Crossing Boundaries - Wiley Online Library
... Many participants expressed overwhelmingly positive beliefs about what anthropology graduates had to offer potential employers. They noted that due to anthropological training and understanding of a widerange of issues, anthropology graduates frequently have an advantage over graduates of other disc ...
... Many participants expressed overwhelmingly positive beliefs about what anthropology graduates had to offer potential employers. They noted that due to anthropological training and understanding of a widerange of issues, anthropology graduates frequently have an advantage over graduates of other disc ...
THE BORDES-BINFORD DEBATE: TRANSATLANTIC
... In the 1960s, Lewis Binford, a young American archaeologist, challenged François Bordes, a venerable French prehistorian, over the interpretation of a taxonomy Bordes had developed to describe stone tools of the European Middle Paleolithic period (Mousterian). Ostensibly about the meaning of variabi ...
... In the 1960s, Lewis Binford, a young American archaeologist, challenged François Bordes, a venerable French prehistorian, over the interpretation of a taxonomy Bordes had developed to describe stone tools of the European Middle Paleolithic period (Mousterian). Ostensibly about the meaning of variabi ...
European Journal of Social Theory
... speculation on ‘origins’ that dominated early evolutionism. Anthropological works on primitive peoples stimulated Marx’s and Engels’ idea of ‘primitive communism’, a view of an undifferentiated group of people living freely together without centralized power or private property. Engels constructed t ...
... speculation on ‘origins’ that dominated early evolutionism. Anthropological works on primitive peoples stimulated Marx’s and Engels’ idea of ‘primitive communism’, a view of an undifferentiated group of people living freely together without centralized power or private property. Engels constructed t ...
Anthropology of Everydayness Cultural Theory and Social Practice
... call for characterizing culture changes as interrelated interactions and comparative analysis of the different hierarchical social subsystems within the everydayness that in many cases have been accepted for granted while in fact consist of hidden characteristics that can be revealed by research in ...
... call for characterizing culture changes as interrelated interactions and comparative analysis of the different hierarchical social subsystems within the everydayness that in many cases have been accepted for granted while in fact consist of hidden characteristics that can be revealed by research in ...
Anthropology and Archaeology: A changing relationship
... without a knowledge of the past and that much of this past is prehistoric and thus only accessible through archaeology. The general emphasis on anthropology has meant that I have given a more consistent and coherent account of that discipline than I have of archaeology, where my account of history, ...
... without a knowledge of the past and that much of this past is prehistoric and thus only accessible through archaeology. The general emphasis on anthropology has meant that I have given a more consistent and coherent account of that discipline than I have of archaeology, where my account of history, ...
The sources of this essay are a bias
... mystical presence, and dragging in Nietzsche’s enigmatic notion of eternal recurrence, do we proceed to build that synthetic model? A start might be found in a variant of that comfortably worn heuristic device, “If I were a horse. . .” In keeping with my evoked quantum bias, we will not worry much a ...
... mystical presence, and dragging in Nietzsche’s enigmatic notion of eternal recurrence, do we proceed to build that synthetic model? A start might be found in a variant of that comfortably worn heuristic device, “If I were a horse. . .” In keeping with my evoked quantum bias, we will not worry much a ...
Anatomy Anthropology (ANTH)
... and various religious views of creation. The evidence and arguments offered for and against evolution and creationist world views are examined in the context of science and the scientific method, the influence of cultural and personal values, the nature and use of evidence, and the difference betwee ...
... and various religious views of creation. The evidence and arguments offered for and against evolution and creationist world views are examined in the context of science and the scientific method, the influence of cultural and personal values, the nature and use of evidence, and the difference betwee ...
Department of Anthropology
... Turner's major addition to anthropology was the investigation of how symbols actually operate, whether they function the ways in which symbolic anthropologists say they do. This was an aspect of symbolic anthropology that Geertz and Schneider never addressed in any great detail. This appears indicat ...
... Turner's major addition to anthropology was the investigation of how symbols actually operate, whether they function the ways in which symbolic anthropologists say they do. This was an aspect of symbolic anthropology that Geertz and Schneider never addressed in any great detail. This appears indicat ...
