Changing Fields Of Anthropology
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Changing Fields Of Anthropology
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Author : Michael Kearney
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2004
Changing Fields Of Anthropology written by Michael Kearney and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Philosophy categories.
This book explores major shifts and reorientations in the recent history of American Anthropology, reflecting the author's vision of what anthropology is and what it has the potential to become. The title phrase 'changing fields' can be read in two ways: One meaning refers to how, since the mid-1960s, the larger national and global social, intellectual, and political fields within which American anthropology is situated have profoundly changed. The second meaning refers to how, in response to these changing fields, the author, like many other anthropologists, changed the locations of his fieldwork along with his research problems and theoretical perspectives. The book engages three fundamental intellectual-political challenges that American anthropology is destined to confront (or at its peril, avoid): becoming more self-reflexive, achieving theoretical and methodological holism, and defense of universal human rights.
Shifting Contexts
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Author : Marilyn Strathern
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 1995
Shifting Contexts written by Marilyn Strathern and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Political Science categories.
This book examines a range of contexts in which people (including anthropologists) make different orders of knowledge for themselves as a prelude to questioning assumptions about the 'size' of knowledge implied in the contrast between global and local perspectives. Shifting Contexts will appeal to anthropologists and all those working in areas such as the philosophy of social science, cultural studies and comparative sociology.
Grasping The Changing World
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Author : Václav Hubinger
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 1996
Grasping The Changing World written by Václav Hubinger and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Social Science categories.
As various societies merge increasingly into one global society and consequently have to address crises of identity, purpose and interest, so must social anthropology update its methodology as it is applied to the comparison and understanding of societies across space and time. Grasping the Changing Worldis the result of various papers read at the second biannual EASA conference in Prague in 1992. These themes were debated in an extraordinary "postmodernist" setting: shortly after the fall of communist regimes in central and Eastern Europe and within Western Europe itself, which found itself in a debate on the general validity of concepts and terms which were in use for more than a century. The first half of the book deals with the ways of conceptualizing, constructing and perceiving the present and the second half takes stock of both the conceptual strength and poverty of social anthropology as a modern social science.
Anthropology And Climate Change
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Author : Susan A. Crate
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-03-31
Anthropology And Climate Change written by Susan A. Crate and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-31 with Social Science categories.
The first edition of Anthropology and Climate Change (2009) pioneered the study of climate change through the lens of anthropology, covering the relation between human cultures and the environment from prehistoric times to the present. This second, heavily revised edition brings the material on this rapidly changing field completely up to date, with major scholars from around the world mapping out trajectories of research and issuing specific calls for action. The new edition introduces new “foundational” chapters—laying out what anthropologists know about climate change today, new theoretical and practical perspectives, insights gleaned from sociology, and international efforts to study and curb climate change—making the volume a perfect introductory textbook; presents a series of case studies—both new case studies and old ones updated and viewed with fresh eyes—with the specific purpose of assessing climate trends; provides a close look at how climate change is affecting livelihoods, especially in the context of economic globalization and the migration of youth from rural to urban areas; expands coverage to England, the Amazon, the Marshall Islands, Tanzania, and Ethiopia; re-examines the conclusions and recommendations of the first volume, refining our knowledge of what we do and do not know about climate change and what we can do to adapt.
Anthropology And Social Change In Rural Areas
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Author : Bernardo Berdichewsky
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2011-06-01
Anthropology And Social Change In Rural Areas written by Bernardo Berdichewsky and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-01 with Social Science categories.
Dispatches From The Field
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Author : Andrew Gardner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Dispatches From The Field written by Andrew Gardner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Social Science categories.
