The Power of Culture
... accusations sealed his fate. Together with three other Balantas he was sentenced to death and executed. A female practice of healing embedded in a cultural movement ended up in a confrontation with the state with dramatic consequences.2 Cultural innovations can apparently threaten state ...
... accusations sealed his fate. Together with three other Balantas he was sentenced to death and executed. A female practice of healing embedded in a cultural movement ended up in a confrontation with the state with dramatic consequences.2 Cultural innovations can apparently threaten state ...
Ernest Gellner`s Legacy
... hermeneutics, postmodernism and culturalism. He wanted to appreciate also the other side of the coin. For him neither LéviStrauss nor anthropological Marxists unseated Malinowski from the virtual priesthood of anthropology. Social anthropology to him was the empirical knowledge of relations between ...
... hermeneutics, postmodernism and culturalism. He wanted to appreciate also the other side of the coin. For him neither LéviStrauss nor anthropological Marxists unseated Malinowski from the virtual priesthood of anthropology. Social anthropology to him was the empirical knowledge of relations between ...
PACIFIC STUDIES
... a common ancestor for people from Eastern Moana/Oceania. As with all genealogies, this one tells a story; or rather, it creates a context for the telling of stories. Also, genealogies create the conditions for debate, particularly when it comes to making claims on status, rank, authority, and mana ...
... a common ancestor for people from Eastern Moana/Oceania. As with all genealogies, this one tells a story; or rather, it creates a context for the telling of stories. Also, genealogies create the conditions for debate, particularly when it comes to making claims on status, rank, authority, and mana ...
Hypercapitalism: A political economy of informational
... Thus, “the culture and intellectual life of the nation” suddenly found themselves within the purview of systemic capital’s immediate processes of production, even if only by spurious negation. By the time Horkheimer and Adorno (1947/1998) had completed their bleak appraisal of ‘the culture industry’ ...
... Thus, “the culture and intellectual life of the nation” suddenly found themselves within the purview of systemic capital’s immediate processes of production, even if only by spurious negation. By the time Horkheimer and Adorno (1947/1998) had completed their bleak appraisal of ‘the culture industry’ ...
copyrighted material
... Let me provide some examples: at the time of writing the original version of this chapter, I lived in Basel, a Swiss city that borders France and Germany. Mundane activities such as grocery shopping (cheaper in Germany) or attending a children’s birthday party (school friends of my child living in F ...
... Let me provide some examples: at the time of writing the original version of this chapter, I lived in Basel, a Swiss city that borders France and Germany. Mundane activities such as grocery shopping (cheaper in Germany) or attending a children’s birthday party (school friends of my child living in F ...
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 ...
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 ...
PDF - ASSA ABLOY Catalogue
... of the Ogham alphabet, a system of writing developed around the fourth century. It is composed of strokes and notches, which were cut upon the edge of a piece of wood or often into stone. Only insiders could read the signs and understand the meaning; and only the select few had the authority to writ ...
... of the Ogham alphabet, a system of writing developed around the fourth century. It is composed of strokes and notches, which were cut upon the edge of a piece of wood or often into stone. Only insiders could read the signs and understand the meaning; and only the select few had the authority to writ ...
Experiments in Holism: Theory and Practice in
... It was part of a string of T-shirt inscriptions – perhaps inspired by the 1990s “Just Do It” advertising campaign by Nike – that used double entendres to describe professions: “Photographers Do It in the Dark” and “Landscape Gardeners Do It Horizontally.” For most anthropologists, it is probably obv ...
... It was part of a string of T-shirt inscriptions – perhaps inspired by the 1990s “Just Do It” advertising campaign by Nike – that used double entendres to describe professions: “Photographers Do It in the Dark” and “Landscape Gardeners Do It Horizontally.” For most anthropologists, it is probably obv ...
Anthropology of Magic - Fullerton College Staff Web Pages
... today. There is no real debate in science today as to the validity of natural selection (the only debates are within theology, to do with either literal or figurative interpretations of scripture). Natural selection states the following: there is variation in individuals within species-individuals ...
