Early anthropological discourse on the Inuit and the
... Anthropology was gradually revolutionised when it began to move away from the first stage, with its primary emphasis on physical structure and “moral” theories, into the second stage dominated by evolutionary thinking. For example, Charles Darwin (1874: 361) wrote that “the Esquimaux” was “like othe ...
... Anthropology was gradually revolutionised when it began to move away from the first stage, with its primary emphasis on physical structure and “moral” theories, into the second stage dominated by evolutionary thinking. For example, Charles Darwin (1874: 361) wrote that “the Esquimaux” was “like othe ...
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... G.E. Marcus "A Report on Two Initiatives in Experiments With Ethnography a Decade After the 'Writing Culture' Critique." Anthropological Journal on European Cultures, 7(1) (1998) : 9-24. G.E. Marcus "Book review of After Writing Culture: Epistemology and Praxis in Contemporary Anthropology, edited ...
... G.E. Marcus "A Report on Two Initiatives in Experiments With Ethnography a Decade After the 'Writing Culture' Critique." Anthropological Journal on European Cultures, 7(1) (1998) : 9-24. G.E. Marcus "Book review of After Writing Culture: Epistemology and Praxis in Contemporary Anthropology, edited ...
Applied anthropology
... preserving sites threatened by dams, highways, and other projects – Involves not only preserving sites but allowing their destruction if they are not significant ...
... preserving sites threatened by dams, highways, and other projects – Involves not only preserving sites but allowing their destruction if they are not significant ...
The Social Condition of Knowledge
... standing, and the translation of meanings into our own categories. The hunt for meaning, in turn, leads most of them to a conceptual impasse. Because postmodernists are so preoccupied with the distortion of meanings encountered in other cultures, they achieve little more than ‘subjectivity and navel ...
... standing, and the translation of meanings into our own categories. The hunt for meaning, in turn, leads most of them to a conceptual impasse. Because postmodernists are so preoccupied with the distortion of meanings encountered in other cultures, they achieve little more than ‘subjectivity and navel ...
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 ...
The Unbalanced Reciprocity between Cultural Studies and
... the 1980s on) of the rising tide of cultural studies, I recall that their most vivid response was of being appropriated, of having their de facto (customary?) intellectual property hijacked, even of being violated! I think milder versions of this attitude toward cultural studies are now fairly wides ...
... the 1980s on) of the rising tide of cultural studies, I recall that their most vivid response was of being appropriated, of having their de facto (customary?) intellectual property hijacked, even of being violated! I think milder versions of this attitude toward cultural studies are now fairly wides ...
Sample Chapter 1
... become increasingly important. In this process, humans have devised diverse ways of coping with the range of environments they have occupied in time and space. The rate of cultural adaptation and change The Sherpas of Nepal, one of whom is shown here (on the right) with a female trekker, have adapte ...
... become increasingly important. In this process, humans have devised diverse ways of coping with the range of environments they have occupied in time and space. The rate of cultural adaptation and change The Sherpas of Nepal, one of whom is shown here (on the right) with a female trekker, have adapte ...
E. B. Tylor - Journal for the Anthropological Study of Human Movement
... At a time when a version of Lévi-Strauss’s La Pensée Sauvage has been translated into English (misleading enough as The Savage Mind!) it is worth quoting at some length a passage from Tylor upon a related topic. Stripped of its rationalism, it does open a vein of inquiry that has been most profitabl ...
... At a time when a version of Lévi-Strauss’s La Pensée Sauvage has been translated into English (misleading enough as The Savage Mind!) it is worth quoting at some length a passage from Tylor upon a related topic. Stripped of its rationalism, it does open a vein of inquiry that has been most profitabl ...
Document
... based on some other competing value Ordinarily what we value the most is not reflectively identified and defined; the work of (second-order) ethics A moral value can be reflectively articulated so to constitute a “first principle”, e.g., of an ethical theory A “first principle” articulates the most ...
... based on some other competing value Ordinarily what we value the most is not reflectively identified and defined; the work of (second-order) ethics A moral value can be reflectively articulated so to constitute a “first principle”, e.g., of an ethical theory A “first principle” articulates the most ...
TRUTH IN ANTHROPOLOGY: FROM NATURE AND CULTURE TO
... with social constructivism and post-modern self-doubt. And certainly, in its 20th century versions, diffusionism involved foundational debates about anthropology’s scientific credentials, with some arguing that the distinctively human subject-matter of the discipline (which entailed accounting for ...
... with social constructivism and post-modern self-doubt. And certainly, in its 20th century versions, diffusionism involved foundational debates about anthropology’s scientific credentials, with some arguing that the distinctively human subject-matter of the discipline (which entailed accounting for ...
Department of Anthropology
... meaning that symbols should not be studied in and of themselves, but for what they can reveal about culture. Geertz's main interest was the way in which symbols shape the ways that social actors see, feel, and think about the world (Ortner 1983:129). Throughout his writings, Geertz characterized cu ...
... meaning that symbols should not be studied in and of themselves, but for what they can reveal about culture. Geertz's main interest was the way in which symbols shape the ways that social actors see, feel, and think about the world (Ortner 1983:129). Throughout his writings, Geertz characterized cu ...
Innovation in Cultural Systems
... of consensus. At first glance, this might seem a little odd, given that the term innovation is used so widely and has what appears to be a straightforward definition: something new and different. Although there is nothing wrong with that definition, it barely scratches the surface of what in anthrop ...
... of consensus. At first glance, this might seem a little odd, given that the term innovation is used so widely and has what appears to be a straightforward definition: something new and different. Although there is nothing wrong with that definition, it barely scratches the surface of what in anthrop ...
