11 Explai ning religious concepts
... humanities (Snow 1959). Elsewhere, I have argued that this is fundamentally misleading, and that a more appropriate characterization of how we study cultural phenomena may benefit from a description of different modes of scholarship (Boyer 9999 [date?]). In particular, one can make a rough distinction ...
... humanities (Snow 1959). Elsewhere, I have argued that this is fundamentally misleading, and that a more appropriate characterization of how we study cultural phenomena may benefit from a description of different modes of scholarship (Boyer 9999 [date?]). In particular, one can make a rough distinction ...
Chapter 3
... Language in Global Perspective–Chinese Chinese (including Mandarin, Cantonese, and dozens of other dialects) is the native tongue of one-fifth of the world’s people, almost all of whom live in Asia. Although all Chinese people read and write with the same characters, they use several dozen dialects. ...
... Language in Global Perspective–Chinese Chinese (including Mandarin, Cantonese, and dozens of other dialects) is the native tongue of one-fifth of the world’s people, almost all of whom live in Asia. Although all Chinese people read and write with the same characters, they use several dozen dialects. ...
Full article
... sporting trophies that the winner only keeps for a limited period of time (ibid. : ...
... sporting trophies that the winner only keeps for a limited period of time (ibid. : ...
to the PDF file. - South Omo Research Center
... like illustrated lectures, the anthropological knowledge and understanding of the anthropologist being transmitted by way of the commentary. What I appreciated about this lecture style was the recognition of the intelligence of the TV viewers; David Turton explained complex social processes, as he w ...
... like illustrated lectures, the anthropological knowledge and understanding of the anthropologist being transmitted by way of the commentary. What I appreciated about this lecture style was the recognition of the intelligence of the TV viewers; David Turton explained complex social processes, as he w ...
Universal principles in particular contexts
... of bioethics (autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence and justice) have a universal domain of applicability, they are “very general and require interpretation in light of relevant empirical facts and contexts before they can be applied” (51). Macklin shows very clearly the importance of distinguishin ...
... of bioethics (autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence and justice) have a universal domain of applicability, they are “very general and require interpretation in light of relevant empirical facts and contexts before they can be applied” (51). Macklin shows very clearly the importance of distinguishin ...
Ordering America: How the Progressive Era and the Eugenics
... teachers, philanthropists, journalists and ordinary citizens. Eugenicists believed that some “races,” classes and individuals were superior to others. They advocated for policies that created an “orderly society” based on who should be treated as superior and inferior. By examining events from this ...
... teachers, philanthropists, journalists and ordinary citizens. Eugenicists believed that some “races,” classes and individuals were superior to others. They advocated for policies that created an “orderly society” based on who should be treated as superior and inferior. By examining events from this ...
Semiotic Anthropology
... (Singer 1985). Taking a different stance than did Leach, Fernandez (1986) noted in his review of Singer’s book that he detected the possible seeds of a new synthesis of Saussure and Peirce in some of Singer’s ideas— particularly in Singer’s emphasis on indexicality. Fernandez and Leach did agree on ...
... (Singer 1985). Taking a different stance than did Leach, Fernandez (1986) noted in his review of Singer’s book that he detected the possible seeds of a new synthesis of Saussure and Peirce in some of Singer’s ideas— particularly in Singer’s emphasis on indexicality. Fernandez and Leach did agree on ...
Cultural Transformations and Globalization: Theory, Development
... styles had been firmly established. Over time, the shapes and styles are simply repeated filling up more and more space rather than permitting any advances. In Geertz’s view, at least in the 1950s, Indonesian agriculture was so involuted or involved in a long-term stagnation process with increasing ...
... styles had been firmly established. Over time, the shapes and styles are simply repeated filling up more and more space rather than permitting any advances. In Geertz’s view, at least in the 1950s, Indonesian agriculture was so involuted or involved in a long-term stagnation process with increasing ...
