predict that the rules I wish to write may without too much modification be rewritten to comprehend other societies without fixed residence, e.g. hunter/gatherers. "Pastoral" and "pastoralism" pertain exclusively to ...
... Secondly, and with a view to etymology, I define nomads as pastoral nomads, though I predict that the rules I wish to write may without too much modification be rewritten to comprehend other societies without fixed residence, e.g. hunter/gatherers. "Pastoral" and "pastoralism" pertain exclusively to ...
FIELDWORK UNDER DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES
... In 2001, I was working for an Afghan NGO that had development projects inside Afghanistan but was based in Peshawar when the World Trade Towers were blown up on September 11. Within days I was evacuated and sent back to the US to wait. I was in touch with my colleagues in Peshawar as they waited for ...
... In 2001, I was working for an Afghan NGO that had development projects inside Afghanistan but was based in Peshawar when the World Trade Towers were blown up on September 11. Within days I was evacuated and sent back to the US to wait. I was in touch with my colleagues in Peshawar as they waited for ...
What is Forensic Anthropology
... Identifying the Remains The gender of an individual can be determined fairly easily if a pelvis is found. This is due to the fact that a female’s hips are wider than a male’s. The skull also can be a key indicator, as the skull of a male tends to be more robust than that of the female’s skull. But w ...
... Identifying the Remains The gender of an individual can be determined fairly easily if a pelvis is found. This is due to the fact that a female’s hips are wider than a male’s. The skull also can be a key indicator, as the skull of a male tends to be more robust than that of the female’s skull. But w ...
That third stream: Weber, Parsons, Geertz
... least one standard Oxford-inspired textbook. l2 In what might be termed the structuralist or post-structuralist era, British social "anthropology became"more like American cultural anthropology in the sense that culture in itself came to be regard~d "- at least by some - as a legitimate object of in ...
... least one standard Oxford-inspired textbook. l2 In what might be termed the structuralist or post-structuralist era, British social "anthropology became"more like American cultural anthropology in the sense that culture in itself came to be regard~d "- at least by some - as a legitimate object of in ...
Primae and Hominid Evolution - Washington and Lee University
... The Eocene epoch (5 8 to 3 7 million years ago) saw not only the first true primate but also an adaptive radiation of the family. The major evolutionary adaptations that would separate the primates from the primate-like mammals were occuring; the development of the bony eye orbit (post orbital bar) ...
... The Eocene epoch (5 8 to 3 7 million years ago) saw not only the first true primate but also an adaptive radiation of the family. The major evolutionary adaptations that would separate the primates from the primate-like mammals were occuring; the development of the bony eye orbit (post orbital bar) ...
Anthro-intro-1
... customs similar to those of his native land. One culture in particular fascinated him because it reveres one animal as sacred, much as the people in India revere the cow. The tribe Dr. Thapar studied is called the Asu and is found on the North American continent north of the Tarahumara of Mexico. Th ...
... customs similar to those of his native land. One culture in particular fascinated him because it reveres one animal as sacred, much as the people in India revere the cow. The tribe Dr. Thapar studied is called the Asu and is found on the North American continent north of the Tarahumara of Mexico. Th ...
"ethnographic film"?
... Banks, M. 2001. Visual Methods in Social Research. London: Sage Basu, P. (2008) Reframing Ethnographic Film, (Online availability) McGraw-Hill; discusses Caplan and ’Tribe’ debate. Emberley, Jukia. V. (2007) Defamiliatizing the Aboriginal Cultural Practices and Decolonization in Canada. Available on ...
... Banks, M. 2001. Visual Methods in Social Research. London: Sage Basu, P. (2008) Reframing Ethnographic Film, (Online availability) McGraw-Hill; discusses Caplan and ’Tribe’ debate. Emberley, Jukia. V. (2007) Defamiliatizing the Aboriginal Cultural Practices and Decolonization in Canada. Available on ...
Shamanic Energetic practices
... Anthropologists are interested in discovering where, why and when human beings first appeared on earth, as well as understanding how human societies have developed or changed over time. In order to achieve these aims, anthropology often draws on the knowledge and methods of other disciplines such as ...
... Anthropologists are interested in discovering where, why and when human beings first appeared on earth, as well as understanding how human societies have developed or changed over time. In order to achieve these aims, anthropology often draws on the knowledge and methods of other disciplines such as ...
