National Geographic: The Rooting of Peoples
... "indigenous," and "autochthonous" have all served to root cultures in soils; and it is, of course, a well-worn observation that the term culture derives from the Latin for cultivation (see, e.g., Wagner 1981:21). "The idea of culture cames with it an expectation of roots, of a stable, territorialize ...
... "indigenous," and "autochthonous" have all served to root cultures in soils; and it is, of course, a well-worn observation that the term culture derives from the Latin for cultivation (see, e.g., Wagner 1981:21). "The idea of culture cames with it an expectation of roots, of a stable, territorialize ...
Books by Margaret Mead, Reissued with New Introductions for the
... nearly two decades, and was widely translated. It was revised and expanded in 1965 for a second generation of readers. Among the more controversial conclusions of her analysis are the denial of class as a motivating force in American culture, and her contention that culture is the primary determinan ...
... nearly two decades, and was widely translated. It was revised and expanded in 1965 for a second generation of readers. Among the more controversial conclusions of her analysis are the denial of class as a motivating force in American culture, and her contention that culture is the primary determinan ...
Social participation and cultural policy: a position
... civil society as ‘the sphere of institutions, organisations and individuals located between the family, the state and the market, in which people associate voluntarily to advance common interests’. This operational definition does ‘not attempt to define all aspects of civil society, nor does it nece ...
... civil society as ‘the sphere of institutions, organisations and individuals located between the family, the state and the market, in which people associate voluntarily to advance common interests’. This operational definition does ‘not attempt to define all aspects of civil society, nor does it nece ...
Distincitve Qualities of Anthropology Concept of Culture
... present locality since prehistoric times ...
... present locality since prehistoric times ...
From the modern to the postmodern: The future of global
... studies) and at flows of communications between them (international communication). International communication, like the field of communication itself, has largely been a product of the U.S. higher education system in the 20th century. From World War II on, however, the vast expansion of the reach ...
... studies) and at flows of communications between them (international communication). International communication, like the field of communication itself, has largely been a product of the U.S. higher education system in the 20th century. From World War II on, however, the vast expansion of the reach ...
That third stream: Weber, Parsons, Geertz
... 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 inquiry. No longer merely a medium of social relat ...
... 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 inquiry. No longer merely a medium of social relat ...
Cultural evolution and archaeology : Historical and cultural trends
... what the advantages of such an evolutionary viewpoint in social studies might be. Critics have pointed out that the use of a biological vocabulary in studies of cultural phenomena, including such terms as ‘variation’, ‘selection’ and ‘drift’, has a metaphoric value only, and that there are no method ...
... what the advantages of such an evolutionary viewpoint in social studies might be. Critics have pointed out that the use of a biological vocabulary in studies of cultural phenomena, including such terms as ‘variation’, ‘selection’ and ‘drift’, has a metaphoric value only, and that there are no method ...
Forging the Volksgeist: Herder in Hungary, then and now
... like Karl Marx as a Rhinelander, it seems unlikely that he would have developed the same Einfühlung for the “small peoples” of eastern Europe. Since this empathy for small peoples everywhere was central to his entire work, we can state that there is a close link between the life and the ideas. Germa ...
... like Karl Marx as a Rhinelander, it seems unlikely that he would have developed the same Einfühlung for the “small peoples” of eastern Europe. Since this empathy for small peoples everywhere was central to his entire work, we can state that there is a close link between the life and the ideas. Germa ...
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... analytical notion. It does not cause behavior, but summarizes an abstraction from it, and is thus neither normative nor predictive” (Baumann 1996: 11). Because many writers in intercultural communication do not heed this basic point, they end up using the term “culture” as if it were coterminous wit ...
... analytical notion. It does not cause behavior, but summarizes an abstraction from it, and is thus neither normative nor predictive” (Baumann 1996: 11). Because many writers in intercultural communication do not heed this basic point, they end up using the term “culture” as if it were coterminous wit ...
Anthropology of Everydayness Cultural Theory and Social Practice
... capitalistic countries. Today we have recognized that the problems are in the very nature of the democracy, which is very delicate as a structure and allow even whole social groups to practice abnormal internal and/or external behavior within the most democratic social structures. ...
