Anthropology at the Intersections between the local, the national and
... from an evolutionist approach – according to which some cultures are inferior to others – to the position that all cultures are of equal value. Theorized in the late nineteenth century by Boas (1911), and further developed by his students (see, especially Benedict 1934), this egalitarian principle l ...
... from an evolutionist approach – according to which some cultures are inferior to others – to the position that all cultures are of equal value. Theorized in the late nineteenth century by Boas (1911), and further developed by his students (see, especially Benedict 1934), this egalitarian principle l ...
Introduction: ethnography and the mutualizing Utopia
... different from what Samuel Moyn described concerning the story of Human Rights: a utopia (2010) which is an acknowledgement that—so the slogan goes—‘another world is possible’. But this ‘other world’ can be a product of a desire for transformation as well as of nostalgic longing. This statement, we ...
... different from what Samuel Moyn described concerning the story of Human Rights: a utopia (2010) which is an acknowledgement that—so the slogan goes—‘another world is possible’. But this ‘other world’ can be a product of a desire for transformation as well as of nostalgic longing. This statement, we ...
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 ...
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 ...
Cultural Relativism and the Realistic Approach to
... matters that one may call non-moral facts in the sense that they can be described without any direct appeal to moral terminology. ii) Second sort of difference occurs between cultures that is not inconsistent with realistic approach of moral standards is the differences of behavior not dispositions. ...
... matters that one may call non-moral facts in the sense that they can be described without any direct appeal to moral terminology. ii) Second sort of difference occurs between cultures that is not inconsistent with realistic approach of moral standards is the differences of behavior not dispositions. ...
The Historical Study of Ethnographic Fieldwork: Margaret Mead and
... own cultural perspective, they can be consequential for the construction of the field situation, and hence for the resulting ethnography, in ways the researcher may not appreciate while in the field and so not report. Mead understood her confmement to Alitoa as a matter of areal coverage. She knew t ...
... own cultural perspective, they can be consequential for the construction of the field situation, and hence for the resulting ethnography, in ways the researcher may not appreciate while in the field and so not report. Mead understood her confmement to Alitoa as a matter of areal coverage. She knew t ...
38th E-Seminar of the EASA Media Anthropology Network
... cyberculture' as sketched out and proposed by Escobar (1994), and 'digital anthropology,' since recently institutionalized and taught in London. After having provided an overview of an ethnographic example he himself is working on (not mentioned in the abstract), Philipp then procedes to the 'anthro ...
... cyberculture' as sketched out and proposed by Escobar (1994), and 'digital anthropology,' since recently institutionalized and taught in London. After having provided an overview of an ethnographic example he himself is working on (not mentioned in the abstract), Philipp then procedes to the 'anthro ...
The Four-Field Model
... in addition to their institutions; things people made were part of the learned experience of living in society, which was culture. That concept of culture, and cultural evolution in the 19th century, appears to have fit better with natural history than other academic consolidations. The anthropology ...
... in addition to their institutions; things people made were part of the learned experience of living in society, which was culture. That concept of culture, and cultural evolution in the 19th century, appears to have fit better with natural history than other academic consolidations. The anthropology ...
Anthropology and Literature.
... new invention, a m odern one, unknow n not only to H om er b u t also to Shakespeare who is said to have invented the h u m an .8 A h u m an being talks in literatu re about itself, it presents itself, replays in literature its defeats and raptures. Frankly, up un til M allarm é cam e up w ith the i ...
... new invention, a m odern one, unknow n not only to H om er b u t also to Shakespeare who is said to have invented the h u m an .8 A h u m an being talks in literatu re about itself, it presents itself, replays in literature its defeats and raptures. Frankly, up un til M allarm é cam e up w ith the i ...
Chapter 3 - Ethics and Methods in Cultural Anthropology
... • Life histories reveal how specific people perceive, react to, and contribute to changes that affect their lives. • Since life histories are focused on how different people interpret and deal with similar issues, they can be used to illustrate the diversity within a given community. ...
... • Life histories reveal how specific people perceive, react to, and contribute to changes that affect their lives. • Since life histories are focused on how different people interpret and deal with similar issues, they can be used to illustrate the diversity within a given community. ...