... today. There is no real debate in science today as to the validity of natural selection (the only debates are within theology, to do with either literal or figurative interpretations of scripture). Natural selection states the following: there is variation in individuals within species-individuals ...
Cultural aspects of Traditional Sports and Games
... can be analysed from different perspectives relating to sociological, anthropological or cultural sciences. These perspectives, shortly described below, are either a bigger area of research as cultural studies or anthropology of sports, or they are particular concepts and models like habitus, collec ...
... can be analysed from different perspectives relating to sociological, anthropological or cultural sciences. These perspectives, shortly described below, are either a bigger area of research as cultural studies or anthropology of sports, or they are particular concepts and models like habitus, collec ...
Culture and Visual Forms of Power
... Similarly, he is not interested in finding out those in power or those who hold its legitimacy (as in the Marxist view), but rather to make clear what are the practices of power, how it functions, and - especially - it concerns the body. Accordingly, is by practice and not by intention that power be ...
... Similarly, he is not interested in finding out those in power or those who hold its legitimacy (as in the Marxist view), but rather to make clear what are the practices of power, how it functions, and - especially - it concerns the body. Accordingly, is by practice and not by intention that power be ...
Deterritorialization and Social Science
... • There is no reason to believe that Area Study is less theory-driven and contributed less to the development of new theories in social sciences and humanities. - Drake and Hilbink: “data collection and theory development are inextricably intertwined and interactive. - Fact is always impregnated wit ...
... • There is no reason to believe that Area Study is less theory-driven and contributed less to the development of new theories in social sciences and humanities. - Drake and Hilbink: “data collection and theory development are inextricably intertwined and interactive. - Fact is always impregnated wit ...
Cultural Anthropology 102 - Fullerton College Staff Web Pages
... Notes and Assignments Packet: This packet contains; lecture notes, text and exam study guides, and assignments. Bring this Notes Packet to class every day. SYLLABUS: Read your syllabus!!! If you have a question more often than not the answer will be in your syllabus or in this Notes Packet. CLASS SC ...
... Notes and Assignments Packet: This packet contains; lecture notes, text and exam study guides, and assignments. Bring this Notes Packet to class every day. SYLLABUS: Read your syllabus!!! If you have a question more often than not the answer will be in your syllabus or in this Notes Packet. CLASS SC ...
An introduction to Anthropological Demography
... was one of the basic tools for understanding family processes such as household structure, marriage, divorce, and childbearing (see classics, among others Radcliff-Brown 1964, Firth 1968[1936], Fortes 1946). In contrast to this approach, anthropology in the United States put an emphasis on the cultu ...
... was one of the basic tools for understanding family processes such as household structure, marriage, divorce, and childbearing (see classics, among others Radcliff-Brown 1964, Firth 1968[1936], Fortes 1946). In contrast to this approach, anthropology in the United States put an emphasis on the cultu ...
11 HOW LANGUAGE REALIZES THE WORK OF SCIENCE
... define each other. The immediate implication is that one cannot understand language without looking at the contexts in which it is used to convey meanings. Yet by distinguishing lange from parole, and limiting linguistic science to langue, Saussure has effectively ruled the fundamental questions of ...
... define each other. The immediate implication is that one cannot understand language without looking at the contexts in which it is used to convey meanings. Yet by distinguishing lange from parole, and limiting linguistic science to langue, Saussure has effectively ruled the fundamental questions of ...
Advocacy in Anthropology: Active engagement or passive
... countries. It is in this complex, messy and uneven scenario that most anthropologists find themselves involved, usually at the micro-level with individuals and local communities. Should the anthropologist act to try to improve the circumstances of local people? Should the anthropologist act as inter ...
... countries. It is in this complex, messy and uneven scenario that most anthropologists find themselves involved, usually at the micro-level with individuals and local communities. Should the anthropologist act to try to improve the circumstances of local people? Should the anthropologist act as inter ...
Functionalists Write, Too: Frazer/Malinowski and the
... [Malinowski’s] work seemed lively and stimulating, and we began actually to visualize ourselves ‘in the field.’ The couvade was no longer a laughable eccentricity but a social mechanism for the public assumption of the father’s duties towards the child. (1964:19) ‘Actually to visualize ourselves ...