... capitalistic countries. Today we have recognized that the problems are in the very nature of the democracy, which is very delicate as a structure and allow even whole social groups to practice abnormal internal and/or external behavior within the most democratic social structures. ...
Development of Ethical Leadership
... Apartheid South Africa not boast of similarly citizenry? Yet it was the same professional and skilled persons that were turned into monsters that sent helpless persons to gas chambers, conducted experiments on human bodies without their consent and mercilessly killed people for being different from ...
... Apartheid South Africa not boast of similarly citizenry? Yet it was the same professional and skilled persons that were turned into monsters that sent helpless persons to gas chambers, conducted experiments on human bodies without their consent and mercilessly killed people for being different from ...
Using mixed methods for analysing culture: The cultural capital and
... TV), are rarely an element of a distinctive cultural clustering, and nor are genres of film very often. Given that Bourdieu himself says relatively little about these media, and that these forms of media have become increasingly important, we can draw the conclusion that this field is not marked so ...
... TV), are rarely an element of a distinctive cultural clustering, and nor are genres of film very often. Given that Bourdieu himself says relatively little about these media, and that these forms of media have become increasingly important, we can draw the conclusion that this field is not marked so ...
Encounters on Education Encuentros sobre Educación Rencontres sur l’Éducation
... ourselves in the game of belongings and exclusions. Being “myself” always implies referring to “we” and “they”. Such references operate by means of categories of identification: citizenship, nation, culture, etc. Though historically these categories have never had set bounds, perhaps today’s world, ...
... ourselves in the game of belongings and exclusions. Being “myself” always implies referring to “we” and “they”. Such references operate by means of categories of identification: citizenship, nation, culture, etc. Though historically these categories have never had set bounds, perhaps today’s world, ...
Slide 1
... (especially television and radio) are owned and operated by the elit group (groups with wealth, power and autonomy) - elit group use mass media for their own advantage (propaganda) - main focus of theory: how mass media is used to dominate other sectors of society - theory associated with this era: ...
... (especially television and radio) are owned and operated by the elit group (groups with wealth, power and autonomy) - elit group use mass media for their own advantage (propaganda) - main focus of theory: how mass media is used to dominate other sectors of society - theory associated with this era: ...
Media and Communications
... The equally venerable critical tradition of media sociology, whose chief architects were scholars of the Frankfurt School and whose classic statement is “the culture industry” chapter in Horkheimer and Adorno’s Dialectic of Enlightenment (1944), differs principally on this point. For critical theory ...
... The equally venerable critical tradition of media sociology, whose chief architects were scholars of the Frankfurt School and whose classic statement is “the culture industry” chapter in Horkheimer and Adorno’s Dialectic of Enlightenment (1944), differs principally on this point. For critical theory ...
here - Centre for Research on Socio
... Matthew, A. Culture and Anarchy (1869), in Collini, Stefan ed. (1993) Arnold, Culture and Anarchy and other writings, Cambridge University Press An obvious choice, perhaps, but there are still unspoken ways in which its hierarchical view of culture might frame contemporary debate and other key think ...
... Matthew, A. Culture and Anarchy (1869), in Collini, Stefan ed. (1993) Arnold, Culture and Anarchy and other writings, Cambridge University Press An obvious choice, perhaps, but there are still unspoken ways in which its hierarchical view of culture might frame contemporary debate and other key think ...
beliefs, values and intercultural communication
... addressed the issue of intercultural communication. This chapter argues that understanding minority communication styles and patterns is indispensable for health care workers working with ethnic minority groups. Euro-American cultural values have dominated the social sciences and have been accepted ...
... addressed the issue of intercultural communication. This chapter argues that understanding minority communication styles and patterns is indispensable for health care workers working with ethnic minority groups. Euro-American cultural values have dominated the social sciences and have been accepted ...
let`s avoid ethnocentrism - National Commission On Culture
... Ethnocentrism leads to misunderstanding others. The preface to my article amply demonstrates this fact. We falsely distort what is meaningful and functional to other peoples through our own tinted glasses. We see their ways in terms of our life experience, not in their context. We do not underst ...