Full article
... as important primarily for how it functioned to integrate and organise society, circulation was studied in terms of the negotiation of its political, social and economic dimensions. As a theoretical phenomenon in its own right, however, circulation and, more specifically, what it does to the objects ...
... as important primarily for how it functioned to integrate and organise society, circulation was studied in terms of the negotiation of its political, social and economic dimensions. As a theoretical phenomenon in its own right, however, circulation and, more specifically, what it does to the objects ...
ARTIFACTS AS DOMESTICATED KINDS OF PRACTICES Sergio F
... course there are many different characterizations of such methodological divide.; but there is no doubt that as Jean Lave puts it in 1988 the source of the divide is a a positivistic epistemology. xxiv The important point is that, once this separation between passive matter and active (human) agents ...
... course there are many different characterizations of such methodological divide.; but there is no doubt that as Jean Lave puts it in 1988 the source of the divide is a a positivistic epistemology. xxiv The important point is that, once this separation between passive matter and active (human) agents ...
Checklist for Major in Anthropology with Global Health Focus
... participate in foreign language training beyond the introductory level to enhance their cultural awareness and communication skills. develop skills in qualitative research methods through a course like ANTH 290 cultivate relevant laboratory skills through a course like ANTH 240 pursue traini ...
... participate in foreign language training beyond the introductory level to enhance their cultural awareness and communication skills. develop skills in qualitative research methods through a course like ANTH 290 cultivate relevant laboratory skills through a course like ANTH 240 pursue traini ...
ANTH 301 - Wellesley College
... Course Goal and Objectives This course is a weekly seminar of intensive-reading on history and theory in socio-cultural anthropology, with the goal of presenting closely-reasoned critical analyses of theoretical ideas and their applications. The principal objectives of seminar participation include ...
... Course Goal and Objectives This course is a weekly seminar of intensive-reading on history and theory in socio-cultural anthropology, with the goal of presenting closely-reasoned critical analyses of theoretical ideas and their applications. The principal objectives of seminar participation include ...
Visual Ethnography, Thick Description and Cultural Representation
... visual forms and visual system in their cultural context (Banks, 1998). While the subject matter encompasses a wide range of visual forms- film, photography, ‘ tribal’ or ‘primitive’ art, television and cinema, computer media- all are united by their materials presence in the physical world. MacDoug ...
... visual forms and visual system in their cultural context (Banks, 1998). While the subject matter encompasses a wide range of visual forms- film, photography, ‘ tribal’ or ‘primitive’ art, television and cinema, computer media- all are united by their materials presence in the physical world. MacDoug ...
Papers for Nov 05 - Association of Social Anthropologists of the UK
... contribute their views on either of the issues, enough did contribute detailed comments to make a collective ASA response meaningful. The ESRC’s consultants did actually thank me for the response, in a manner that suggested that they might have been short of usable alternative offerings from other q ...
... contribute their views on either of the issues, enough did contribute detailed comments to make a collective ASA response meaningful. The ESRC’s consultants did actually thank me for the response, in a manner that suggested that they might have been short of usable alternative offerings from other q ...
Amongst the disciplines: anthropology, sociology, intersection, and
... sexism and exclusion on class grounds. This is because one form of subordination is not simply layered or added onto another, but instead that there is a “transformative interactivity” of these forms of subordination (Choo & Ferree, 2010, p. 131). A metaphor for this could be the processes of bakin ...
... sexism and exclusion on class grounds. This is because one form of subordination is not simply layered or added onto another, but instead that there is a “transformative interactivity” of these forms of subordination (Choo & Ferree, 2010, p. 131). A metaphor for this could be the processes of bakin ...
On Ethnographic Intent - Indiana University Bloomington
... 12 If one can make a general observation about the duration of fieldwork in educational ethnography, it is that such research invariably is done in too short a time. Compared with psychometricians who may not actually visit schools or classrooms at all, our hours, days, or weeks of participant obser ...