ATH: Anthropology
... Anthropologists are interested in discovering where, why and when human beings first appeared on earth, as well as understanding how human societies have developed or changed over time. In order to achieve these aims, anthropology often draws on the knowledge and methods of other disciplines such as ...
... Anthropologists are interested in discovering where, why and when human beings first appeared on earth, as well as understanding how human societies have developed or changed over time. In order to achieve these aims, anthropology often draws on the knowledge and methods of other disciplines such as ...
CHAPTER 2: CULTURE
... A. Americans are enculturated to view themselves as individuals. In contrast, this chapter views people as members of groups first and individuals second. 1. For example, different national cultures have their own standards for appropriate physical displays of affection. Consequently, the bodily int ...
... A. Americans are enculturated to view themselves as individuals. In contrast, this chapter views people as members of groups first and individuals second. 1. For example, different national cultures have their own standards for appropriate physical displays of affection. Consequently, the bodily int ...
Tuesday - Oregon State University
... should come prepared with a set of questions and exercises to guide the discussion. Each discussion should include questions that encourage comparison and contrast with other theories that we have discussed. You might also make questions concerning how these particular theorists would interpret or s ...
... should come prepared with a set of questions and exercises to guide the discussion. Each discussion should include questions that encourage comparison and contrast with other theories that we have discussed. You might also make questions concerning how these particular theorists would interpret or s ...
Anthropology in Cameroon
... territory’ (ibid:1). She made two trips between 1945 and 1948, during which she carried out fieldwork on women in the Bamenda region as a whole, focusing specifically on women in the Nso chiefdom – then and still the largest chiefdom in the entire region. She revisited the Bamenda grasslands in 1958 ...
... territory’ (ibid:1). She made two trips between 1945 and 1948, during which she carried out fieldwork on women in the Bamenda region as a whole, focusing specifically on women in the Nso chiefdom – then and still the largest chiefdom in the entire region. She revisited the Bamenda grasslands in 1958 ...
D i s a p p e a r i n g Worlds: Anthropology and Cultural Studies in
... during the twentieth century are increasingly disrupted by the twin processes of decolonization and globalization (Knauft 1999). The destabilization of dominant models of the Pacific is symptomatic of a wider crisis in area studies, fueled by recognition of the often arbitrary and hegemonic quality ...
... during the twentieth century are increasingly disrupted by the twin processes of decolonization and globalization (Knauft 1999). The destabilization of dominant models of the Pacific is symptomatic of a wider crisis in area studies, fueled by recognition of the often arbitrary and hegemonic quality ...
Disappearing Worlds: Anthropology and Cultural Studies in Hawai`i
... during the twentieth century are increasingly disrupted by the twin processes of decolonization and globalization (Knauft 1999). The destabilization of dominant models of the Pacific is symptomatic of a wider crisis in area studies, fueled by recognition of the often arbitrary and hegemonic quality ...
... during the twentieth century are increasingly disrupted by the twin processes of decolonization and globalization (Knauft 1999). The destabilization of dominant models of the Pacific is symptomatic of a wider crisis in area studies, fueled by recognition of the often arbitrary and hegemonic quality ...
Department of Anthropology
... response to student demand, and partially in response to the interests of Prof. George L. Collie, a geology graduate of Beloit College in 1887. Collie had done his Ph.D. dissertation on the Rift Valley of Africa, and subsequently returned to Beloit as a faculty member. He had a strong interest in wh ...
... response to student demand, and partially in response to the interests of Prof. George L. Collie, a geology graduate of Beloit College in 1887. Collie had done his Ph.D. dissertation on the Rift Valley of Africa, and subsequently returned to Beloit as a faculty member. He had a strong interest in wh ...
- LSE Research Online
... hiding place by the experimenter. Adults and children over the age of six normally say that the person will look for the object under the hat where the person saw it placed before they left the house, but where they therefore know it is not anymore. This is taken to mean that they understand that t ...
... hiding place by the experimenter. Adults and children over the age of six normally say that the person will look for the object under the hat where the person saw it placed before they left the house, but where they therefore know it is not anymore. This is taken to mean that they understand that t ...
1 Chapter 1 A Brief History Of The Debate About Human Evolution
... physical anthropology and the newly founded field of primate studies. A series of important fossil discoveries, as well as advances in dating methods and the use of interdisciplinary techniques, had dramatically increased our knowledge of human origins. This new evidence sparked interest in speculat ...