Anthropology 500, History of Anthropological
... Two per semester: 10% per presentation (20% total). Presentations should be brief, 10 minutes long max. You are not expected to summarize the readings but, rather: a) to draw a general contrast/comparison between the various themes emerging from that week and b) briefly reflect on the main ideas you ...
... Two per semester: 10% per presentation (20% total). Presentations should be brief, 10 minutes long max. You are not expected to summarize the readings but, rather: a) to draw a general contrast/comparison between the various themes emerging from that week and b) briefly reflect on the main ideas you ...
Critical Approaches to Fieldwork : Contemporary and
... of concern for them in the recent wider theoretical debates about archaeology, in particular with the development of post-processual approaches in the past ten to fifteen years. While one can point to changes in practice which New Archaeology effected – from field survey and sampling techniques to sta ...
... of concern for them in the recent wider theoretical debates about archaeology, in particular with the development of post-processual approaches in the past ten to fifteen years. While one can point to changes in practice which New Archaeology effected – from field survey and sampling techniques to sta ...
American Anthropologist - UC Berkeley
... and so on. Third, he considers how a population with a strong belief in witchcraft can be governed. The nub of the problem here is that supposed witches, like the vast majority of traditional healers in South Africa, operate according to norms that lie outside the purview of postcolonial states, whi ...
... and so on. Third, he considers how a population with a strong belief in witchcraft can be governed. The nub of the problem here is that supposed witches, like the vast majority of traditional healers in South Africa, operate according to norms that lie outside the purview of postcolonial states, whi ...
Doing Cultural Anthropology
... developing and testing theories. For cultural anthropology, the existing diversity of human cultures is the laboratory. The controlled laboratory situation of the physical sciences is, for both technical and ethical reasons, of little use in cultural anthropology. Anthropologists can hardly go out a ...
... developing and testing theories. For cultural anthropology, the existing diversity of human cultures is the laboratory. The controlled laboratory situation of the physical sciences is, for both technical and ethical reasons, of little use in cultural anthropology. Anthropologists can hardly go out a ...
TRADITIONS AND CULTURES (TRAD) 101:
... Readings Posted on Blackboard (http://bb.oberlin.edu): Bailey, R., G. Head, M. Jenike, B. Owen, R. Rechtman, and E. Zechenter. 1989. Hunting and Gathering in the Tropical Rainforest: Is it Possible? American Anthropologist 91:59-82. Blurton Jones, N. 1987. Bushman Birth Spacing: Direct Tests of Some ...
... Readings Posted on Blackboard (http://bb.oberlin.edu): Bailey, R., G. Head, M. Jenike, B. Owen, R. Rechtman, and E. Zechenter. 1989. Hunting and Gathering in the Tropical Rainforest: Is it Possible? American Anthropologist 91:59-82. Blurton Jones, N. 1987. Bushman Birth Spacing: Direct Tests of Some ...
On Recent Trends in the Anthropology of Foragers: Kalahari
... The prevailing general model of forager societies crystallized in the mid-1960s, dislodging an earlier, more rigdly structured view identified with RadcliffeBrown (1930), Service (1962) and others. That new and now prevailing model was based to a sipficant degree on ethnographic work conducted among ...
... The prevailing general model of forager societies crystallized in the mid-1960s, dislodging an earlier, more rigdly structured view identified with RadcliffeBrown (1930), Service (1962) and others. That new and now prevailing model was based to a sipficant degree on ethnographic work conducted among ...
Number 4, September - Society for American Archaeology
... I would like to call the attention of SAA members to the call for papers and proposals for sessions, workshops, and roundtables at the 2009 Conference of Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA). The 2009 CAA meeting will be held at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in ...
... I would like to call the attention of SAA members to the call for papers and proposals for sessions, workshops, and roundtables at the 2009 Conference of Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA). The 2009 CAA meeting will be held at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in ...
Why do we have to study the history of
... If you are wondering about the significance of this course in your training as anthropologists, such questions are certainly not meaningless or perfunctory. This course is designed to understand the rise of anthropology in its historical and political context. Therefore, it is imperative that we und ...
... If you are wondering about the significance of this course in your training as anthropologists, such questions are certainly not meaningless or perfunctory. This course is designed to understand the rise of anthropology in its historical and political context. Therefore, it is imperative that we und ...