Amongst the disciplines: anthropology, sociology, intersection, and
... Macdonald, Okely, Strathern) and British sociologists (e.g. Alexander, Bottero, Giddens, Gilroy, Hall, Jenkins, Lawler, Savage, Skeggs). In this article, we seek to articulate the ways in which the anthropology of Britain can creatively and productively be put into conversation with sociology to use ...
... Macdonald, Okely, Strathern) and British sociologists (e.g. Alexander, Bottero, Giddens, Gilroy, Hall, Jenkins, Lawler, Savage, Skeggs). In this article, we seek to articulate the ways in which the anthropology of Britain can creatively and productively be put into conversation with sociology to use ...
The hard part of taking advantage of this flood of geospatial
... offered by the different views. The discussion here considers elements of these views and describes how they are formative to understanding, communicating, testing or predicting aspects of the KDGIS model. Some principles of models discussed are aggregation, classification, structure, function, abst ...
... offered by the different views. The discussion here considers elements of these views and describes how they are formative to understanding, communicating, testing or predicting aspects of the KDGIS model. Some principles of models discussed are aggregation, classification, structure, function, abst ...
Culture in Action: Symbols and Strategies
... strategies, and the term is central to a whole tradition in anthropology, which, nonetheless, sees strategies as oriented to the attainment of "values" (see Barth, 1981). Very valuable are Bourdieu's critique of the idea of culture as "rules" and his insistence that we can understand the meaning of ...
... strategies, and the term is central to a whole tradition in anthropology, which, nonetheless, sees strategies as oriented to the attainment of "values" (see Barth, 1981). Very valuable are Bourdieu's critique of the idea of culture as "rules" and his insistence that we can understand the meaning of ...
Change and Continuity in Anthropology
... useful for present purposes—to say that sociology, from around the eighteenth or early nineteenth century, depending on how you trace it, emerged as a recognisable discipline gaining some of its energies from anxieties about the force and inexorability of change in so-called modern or developed soc ...
... useful for present purposes—to say that sociology, from around the eighteenth or early nineteenth century, depending on how you trace it, emerged as a recognisable discipline gaining some of its energies from anxieties about the force and inexorability of change in so-called modern or developed soc ...
The failure of the Communist experiment
... cultural sciences to focus on just one variable, keeping the other variables constant (as parameters). Distinctions between variables and parameters are mostly fuzzy. Functions of multiple independent variables cannot be reduced to a function of a single variable. Politics appears to be inseparable ...
... cultural sciences to focus on just one variable, keeping the other variables constant (as parameters). Distinctions between variables and parameters are mostly fuzzy. Functions of multiple independent variables cannot be reduced to a function of a single variable. Politics appears to be inseparable ...
Reflection and Reflexivity in Anthropology
... were extensively interviewed. The aim of this work was to record their cultural knowledge so that this material could be used for historical ...
... were extensively interviewed. The aim of this work was to record their cultural knowledge so that this material could be used for historical ...
Print this article - Forum: Qualitative Social Research
... royal road to self-knowledge—to shed light on ethical and ideological principles which have forged from lived experiences. [3] The methodology used to uncover these principles and their ontogeny is critical auto-interviewing. Critical auto-interviewing is a process method which presupposes spontaneo ...
... royal road to self-knowledge—to shed light on ethical and ideological principles which have forged from lived experiences. [3] The methodology used to uncover these principles and their ontogeny is critical auto-interviewing. Critical auto-interviewing is a process method which presupposes spontaneo ...
Part I: Child Development Knowledge and Teachers of Young
... development we are by definition-even if only implicitly-concerned about an "end state" or an ultimate mature or final state of some kind. Furthermore, we are concerned about how early experience contributes to later functioning and that ultimate end state. We might say, for example, that under cert ...
... development we are by definition-even if only implicitly-concerned about an "end state" or an ultimate mature or final state of some kind. Furthermore, we are concerned about how early experience contributes to later functioning and that ultimate end state. We might say, for example, that under cert ...
Middle East
... resources on many areas of the world. Although some had a greater concentration on, and more resources pertaining to, those areas where they had colonial ambitions or financial or other interests, in the European academy generally there was a cadre of specialists dedicated to the attempt to apprehen ...