... physical anthropology and the newly founded field of primate studies. A series of important fossil discoveries, as well as advances in dating methods and the use of interdisciplinary techniques, had dramatically increased our knowledge of human origins. This new evidence sparked interest in speculat ...
Studying up, down, sideways and through: situated research
... individuals are often described as ‘hard to reach’ (Taylor and Kearney 2005: 4.4), but being ‘hard to reach’ may be a form of resistance. Studying down is a description that can apply to different power relations, such as age, gender, class and race (as can studying up). The implications of the powe ...
... individuals are often described as ‘hard to reach’ (Taylor and Kearney 2005: 4.4), but being ‘hard to reach’ may be a form of resistance. Studying down is a description that can apply to different power relations, such as age, gender, class and race (as can studying up). The implications of the powe ...
What Is Anthropology? - McGraw
... a first step to more structured interviews and surveys. It is important that there is no deception between the interviewer and the interviewee. The interviewee knows why the anthropologist is interviewing him or her and the outline of the project. For example, in your research on hockey you meet wit ...
... a first step to more structured interviews and surveys. It is important that there is no deception between the interviewer and the interviewee. The interviewee knows why the anthropologist is interviewing him or her and the outline of the project. For example, in your research on hockey you meet wit ...
What Can Bones Tell Us?
... I should have known it was going to be one of those days, when I had stepped out of bed and stubbed my (1) PHLANGE on the night stand. While hopping up and down on one (2) METATARSAL and grasping the other, I slipped and fell onto my right shoulder breaking my (3) CLAVICLE. As I crawled on my (4) ME ...
... I should have known it was going to be one of those days, when I had stepped out of bed and stubbed my (1) PHLANGE on the night stand. While hopping up and down on one (2) METATARSAL and grasping the other, I slipped and fell onto my right shoulder breaking my (3) CLAVICLE. As I crawled on my (4) ME ...
Seeing Anthropology
... time. We now shift to thinking of culture as a movie film or videotape that allows us to see change. We have discussed the fact that past ethnographies have been written in the mode of the ethnographic present, that moment when the ethnographer was doing fieldwork for a few months or a year or two, ...
... time. We now shift to thinking of culture as a movie film or videotape that allows us to see change. We have discussed the fact that past ethnographies have been written in the mode of the ethnographic present, that moment when the ethnographer was doing fieldwork for a few months or a year or two, ...
Draft Material - McGraw Hill Higher Education
... Unstructured interviews are between an anthropologist and an informant. Unstructured interviews allow the researcher to test out his or her initial ideas and can lead to a greater understanding of the topic. The researcher should have some knowledge going into the interview, but unstructured intervi ...
... Unstructured interviews are between an anthropologist and an informant. Unstructured interviews allow the researcher to test out his or her initial ideas and can lead to a greater understanding of the topic. The researcher should have some knowledge going into the interview, but unstructured intervi ...
Study questions for Quiz 3, Monday, Nov
... 7. What is the ‘rule of thumb’ connected with women’s level of power and influence in a culture or group? (lecture) 8. Why have many anthropologists concluded that gender inequalities in many places of the world were often created or exacerbated by Western, European and Euro-American influences duri ...
... 7. What is the ‘rule of thumb’ connected with women’s level of power and influence in a culture or group? (lecture) 8. Why have many anthropologists concluded that gender inequalities in many places of the world were often created or exacerbated by Western, European and Euro-American influences duri ...
DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY Course Supplement – Fall 2015
... STUDENTS: Open to all interested students. COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course examines contemporary social situations found in a variety of African cultures and societies using conceptual frameworks developed through interactions between Europeans and Africans over the past century. During the first we ...
... STUDENTS: Open to all interested students. COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course examines contemporary social situations found in a variety of African cultures and societies using conceptual frameworks developed through interactions between Europeans and Africans over the past century. During the first we ...
16 “Islamic anthropology” and “anthropology of Islam”
... fundamental concept). The point of the conventional criticism of the link with colonialism was anthropology’s failure to observe and criticize the colonial center; and despite its new awareness of all these epistemological problems, modern anthropology still fails to comment effectively on Western s ...
... fundamental concept). The point of the conventional criticism of the link with colonialism was anthropology’s failure to observe and criticize the colonial center; and despite its new awareness of all these epistemological problems, modern anthropology still fails to comment effectively on Western s ...