... Ethnocentrism leads to misunderstanding others. The preface to my article amply demonstrates this fact. We falsely distort what is meaningful and functional to other peoples through our own tinted glasses. We see their ways in terms of our life experience, not in their context. We do not underst ...
New Media as Weapons of Mass Instruction
... relationships within and between bodies politic - the scope of possible behaviours within social systems which delimits the system’s very existence as a political entity. This “conditioning”, or, more precisely, constraining, function can be seen as the production of expectations which, in turn, are ...
... relationships within and between bodies politic - the scope of possible behaviours within social systems which delimits the system’s very existence as a political entity. This “conditioning”, or, more precisely, constraining, function can be seen as the production of expectations which, in turn, are ...
CULTURAL THEORY AND HISTORY: THEORETICAL ISSUES
... There are a few serious obstacles that disallow to continue today the traditional, historical antipathy for theory – some of them coming from history itself, many recognized during the last few decades in the general field of the humanities. It was decades ago, when Marc Bloch,3 analyzing the method ...
... There are a few serious obstacles that disallow to continue today the traditional, historical antipathy for theory – some of them coming from history itself, many recognized during the last few decades in the general field of the humanities. It was decades ago, when Marc Bloch,3 analyzing the method ...
The Cultural Hegemony of the Proletariat: The Origins of
... Sovremennoe polozhenie i zadachi partii, Paris, n.d. [end 1909—beginning 1910], pp. 16-17. This quotation was used by Bogdanov again in his article ’Proletarskii universitet’, in Proletarskaia Kul’tura, 1918, no. 5, p. 13. Cf. equally in A. Bogdanov, La Science, l’art, et la classe ouvri&egrav ...
... Sovremennoe polozhenie i zadachi partii, Paris, n.d. [end 1909—beginning 1910], pp. 16-17. This quotation was used by Bogdanov again in his article ’Proletarskii universitet’, in Proletarskaia Kul’tura, 1918, no. 5, p. 13. Cf. equally in A. Bogdanov, La Science, l’art, et la classe ouvri&egrav ...
The Rashomon Effect: When Ethnographers Disagree
... help but approach it with a bit of bemused cynicism. There are the studies that proclaim a new theoretical approach and demolish old ones, not so much for pressing scholarly demands but rather because of our need for individual achievement. In her Malinowski Memorial Lecture, Marilyn Strathern has d ...
... help but approach it with a bit of bemused cynicism. There are the studies that proclaim a new theoretical approach and demolish old ones, not so much for pressing scholarly demands but rather because of our need for individual achievement. In her Malinowski Memorial Lecture, Marilyn Strathern has d ...
The Harmless Drudge Defining Ethnomusicology Bruno Nettl
... a bachelor's degree in music. But increasingly, they have also come from backgrounds in popular music, and some are motivated by prolonged residenceperhaps as teenagers-abroad. A good many also come to this field from exposure to third-world cultures as members of the Peace Corps, as teachers of Eng ...
... a bachelor's degree in music. But increasingly, they have also come from backgrounds in popular music, and some are motivated by prolonged residenceperhaps as teenagers-abroad. A good many also come to this field from exposure to third-world cultures as members of the Peace Corps, as teachers of Eng ...
E. B. Tylor - Journal for the Anthropological Study of Human Movement
... Tylor is considering the etymologists’ account of the ‘meaning’ of words: But explanations of this kind have no bearing on the practical use of such words by mankind at large, who take what is given them and ask no questions...there is a great deal to be said for the view that much of the accuracy o ...
... Tylor is considering the etymologists’ account of the ‘meaning’ of words: But explanations of this kind have no bearing on the practical use of such words by mankind at large, who take what is given them and ask no questions...there is a great deal to be said for the view that much of the accuracy o ...
Courses • Accounting / Aerospace / Anthropology
... 2150. World Cultures. 3 hours. This course concentrates on providing students with a better understanding and appreciation of the multicultural and multiracial world in which they live. Both historical (traditional) and modern influences that have resulted in the multicultural world of today are di ...
... 2150. World Cultures. 3 hours. This course concentrates on providing students with a better understanding and appreciation of the multicultural and multiracial world in which they live. Both historical (traditional) and modern influences that have resulted in the multicultural world of today are di ...