... 12 If one can make a general observation about the duration of fieldwork in educational ethnography, it is that such research invariably is done in too short a time. Compared with psychometricians who may not actually visit schools or classrooms at all, our hours, days, or weeks of participant obser ...
Anthropology
... • Flies will lay eggs on a body even before it is dead. Larvae (maggots) will hatch out in just under 24 hours. This regular cycle can be used sometimes to establish time of death. However, maggots cannot live under ground. ...
... • Flies will lay eggs on a body even before it is dead. Larvae (maggots) will hatch out in just under 24 hours. This regular cycle can be used sometimes to establish time of death. However, maggots cannot live under ground. ...
On the affective ambivalence of living with cultural diversity
... One issue that is conspicuous by its virtual absence from the discussion is what could be called ‘everyday multiculturalism’; that is, the affectivedynamic aspects of living with cultural diversity. In other words, what is missing is an understanding of the visceral register that is characteristic o ...
... One issue that is conspicuous by its virtual absence from the discussion is what could be called ‘everyday multiculturalism’; that is, the affectivedynamic aspects of living with cultural diversity. In other words, what is missing is an understanding of the visceral register that is characteristic o ...
Anthropology and Archaeology: A changing relationship
... One possible way to write this book was as a volume entitled ‘Anthropology for Archaeologists’. A book with this title already exists (Orme 1981), as do others with similar aims (Hodder 1982). As well as not wanting to cover old ground, I soon became convinced that to explain anthropology to archaeo ...
... One possible way to write this book was as a volume entitled ‘Anthropology for Archaeologists’. A book with this title already exists (Orme 1981), as do others with similar aims (Hodder 1982). As well as not wanting to cover old ground, I soon became convinced that to explain anthropology to archaeo ...
International Benchmarking Review of UK Social Anthropology
... Our recommendations have to do with how best to encourage the field to play to – and support it in building on - its remarkable strengths. First, given the high level of undergraduate interest, expanding the number of quota and other awards for postgraduate study seems critical. We also encourage th ...
... Our recommendations have to do with how best to encourage the field to play to – and support it in building on - its remarkable strengths. First, given the high level of undergraduate interest, expanding the number of quota and other awards for postgraduate study seems critical. We also encourage th ...
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... OBJ: Describe the four fields of the discipline of anthropology and how they form its holistic approach. MSC: Remembering 33. Human beings have long been migrant, moving themselves, their material goods, and even ideas from one part of the world to another. This process, which today we call globaliz ...
... OBJ: Describe the four fields of the discipline of anthropology and how they form its holistic approach. MSC: Remembering 33. Human beings have long been migrant, moving themselves, their material goods, and even ideas from one part of the world to another. This process, which today we call globaliz ...
PDF - ASSA ABLOY Catalogue
... Through the cover I aimed to literally ‘draw’ attention towards the conditions of anthropological knowledge production. I chose a rather ‘surreal’ image to reflect upon the social life and epistemological grounding of anthropological-‘text-making’ and to represent existing power-relations in which e ...
... Through the cover I aimed to literally ‘draw’ attention towards the conditions of anthropological knowledge production. I chose a rather ‘surreal’ image to reflect upon the social life and epistemological grounding of anthropological-‘text-making’ and to represent existing power-relations in which e ...
What is Archaeology? - Georgia Council of Professional
... that hold rare artifacts and attract individuals seeking profit in the underground (and illegal) market for stolen cultural property. Looting must be curtailed and there are specific, targeted laws and procedures in place to limit those activities. Today archaeological sites face another threat that ...
... that hold rare artifacts and attract individuals seeking profit in the underground (and illegal) market for stolen cultural property. Looting must be curtailed and there are specific, targeted laws and procedures in place to limit those activities. Today archaeological sites face another threat that ...
American anthropology
American anthropology has culture as its central and unifying concept. This most commonly refers to the universal human capacity to classify and encode human experiences symbolically, and to communicate symbolically encoded experiences socially. American anthropology is organized into four fields, each of which plays an important role in research on culture: biological anthropology linguistic anthropology cultural anthropology archaeologyResearch in these fields has influenced anthropologists working in other countries to different degrees.