... [Malinowski’s] work seemed lively and stimulating, and we began actually to visualize ourselves ‘in the field.’ The couvade was no longer a laughable eccentricity but a social mechanism for the public assumption of the father’s duties towards the child. (1964:19) ‘Actually to visualize ourselves ...
A new perspective for the EU 2014-2020 structural funds programming
... narrative of the evolution of the relationship between the two spheres, of course keeping in mind that it is by necessity very sketchy and omits many aspects that would have primary relevance in a more comprehensive account (such as for instance the role of popular and grassroots culture, regional d ...
... narrative of the evolution of the relationship between the two spheres, of course keeping in mind that it is by necessity very sketchy and omits many aspects that would have primary relevance in a more comprehensive account (such as for instance the role of popular and grassroots culture, regional d ...
SOS 101 Introduction to Sociology I (3 C/H 6 ECTS – Compulsory
... readings, the course utilizes visual materials such as movies and documentaries. SOS 210 Cultural Anthropology (3 C/H 6 ECTS – Compulsory) In the light of anthropological principles and processes, this course explores different aspects of culture, which leads to diversification among human societies ...
... readings, the course utilizes visual materials such as movies and documentaries. SOS 210 Cultural Anthropology (3 C/H 6 ECTS – Compulsory) In the light of anthropological principles and processes, this course explores different aspects of culture, which leads to diversification among human societies ...
anthro intro
... – Linguistic anthropology—descriptive, comparative, and historical study of language and of linguistic similarities and differences in time, space, and society; considers how speech varies with social factors and over time ...
... – Linguistic anthropology—descriptive, comparative, and historical study of language and of linguistic similarities and differences in time, space, and society; considers how speech varies with social factors and over time ...
The Affinity between Anthropology and Literature: Reflections on the Poetics of Ethnography in the writings of Nikos Kavvadias.
... The folklore quality of Kavvadias’ writings is illuminated in his short novel entitled Lee, that is, the name of the anonymous young Chinese girl who was living in ships serving food and cleaning the cabins of the sailors staying at the international port of Green Island (Hong Kong). Lee masterly co ...
... The folklore quality of Kavvadias’ writings is illuminated in his short novel entitled Lee, that is, the name of the anonymous young Chinese girl who was living in ships serving food and cleaning the cabins of the sailors staying at the international port of Green Island (Hong Kong). Lee masterly co ...
aboriginalism and the problems of indigenous archaeology
... that Native Americans fascinate historians “with their astounding ability to annul time, their remarkable capacity to repudiate systematically time and history.” By constraining the study of Indigenous peoples to the perspective of rationalist linear history, invalidating their cyclical world of myt ...
... that Native Americans fascinate historians “with their astounding ability to annul time, their remarkable capacity to repudiate systematically time and history.” By constraining the study of Indigenous peoples to the perspective of rationalist linear history, invalidating their cyclical world of myt ...
Popular Music Studies and the Problems of Sound, Society and
... although the words “anthropology” or “ethnography” appear (usually once) in hundreds of articles, and an increasing number of articles on non-Western popular musics written by ethnomusicologists grapple with anthropological theories and methods, with preciously few exceptions anthropology and ethnog ...
... although the words “anthropology” or “ethnography” appear (usually once) in hundreds of articles, and an increasing number of articles on non-Western popular musics written by ethnomusicologists grapple with anthropological theories and methods, with preciously few exceptions anthropology and ethnog ...
The Man of Science The Harvard community has made this article
... A more complete survey would be able to treat a whole range of other contemporary roles and their importance for the conduct of natural knowledge. The clerical role, for example, overlapped significantly, but only partially, with that of the university scholar, and a number of key figures spent the ...
... A more complete survey would be able to treat a whole range of other contemporary roles and their importance for the conduct of natural knowledge. The clerical role, for example, overlapped significantly, but only partially, with that of the university scholar, and a number of key figures spent the ...