fallkinship
... Anthropology’s love affair with kinship has cooled in recent decades (: : :) This trend has been construed by some observers as a clear (if not relieving) sign that the study of kinship is dead or moribund. Although such views remind one of Mark Twain’s remark that reports of his death had been grea ...
... Anthropology’s love affair with kinship has cooled in recent decades (: : :) This trend has been construed by some observers as a clear (if not relieving) sign that the study of kinship is dead or moribund. Although such views remind one of Mark Twain’s remark that reports of his death had been grea ...
Research Methods for Cultural Studies
... There is nothing inevitable about this. It depends on who is handling and applying them, as does what is accomplished more broadly in particular academic disciplines. Rigid adherence to the regulative proprieties of academic disciplines can of course lead to intellectually hide-bound ways of thinkin ...
... There is nothing inevitable about this. It depends on who is handling and applying them, as does what is accomplished more broadly in particular academic disciplines. Rigid adherence to the regulative proprieties of academic disciplines can of course lead to intellectually hide-bound ways of thinkin ...
Conceptualizing the West in International Relations
... civilizational identities are likely to be characterized by conflict or co-operation, or presumptions about the potential for the transfer of ideas and institutions between civilizations. For some, such processes promise convergence and interdependence, for others, domination or imperialism. Therefor ...
... civilizational identities are likely to be characterized by conflict or co-operation, or presumptions about the potential for the transfer of ideas and institutions between civilizations. For some, such processes promise convergence and interdependence, for others, domination or imperialism. Therefor ...
book - University of Westminster Press
... multidimensional concepts of alienation and appropriation that are grounded in the works of Marx, Lukács and Honneth. Questioning this approach, this book does not argue for a reification of the Frankfurt School, but rather for an open dialogue in cultural Marxism that opens up debates and lines of ...
... multidimensional concepts of alienation and appropriation that are grounded in the works of Marx, Lukács and Honneth. Questioning this approach, this book does not argue for a reification of the Frankfurt School, but rather for an open dialogue in cultural Marxism that opens up debates and lines of ...
explorations in drama, theatre and educati on
... for which there is no justification. By declaring myself from within my class and gender position in this particular society I hope to contribute to a process by which meaning is produced, negotiated or contested and demonstrate that taking a position inside this process does not mean a loss of rati ...
... for which there is no justification. By declaring myself from within my class and gender position in this particular society I hope to contribute to a process by which meaning is produced, negotiated or contested and demonstrate that taking a position inside this process does not mean a loss of rati ...
Cultural Relativism
... contribute to its popularity but receive scant attention from its critics. To elicit the failings of these arguments I deploy a host of pertinent but often neglected distinctions. In the end, cultural relativism is seen for what it is: for all its allure and popularity, it is intellectually destitut ...
... contribute to its popularity but receive scant attention from its critics. To elicit the failings of these arguments I deploy a host of pertinent but often neglected distinctions. In the end, cultural relativism is seen for what it is: for all its allure and popularity, it is intellectually destitut ...
GENDER, CULTURE CHANGE, AND FERTILITY DECLINE IN HONDURAS: AN
... A project like this goes beyond the effort of one person. There are many people who have helped me, in one way or another, over the years. It is my pleasure to thank all those who have contributed to the successful completion of this dissertation. First, I would like to thank Martin F. Murphy. When ...
... A project like this goes beyond the effort of one person. There are many people who have helped me, in one way or another, over the years. It is my pleasure to thank all those who have contributed to the successful completion of this dissertation. First, I would like to thank Martin F. Murphy. When ...
« Absolut Counter-Discourse » - A discourse analysis of the counter
... determinate moment, the structure employs a code and yields a ‘message’: at another determinate moment, the ‘message’, via its decodings, issues into a structure.“ (Hall, 1973: 3). After having been read as a meaningful structure the message becomes part of the discourse which re-enters the circle w ...
... determinate moment, the structure employs a code and yields a ‘message’: at another determinate moment, the ‘message’, via its decodings, issues into a structure.“ (Hall, 1973: 3). After having been read as a meaningful structure the message becomes part of the discourse which re-enters the circle w ...
Anthropology in the middle - Anthropology Emory
... name-dropping, on the one hand, or unintended omission, on the other. In attempting an account that is short as well as broad, my references are only telegraphic (full citations for authors mentioned without reference are available on-line).1 Other caveats also apply. My characterizations apply larg ...
