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Author : Amy Mountcastle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781607977650
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (776 download)
Download or read book Cultural Anthropology: Ideas, Insights, Engagements ( a Reader) written by Amy Mountcastle and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stuart Kirsch
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520297946
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Engaged Anthropology written by Stuart Kirsch and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2018-03-30 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does anthropology have more to offer than just its texts? In this timely and remarkable book, Stuart Kirsch shows how anthropology can—and why it should—become more engaged with the problems of the world. Engaged Anthropology draws on the author’s experiences working with indigenous peoples fighting for their environment, land rights, and political sovereignty. Including both short interventions and collaborations spanning decades, it recounts interactions with lawyers and courts, nongovernmental organizations, scientific experts, and transnational corporations. This unflinchingly honest account addresses the unexamined “backstage” of engaged anthropology. Coming at a time when some question the viability of the discipline, the message of this powerful and original work is especially welcome, as it not only promotes a new way of doing anthropology, but also compellingly articulates a new rationale for why anthropology matters.
Author : Alisse Waterston
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 144433879X
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (443 download)
Download or read book Anthropology off the Shelf written by Alisse Waterston and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Anthropology off the Shelf, leading anthropologists reflect on the craft of writing and the passions that fuel their desire to write books. First of its kind volume in anthropology in which prominent anthropologists and 3 respected professionals outside the discipline follow the tradition of the “writers on writing” genre to reflect on all aspects of the writing process Contributors are high-profile in anthropology and many have a strong presence outside the field, in popular culture Unique in its format: short essays, revealing and straightforward in content and writing style
Author : Hamdy, Sherine
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1487593473
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (875 download)
Download or read book Lissa written by Hamdy, Sherine and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Anna and Layla reckon with illness, risk, and loss in different ways, they learn the power of friendship and the importance of hope.
Author : Nina Brown
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781641760447
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (64 download)
Download or read book Perspectives written by Nina Brown and published by . This book was released on 2018-12-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of chapters on the essential topics in cultural anthropology. Different from other introductory textbooks, this book is an edited volume with each chapter written by a different author. Each author has written from their experiences working as an anthropologist and that personal touch makes for an accessible introduction to cultural anthropology.
Author : Linda S. Walbridge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780077231088
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Personal Encounters written by Linda S. Walbridge and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : BRADD. SHORE
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9781032017174
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (171 download)
Download or read book Shakespeare and Social Theory written by BRADD. SHORE and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-08-23 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a bridge between Shakespeare Studies and classical social theory, opening up readings of Shakespeare to a new audience outside of literary studies and the humanities. Shakespeare has long been known as a 'great thinker' and this book reads his plays through the lens of an anthropologist, revealing new connections between Shakespeare's plays and the lives we now lead. Close readings of a selection of frequently studied plays - Hamlet, The Winter's Tale, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Julius Caesar and King Lear - engage with the plays in detail while connecting them with some of the biggest questions we all ask ourselves, about love, friendship, ritual, language, human interactions and the world around us. The plays are examined through various social theories including performance theory, cognitive theory, semiotics, exchange theory and structuralism. The book concludes with a consideration of how "the new astronomy" of his day and developments in optics changed the very idea of "perspective," and shaped Shakespeare's approach to embedding social theory in his dramatic texts. This accessible and engaging book will appeal to those approaching Shakespeare from outside literary studies, but will also be valuable to literature students approaching Shakespeare for the first time, or looking for a new angle on the plays.
Author : Matei Candea
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108474608
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)
Download or read book Comparison in Anthropology written by Matei Candea and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a systematic rethinking of the power and limits of comparison in anthropology.
Author : Marcia Mikulak
Publisher : Cognella Academic Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781609273989
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (739 download)
Download or read book Searching for a New Paradigm written by Marcia Mikulak and published by Cognella Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2013-12-18 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Searching for a New Paradigm: A Cultural Anthropology Reader" brings together articles that address the polemics surrounding what constitutes an authentic reality of the human experience. The selected readings provide a variety of perspectives on biological and evolutionary origins, culturally constructed notions of self and others, and the increasing knowledge that the perceived realities represented by theoretical models may not accurately reflect current notions of truth. The book combines issues of human rights with biology and culture while also exploring colonial historical agendas. This intersection of ideas allows for new insights into subjects that are often taught as separate aspects of anthropology. Specific topics include the hierarchy of nations, kinship, childhood and social hierarchies, violence in culture and society, and the geographical exploration of the world. "Searching for a New Paradigm" is well suited to undergraduate and graduate level courses in cultural anthropology and cultural dynamics. It can also serve as a supplemental reader for courses in sociology, history, and political science. Marcia Mikulak holds a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from the University of New Mexico. Dr. Mikulak is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. Her research interests include human rights, violence, social and cultural constructions of childhood, and rural and urban migration. Dr. Mikulak has extensive applied social action fieldwork experience in human rights in Brazil where she has carried out research in collaboration with street and working children in Minas Gerais, and the indigenous Xukuru in Pernambuco. She has also worked on issues of domestic violence in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Grand Forks, North Dakota. She is a Brazil country specialist for Amnesty International, and her work has appeared in a variety of academic journals that include the Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences and Humanity and Society.
Author : Linda S. Walbridge
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
ISBN 13 : 9780767426039
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (26 download)
Download or read book Personal Encounters written by Linda S. Walbridge and published by McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages. This book was released on 2003 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reader offers 31 original articles, each of which centers on the encounters between an anthropologist and a person from whom the anthropologist has learned something about another culture. In telling the stories of specific individuals, the anthropologist can address a current topic in anthropology by situating it vividly within the lives and worlds of people in a variety of cultural settings.