Penned by advanced graduate students amidst their dissertation fieldwork, these provocative essays capture the challenges and intricacies of that anthropological rite of passage. The collections authors frankly portray the mistakes they made in the field, their struggle to analyze the events unfolding before their eyes, the psychological and emotional frustration seemingly endemic to doing ethnography, and the ethical complexities of researching living people. The authors present these essays not as models of ideal fieldwork or as a series of lessons about how to overcome potential hurdles one faces in the field, but rather as a window into the complexities of being an ethnographer in the contemporary world. Against a backdrop of subject populations increasingly informed about global relations of power and, more specifically, informed about the topography of American imperialism, these humanistic essays vividly reflect recent shifts in both the focus and methods of anthropological research, as well as the dilemmas underlying the construction of anthropological knowledge. They are meant to spark discussion and debate. While tailored to an audience relatively new to ethnographic fieldwork (and intended as a teaching tool), this collection should appeal to anthropologists and ethnographers at all points in their career. --Back cover
The Sage Handbook Of Cultural Anthropology
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Author : Lene Pedersen
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 2021-03-31
The Sage Handbook Of Cultural Anthropology written by Lene Pedersen and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-31 with History categories.
The SAGE Handbook of Cultural Anthropology is an essential resource for social scientists globally and contains a rich body of chapters on all major topics relevant to the field, whilst also presenting a possible road map for the future of the field.
Mutuality
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Author : Roger Sanjek
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2015
Mutuality written by Roger Sanjek and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Social Science categories.
Why do people do social-cultural anthropology? Beyond professional career motivations, what values underpin anthropologists' commitments to lengthy training, fieldwork, writing, and publication? Mutuality explores the values that anthropologists bring from their wider social worlds, including the value placed on relationships with the people they study, work with, write about and for, and communicate with more broadly. In this volume, seventeen distinguished anthropologists draw on personal and professional histories to describe avenues to mutuality through collaborative fieldwork, community-based projects and consultations, advocacy, and museum exhibits, including the American Anthropological Association's largest public outreach ever—the RACE: Are We So Different? project. Looking critically at obstacles to reciprocally beneficial engagement, the contributors trace the discipline's past and current relations with Native Americans, indigenous peoples exhibited in early twentieth-century world's fairs, and racialized populations. The chapters range widely—across the Punjabi craft caste, Filipino Igorot, and Somali Bantu global diasporas; to the Darfur crisis and conciliation efforts in Sudan and Qatar; to applied work in Panama, Micronesia, China, and Peru. In the United States, contributors discuss their work as academic, practicing, and public anthropologists in such diverse contexts as Alaskan Yup'ik communities, multiethnic New Mexico, San Francisco's Japan Town, Oakland's Intertribal Friendship House, Southern California's produce markets, a children's ward in a Los Angeles hospital, a New England nursing home, and Washington D.C.'s National Mall. Deeply personal as well as professionally astute, Mutuality sheds new light on the issues closest to the present and future of contemporary anthropology. Contributors: Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf, Robert R. Alvarez, Garrick Bailey, Catherine Besteman, Parminder Bhachu, Ann Fienup-Riordan, Zibin Guo, Lane Ryo Hirabayashi, Lanita Jacobs, Susan Lobo, Yolanda T. Moses, Sylvia Rodríguez, Roger Sanjek, Renée R. Shield, Alaka Wali, Deana L. Weibel, Brett Williams.
Anthropology And Social Change
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Author : Lucy P. Mair
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-08-28
Anthropology And Social Change written by Lucy P. Mair and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-28 with Social Science categories.
The fourteen lectures and essays that make up this volume deal mainly, though not exclusively, with Africa, and among the topics discussed are land tenure, chieftainship, 'clientship', messianic movement, witchcraft, and 'race, tribalism and nationalism'.
Cultural Change From A Business Anthropology Perspective
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Author : Maryann McCabe
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2017-11-09
Cultural Change From A Business Anthropology Perspective written by Maryann McCabe and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-09 with Social Science categories.
This book offers keen insight and useful lessons underscoring the value of practice to theory. Conceived by two anthropologists who lead consulting practices, McCabe and Briody selected contributors to explore how cultural change happens in a variety of consumer and organizational contexts. The 12 case studies illustrate the explanatory potential and the problem-solving strengths of assemblage theory, and the role of human agency in provoking cultural change. The case studies are compelling due to connections between the case narratives and graphics, and researcher engagement in the pragmatics of implementation—both of which shape and encourage learning. This volume will be markedly useful to practitioners engaged in research and implementation. It will also appeal to students and faculty in a variety of fields including anthropology, business management, marketing, sociology, cultural studies, and industrial design.