... name-dropping, on the one hand, or unintended omission, on the other. In attempting an account that is short as well as broad, my references are only telegraphic (full citations for authors mentioned without reference are available on-line).1 Other caveats also apply. My characterizations apply larg ...
Chapter 2 Malinowski as Applied Anthropologist
... across fields of action in a systematic fashion and to ask “If this changed, what else would happen?,” no bad directive whether one is an applied or an academic anthropologist. In fact, while functionalism never was very much a theory it provided a good working method. Today, of course, one would us ...
... across fields of action in a systematic fashion and to ask “If this changed, what else would happen?,” no bad directive whether one is an applied or an academic anthropologist. In fact, while functionalism never was very much a theory it provided a good working method. Today, of course, one would us ...
Virtue, Right, and the Cultivation of Autonomy:
... Kant seeks to understand the development of human agency. Part three concludes by setting out Kant’s account of culture (Kultur) where he provides his most fully detailed sketch of the social and political conditions necessary for rational and moral cultivation. I It is well known that the centerpie ...
... Kant seeks to understand the development of human agency. Part three concludes by setting out Kant’s account of culture (Kultur) where he provides his most fully detailed sketch of the social and political conditions necessary for rational and moral cultivation. I It is well known that the centerpie ...
1 what is anthropology? - McGraw Hill Higher Education
... concern for the history and cultures of the native peoples of North America. Interest in the origins and diversity of Native Americans brought together studies of customs, social life, language, and physical traits. Anthropologists are still pondering such questions as: Where did Native Americans co ...
... concern for the history and cultures of the native peoples of North America. Interest in the origins and diversity of Native Americans brought together studies of customs, social life, language, and physical traits. Anthropologists are still pondering such questions as: Where did Native Americans co ...
The Discourses of OERs: how flat is this world?
... discourses carry contextual, ideological and historical perspectives. They regulate social practices to the extent that they define what is part of a domain of practice and what is not. Discourses are the particular ways in which people think, talk and act about things – they are constitutive of the ...
... discourses carry contextual, ideological and historical perspectives. They regulate social practices to the extent that they define what is part of a domain of practice and what is not. Discourses are the particular ways in which people think, talk and act about things – they are constitutive of the ...
Can Tocqueville Karaoke? Global Contrasts of
... from Tocqueville/Putnam to stress the context and rules of the game within which local participants operate. As we look at more precise comparative data from many countries, we find that participation often fails to work as theorized by Tocqueville and documented by Putnam. Still, rather than reject ...
... from Tocqueville/Putnam to stress the context and rules of the game within which local participants operate. As we look at more precise comparative data from many countries, we find that participation often fails to work as theorized by Tocqueville and documented by Putnam. Still, rather than reject ...
History and Theory in Anthropology
... German word Anthropologie, which described cultural attributes of diVerent ethnic groups, came to be used by a few writers in Russia and Austria in the late eighteenth century (see Vermeulen 1995). However, this usage did not become established among scholars elsewhere until much later. Eighteenth- ...
... German word Anthropologie, which described cultural attributes of diVerent ethnic groups, came to be used by a few writers in Russia and Austria in the late eighteenth century (see Vermeulen 1995). However, this usage did not become established among scholars elsewhere until much later. Eighteenth- ...
PDF Folklore
... culture to another. Geographical conditions, linguistic position and social interest based on commonality of livelihood influence the emergence and perpetuation of folklore. The elements of folklore therefore are not altered from an individual decision but they are transmitted to the next generation ...
... culture to another. Geographical conditions, linguistic position and social interest based on commonality of livelihood influence the emergence and perpetuation of folklore. The elements of folklore therefore are not altered from an individual decision but they are transmitted to the next generation ...
The discourses of OERs: how flat is this world?
... the practices in the social world. Discourses operate together and are inherently dependent upon each other. For the sake of this paper, however, I discuss the collaboration and institutional discourses independently, by looking at their advertisement strategies and policy documents mostly. Discours ...
... the practices in the social world. Discourses operate together and are inherently dependent upon each other. For the sake of this paper, however, I discuss the collaboration and institutional discourses independently, by looking at their advertisement strategies and policy documents mostly. Discours ...
Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology
... commercial basis, or to claim authorship of, copies of material reproduced from this publication. ©2005 by Zerihun Doda All rights reserved. Except as expressly provided above, no part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, includi ...
... commercial basis, or to claim authorship of, copies of material reproduced from this publication. ©2005 by Zerihun Doda All rights reserved. Except as expressly provided above, no part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, includi ...
Anthropology (ANTH) - Utah Valley University
... Current Topics in Anthropology 1 to 3:1 to 3:0 On Sufficient Demand * Prerequisite(s): ANTH 101G and (ENGL 2010 or ENGL 2020 with a minimum grade of C+) and University Advanced Standing Presents selected topics in Anthropology and will vary each semester. Requires a project demonstrating competency ...
... Current Topics in Anthropology 1 to 3:1 to 3:0 On Sufficient Demand * Prerequisite(s): ANTH 101G and (ENGL 2010 or ENGL 2020 with a minimum grade of C+) and University Advanced Standing Presents selected topics in Anthropology and will vary each semester. Requires a project demonstrating competency ...
On the relation between`visual research methods` and contemporary
... handbooks are by no means comprehensive in their discussion of visual research methods. They focus almost entirely on qualitative research methods, and, as has already been noted, they are dominated by methods using photography (thus, for example, the anthropological filmmaking tradition makes a su ...
... handbooks are by no means comprehensive in their discussion of visual research methods. They focus almost entirely on qualitative research methods, and, as has already been noted, they are dominated by methods using photography (thus, for example, the anthropological filmmaking tradition makes a su ...
THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF AESTHETICS: A CROSS
... aesthetics in Distinction (1984), his often-referred-to work concerning taste and class distinction in French society. Bourdieu demonstrates that disinterested appreciation is neither universal nor even wholly Western, but the product of the existence of an elite class accustomed to the luxury of ha ...
... aesthetics in Distinction (1984), his often-referred-to work concerning taste and class distinction in French society. Bourdieu demonstrates that disinterested appreciation is neither universal nor even wholly Western, but the product of the existence of an elite class accustomed to the luxury of ha ...
Cultural Policy: Rejuvenate or Wither
... Both “cultural policy making” and the academic area which has sought to make sense of the relation between culture and government, “cultural policy studies”, are at the cross-roads. Cultural policy making faces a number of important challenges and is being transformed in ways which are increasingly ...
... Both “cultural policy making” and the academic area which has sought to make sense of the relation between culture and government, “cultural policy studies”, are at the cross-roads. Cultural policy making faces a number of important challenges and is being transformed in ways which are increasingly ...
Jean Baudrillard
... term modernity will have a more current, more significant reception in the countries which have kept the Roman traditions, rites and customs, even while progressively renovating them. In fact, the term only takes on strength in countries with a long tradition. To speak of modernity scarcely has mean ...
... term modernity will have a more current, more significant reception in the countries which have kept the Roman traditions, rites and customs, even while progressively renovating them. In fact, the term only takes on strength in countries with a long tradition. To speak of modernity scarcely has mean ...
2012 Frankfurt 8
... at this university. Fifty years ago, during the academic year 1961 to 1962 it was here in Frankfurt that I began my first serious scholarly encounter with Mannheim, as Senior Fulbright Scholar at the Institut für Sozialforschung, thanks to an introduction to Max Horkheimer through Kurt H. Wolff, one ...
... at this university. Fifty years ago, during the academic year 1961 to 1962 it was here in Frankfurt that I began my first serious scholarly encounter with Mannheim, as Senior Fulbright Scholar at the Institut für Sozialforschung, thanks to an introduction to Max Horkheimer through Kurt H. Wolff, one ...
Anthropology and Archaeology: A changing relationship
... as the inhabitants of New York or Tokyo. They have been propelled into the modern world through creating a history as complex, dynamic and varied as anywhere else. Theirs is not an isolated culture, but one with multiple links to rainforest and savannah groups. However, the inaccuracy of the stateme ...
... as the inhabitants of New York or Tokyo. They have been propelled into the modern world through creating a history as complex, dynamic and varied as anywhere else. Theirs is not an isolated culture, but one with multiple links to rainforest and savannah groups. However, the inaccuracy of the stateme ...