Author : Barbara Graham
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 178533283X
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (853 download)
Download or read book Death, Materiality and Mediation written by Barbara Graham and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Death, Materiality and Mediation, Barbara Graham analyzes a diverse range of objects associated with remembrance in both the public and private arenas through ethnography of communities on both sides of the Irish border. In doing so, she explores the materially mediated interactions between the living and the dead, revealing the physical, cognitive, emotional, and spiritual roles of the dead in contemporary communities. Through this study, Graham expands the concept of materiality to include narrative, song, senses, emotions, ephemera and embodied experience. She also examines how modern practices are informed by older beliefs and folk religion.
Author : Aradhana Sharma
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 : 1405114673
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (51 download)
Download or read book The Anthropology of the State written by Aradhana Sharma and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2006-01-24 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative reader brings together classic theoretical texts and cutting-edge ethnographic analyses of specific state institutions, practices, and processes and outlines an anthropological framework for rethinking future study of “the state”. Focuses on the institutions, spaces, ideas, practices, and representations that constitute the “state”. Promotes cultural and transnational approaches to the subject. Helps readers to make anthropological sense of the state as a cultural artifact, in the context of a neoliberalizing, transnational world.
Author : Aaron Podolefsky
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780077460075
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Applying Cultural Anthropology written by Aaron Podolefsky and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Applying Cultural Anthropology: An Introductory Reader is a collection of articles that provide compelling examples of applied research in cultural anthropology. In this age of globalization and increased cultural intolerance, the basic messages of public anthropology are more important than ever. The eighth edition offers 8 new readings and a new chart at the beginning of the text to help instructors and students locate key themes and topics.
Author : John Barker
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 9781442601055
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Ancestral Lines written by John Barker and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Ancestral Lines, which is based on 25 years of research among the Maisin people, Barker offers a nuanced understanding of how the Maisin came to reject commercial logging on their traditional lands.
Author : Christina Kreps
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351332783
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (513 download)
Download or read book Museums and Anthropology in the Age of Engagement written by Christina Kreps and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-18 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Museums and Anthropology in the Age of Engagement considers changes that have been taking place in museum anthropology as it has been responding to pressures to be more socially relevant, useful, and accountable to diverse communities. Based on the author’s own research and applied work over the past 30 years, the book gives examples of the wide-ranging work being carried out today in museum anthropology as both an academic, scholarly field and variety of applied, public anthropology. While it examines major trends that characterize our current "age of engagement," the book also critically examines the public role of museums and anthropology in colonial and postcolonial contexts, namely in the US, the Netherlands, and Indonesia. Throughout the book, Kreps questions what purposes and interests museums and anthropology serve in these different times and places. Museums and Anthropology in the Age of Engagement is a valuable resource for readers interested in an historical and comparative study of museums and anthropology, and the forms engagement has taken. It should be especially useful to students and instructors looking for a text that provides in one volume a history of museum anthropology and methods for doing critical, reflexive museum ethnography and collaborative work.
Author : Anand Pandian
Publisher : Duke University Press Books
ISBN 13 : 9781478003755
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (37 download)
Download or read book A Possible Anthropology written by Anand Pandian and published by Duke University Press Books. This book was released on 2019-10-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a time of intense uncertainty, social strife, and ecological upheaval, what does it take to envision the world as it yet may be? The field of anthropology, Anand Pandian argues, has resources essential for this critical and imaginative task. Anthropology is no stranger to injustice and exploitation. Still, its methods can reveal unseen dimensions of the world at hand and radical experience as the seed of a humanity yet to come. A Possible Anthropology is an ethnography of anthropologists at work: canonical figures like Bronislaw Malinowski and Claude Lévi-Strauss, ethnographic storytellers like Zora Neale Hurston and Ursula K. Le Guin, contemporary scholars like Jane Guyer and Michael Jackson, and artists and indigenous activists inspired by the field. In their company, Pandian explores the moral and political horizons of anthropological inquiry, the creative and transformative potential of an experimental practice.
Author : Gillian Tett
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982140984
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)
Download or read book Anthro-Vision written by Gillian Tett and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While today’s business world is dominated by technology and data analysis, award-winning financial journalist and anthropology PhD Gillian Tett advocates thinking like an anthropologist to better understand consumer behavior, markets, and organizations to address some of society’s most urgent challenges. Amid severe digital disruption, economic upheaval, and political flux, how can we make sense of the world? Leaders today typically look for answers in economic models, Big Data, or artificial intelligence platforms. Gillian Tett points to anthropology—the study of human culture. Anthropologists learn to get inside the minds of other people, helping them not only to understand other cultures but also to appraise their own environment with fresh perspective as an insider-outsider, gaining lateral vision. Today, anthropologists are more likely to study Amazon warehouses than remote Amazon tribes; they have done research into institutions and companies such as General Motors, Nestlé, Intel, and more, shedding light on practical questions such as how internet users really define themselves; why corporate projects fail; why bank traders miscalculate losses; how companies sell products like pet food and pensions; why pandemic policies succeed (or not). Anthropology makes the familiar seem unfamiliar and vice versa, giving us badly needed three-dimensional perspective in a world where many executives are plagued by tunnel vision, especially in fields like finance and technology. “Fascinating and surprising” (Fareed Zararia, CNN), Anthro-Vision offers a revolutionary new way for understanding the behavior of organizations, individuals, and markets in today’s ever-evolving world.