Draft Material - McGraw Hill Higher Education
... (1938–) (see Figure 1-2) went to Venezuela in 1969 to study the Yanomamö (sometimes called the Yanomami), isolated hunter-gatherers who live in the Amazon rainforest, he had little idea of the controversy ...
... (1938–) (see Figure 1-2) went to Venezuela in 1969 to study the Yanomamö (sometimes called the Yanomami), isolated hunter-gatherers who live in the Amazon rainforest, he had little idea of the controversy ...
In this brief introduction to this section on ethnography as method I
... themselves are getting ready to defect, given the contemporary institutional form of the cognitive revolution and its reincarnation as cognitive science. Disenchantment with the cognitive revolution is nothing new Disenchantment with the drift of the cognitive revolution is nothing new. Many cultur ...
... themselves are getting ready to defect, given the contemporary institutional form of the cognitive revolution and its reincarnation as cognitive science. Disenchantment with the cognitive revolution is nothing new Disenchantment with the drift of the cognitive revolution is nothing new. Many cultur ...
What Is Anthropology? - McGraw
... the ballet, the theatre, or a concert. Culture is not just the artistic activities a society considers valuable, like playing an instrument. Culture is made up of what people do, what people make, and what people believe. Culture includes all behaviour of people in their everyday lives, from daily r ...
... the ballet, the theatre, or a concert. Culture is not just the artistic activities a society considers valuable, like playing an instrument. Culture is made up of what people do, what people make, and what people believe. Culture includes all behaviour of people in their everyday lives, from daily r ...
Culture Shock and Multiculturalism
... It used to be widely accepted amongst anthropologists that when they did fieldwork with foreign cultures they experienced something called ‘culture shock.’ This book will argue that ‘culture shock’ is a useful model for understanding a part of human experience, whether you are a businessman abroad, ...
... It used to be widely accepted amongst anthropologists that when they did fieldwork with foreign cultures they experienced something called ‘culture shock.’ This book will argue that ‘culture shock’ is a useful model for understanding a part of human experience, whether you are a businessman abroad, ...
On a nineteenth century argument against armchair
... not know who exactly held these prejudices, though they extended well beyond social anthropology into natural history and geology. I do not know whether Frazer shared them. ...
... not know who exactly held these prejudices, though they extended well beyond social anthropology into natural history and geology. I do not know whether Frazer shared them. ...
That third stream: Weber, Parsons, Geertz
... difficult to summarize, as Kluckhohn and Kroeber have explained at length.1~ 'Culture' became for the American anthropologists a comprehensive and rather vague label for all that is entailed in human life which cannot be deemed biological or environmental. When Kroeber wrote of 'configurations of cu ...
... difficult to summarize, as Kluckhohn and Kroeber have explained at length.1~ 'Culture' became for the American anthropologists a comprehensive and rather vague label for all that is entailed in human life which cannot be deemed biological or environmental. When Kroeber wrote of 'configurations of cu ...
Scope of Social Anthropology - General Guide To Personal and
... • Panchronic: applied to all societies at all stages of their development across time • Till the early 20th century people wrote diachronic histories, focused on single nations. ...
... • Panchronic: applied to all societies at all stages of their development across time • Till the early 20th century people wrote diachronic histories, focused on single nations. ...
The Anthropology of National Security
... between anthropology and the military. The development of this new epistemology originated at a time when anthropology, as a developing science, was used as a “handmaiden of colonialism” since the 19th century. Although, military power in pursuit of security interests is much older. The construction ...
... between anthropology and the military. The development of this new epistemology originated at a time when anthropology, as a developing science, was used as a “handmaiden of colonialism” since the 19th century. Although, military power in pursuit of security interests is much older. The construction ...
anthropology and business
... Today’s business climate is characterized by the globalization of economy, intense competition and extremely complex and demanding market. The aim of this paper would be an exploration of what the anthropologists can do for business and how do they do it. For this first we must have a clear picture ...
... Today’s business climate is characterized by the globalization of economy, intense competition and extremely complex and demanding market. The aim of this paper would be an exploration of what the anthropologists can do for business and how do they do it. For this first we must have a clear picture ...
What is Anthropology
... Anthropology at UTEP has two focuses. Archaeologists study the human past by excavating, documenting objects, surveying physical remains, and collaborating with communities to preserve their cultural heritage. An archaeologist might uncover a stone knife and carved bones, and so discover the tools p ...
... Anthropology at UTEP has two focuses. Archaeologists study the human past by excavating, documenting objects, surveying physical remains, and collaborating with communities to preserve their cultural heritage. An archaeologist might uncover a stone knife and carved bones, and so discover the tools p ...
Printable version
... accumulating sheep. The narrative begins with cultural types (read: clichés) already in place: the cunning Jew, the Arab thief, and the oblivious European colonist. What is important about them to Geertz is not shared humanity but cultural difference. His theory depends on their cultural difference ...
... accumulating sheep. The narrative begins with cultural types (read: clichés) already in place: the cunning Jew, the Arab thief, and the oblivious European colonist. What is important about them to Geertz is not shared humanity but cultural difference. His theory depends on their cultural difference ...
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: ...
Introduction to Anthropology
... We also look at what we think is special and distinctive about anthropology in general, and about each of its subfields in particular. The goal of this course is to promote active learning and critical thinking that will help students appreciate that they, along with other peoples of the world, are ...
... We also look at what we think is special and distinctive about anthropology in general, and about each of its subfields in particular. The goal of this course is to promote active learning and critical thinking that will help students appreciate that they, along with other peoples of the world, are ...