CONTEXTUALIZING CRITICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
... things, was to salvage 'real socialist values' from the perverted models of socialist society that had been built around the example of the Soviet political system. Similar concerns for the resurrection of authentic values were key factors in the shaping of new psychoanalytic approaches (e.g. Fromm) ...
... things, was to salvage 'real socialist values' from the perverted models of socialist society that had been built around the example of the Soviet political system. Similar concerns for the resurrection of authentic values were key factors in the shaping of new psychoanalytic approaches (e.g. Fromm) ...
Maurice Godelier and the study of ideology
... ,the other society. Leach told the British misrepresentation of phenomena in .the your, argument with a lot of value functionalists in 1961: 'Don't start off your. quote, it here "-, loaded concepts which prejudge the whole issue!'(1961:17). 1 quote questi()n in connection with Godelier's general as ...
... ,the other society. Leach told the British misrepresentation of phenomena in .the your, argument with a lot of value functionalists in 1961: 'Don't start off your. quote, it here "-, loaded concepts which prejudge the whole issue!'(1961:17). 1 quote questi()n in connection with Godelier's general as ...
Anthropology - Sonoma State University
... Master of Arts in Cultural Resources Management The master of arts in Cultural Resources Management (CRM) involves the identification, evaluation, and preservation of cultural resources, as mandated by cultural resources legislation and guided by scientific standards within the planning process. A g ...
... Master of Arts in Cultural Resources Management The master of arts in Cultural Resources Management (CRM) involves the identification, evaluation, and preservation of cultural resources, as mandated by cultural resources legislation and guided by scientific standards within the planning process. A g ...
Centre and Periphery: Comparative Studies in Archaeology
... an academic ‘fashion’. The scale of its application and the precise meaning given to the terms naturally varied somewhat with the context. The model was most often adopted to analyse contemporary political structures, but could also have a historical dimension, and be applied not just to the analysi ...
... an academic ‘fashion’. The scale of its application and the precise meaning given to the terms naturally varied somewhat with the context. The model was most often adopted to analyse contemporary political structures, but could also have a historical dimension, and be applied not just to the analysi ...
ANTHRoPologY
... the anthropology programs at local community colleges have strongly guided the development of the CSUSM Anthropology major. Introductory courses in cultural, biological, linguistic, or archaeological anthropology given at community colleges can count toward preparation for the Anthropology major at ...
... the anthropology programs at local community colleges have strongly guided the development of the CSUSM Anthropology major. Introductory courses in cultural, biological, linguistic, or archaeological anthropology given at community colleges can count toward preparation for the Anthropology major at ...
PEOPLES AND CULTURES OF THE AMERICAS
... Anthropology in the United States than Europe. Would that I were allowed to assign readings in Spanish, French, Portuguese, or any other language other than English! Prerequisites: This seminar is open to first year graduate students in anthropology and others with written permission of the instruct ...
... Anthropology in the United States than Europe. Would that I were allowed to assign readings in Spanish, French, Portuguese, or any other language other than English! Prerequisites: This seminar is open to first year graduate students in anthropology and others with written permission of the instruct ...
PT Ch03 - HCC Learning Web
... Maintained water works for rice cultivation • Gave peasant boys chance to work hard and study • Maintained relationship between the individual, descent group, and state ...
... Maintained water works for rice cultivation • Gave peasant boys chance to work hard and study • Maintained relationship between the individual, descent group, and state ...
Reconstructing the Society of Ancient Israel
... Traditionally, one of the goals of anthropologists has been to develop universal "laws" of social organization or of cultural order. But many anthropological studies focus on specific societies and cultures within particular historical contexts, and thus anthropology shares many common features with ...
... Traditionally, one of the goals of anthropologists has been to develop universal "laws" of social organization or of cultural order. But many anthropological studies focus on specific societies and cultures within particular historical contexts, and thus anthropology shares many common features with ...
PDF 7.7MajorContributions
... societies progressed, they acquired new characteristics, but certain non-functional traits from the past continued, as we noted earlier. They were a proof of the progressive change that had occurred. At the same time, cultures changed as they came in contact with others. In support of diffusion, one ...
... societies progressed, they acquired new characteristics, but certain non-functional traits from the past continued, as we noted earlier. They were a proof of the progressive change that had occurred. At the same time, cultures changed as they came in contact with others. In support of diffusion, one ...