... resources on many areas of the world. Although some had a greater concentration on, and more resources pertaining to, those areas where they had colonial ambitions or financial or other interests, in the European academy generally there was a cadre of specialists dedicated to the attempt to apprehen ...
The Anthropology of Education - Cognella Academic Publishing
... plausible sense, is believable, and fully human. This perspective leads one to critically ask, “What don’t I know about what I am observing?” When we come to understand that those who are not like us, “others” so to speak, are not crazy or evil, the risk to our common good may be reduced. The second ...
... plausible sense, is believable, and fully human. This perspective leads one to critically ask, “What don’t I know about what I am observing?” When we come to understand that those who are not like us, “others” so to speak, are not crazy or evil, the risk to our common good may be reduced. The second ...
Full Paper - Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (AJSSH)
... about their life including their social practices which are possible to change. In a more general sense, the messages have great potential to change people’s lives, moreover, to change the culture of a society. Since information about science has the potential to change cultures, communicating scien ...
... about their life including their social practices which are possible to change. In a more general sense, the messages have great potential to change people’s lives, moreover, to change the culture of a society. Since information about science has the potential to change cultures, communicating scien ...
NANOOK OF THE NORTH AND DEAD BIRDS
... a cinematic experience than a documentary work.13 In 1895, when Felix-Louis Regnault filmed a Wolof woman making pottery and proved that ethnographic work could be made by using a new medium, his short movie was considered a sample of a different culture, but at the same time a proof of cinematogra ...
... a cinematic experience than a documentary work.13 In 1895, when Felix-Louis Regnault filmed a Wolof woman making pottery and proved that ethnographic work could be made by using a new medium, his short movie was considered a sample of a different culture, but at the same time a proof of cinematogra ...
Answers
... What three aspects do cultural materialists consider the most important parts of cultural systems? ANS: tools, technology, and material well-being PG: ...
... What three aspects do cultural materialists consider the most important parts of cultural systems? ANS: tools, technology, and material well-being PG: ...
Open-Practices - Overview
... applied to policy problems across all in business that are sources of the most levels of government. Typically this means significant environmental pressures. redesigning services and strategies by focusing on actual user behaviour, rather An overarching aim of Open Practices will than opinion or at ...
... applied to policy problems across all in business that are sources of the most levels of government. Typically this means significant environmental pressures. redesigning services and strategies by focusing on actual user behaviour, rather An overarching aim of Open Practices will than opinion or at ...
Cultural Relativism or Covert Universalism?
... since we would be judging according to our own culturally bound customs and norms. Different cultures can be evaluated, it is said, only by their own standards; if they think something is right, then for them it is right. It is supposed to be sheer ethnocentric bias to suppose our culture's standard ...
... since we would be judging according to our own culturally bound customs and norms. Different cultures can be evaluated, it is said, only by their own standards; if they think something is right, then for them it is right. It is supposed to be sheer ethnocentric bias to suppose our culture's standard ...
Approaches to Qualitative Research.
... 5. Recruit some organ recipients, re-work questions to query these issues. 6. Eventually…… develop findings or build a theory about notions of ethics, resource allocation, fairness, equity in organ donation and how those waiting for an organ navigate these ideas, how these ideas affect the way that ...
... 5. Recruit some organ recipients, re-work questions to query these issues. 6. Eventually…… develop findings or build a theory about notions of ethics, resource allocation, fairness, equity in organ donation and how those waiting for an organ navigate these ideas, how these ideas affect the way that ...
George Murdock - National Academy of Sciences
... Social Structure laid to rest a number of issues that had been debated by students of family and kinship in the first half of the century. At the same time, Murdock's refinement of concepts and the increased order he brought to the subject led to recognition of new problems. It led colleagues to see ...
... Social Structure laid to rest a number of issues that had been debated by students of family and kinship in the first half of the century. At the same time, Murdock's refinement of concepts and the increased order he brought to the subject led to recognition of new problems. It led colleagues to see ...