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Author : Sultan Somjee
Publisher : East African Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9789966467492
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (674 download)
Download or read book Material Culture of Kenya written by Sultan Somjee and published by East African Publishers. This book was released on 1993 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Andrev B. C. Ocholla-Ayayo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (44 download)
Download or read book The Luo Culture written by Andrev B. C. Ocholla-Ayayo and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sultan Somjee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 14 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book On Material Culture written by Sultan Somjee and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mary Jo Arnoldi
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253116635
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (531 download)
Download or read book African Material Culture written by Mary Jo Arnoldi and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1996-04-22 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This volume has much to recommend it -- providing fascinating and stimulating insights into many arenas of material culture, many of which still remain only superficially explored in the archaeological literature." -- Archaeological Review "... a vivid introduction to the topic.... A glimpse into the unique and changing identities in an ever-changing world." -- Come-All-Ye Fourteen interdisciplinary essays open new perspectives for understanding African societies and cultures through the contextualized study of objects, treating everything from the production of material objects to the meaning of sticks, masquerades, household tools, clothing, and the television set in the contemporary repertoire of African material culture.
Author : Dorothea Hecht
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (383 download)
Download or read book The Material Culture Collection of the National Museum of Kenya written by Dorothea Hecht and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ian Hodder
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521241762
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (417 download)
Download or read book Symbols in Action written by Ian Hodder and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1982-01-14 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Material culture - the objects made by man - provides the primary data from which archaeologists have to infer the economies, technologies, social organization and ritual practices of extinct societies. The analysis and interpretation ofmaterial culture is therefore central to any concern with archaeological theory and methodology, and in order to understand better the relationship between material culture and human behaviour, archaeologists need to draw upon models derived from the study of ethnographic societies. First published in 1982, this book presents the results of a series of field investigations carried out in Kenya, Zambia and the Sudan into the 'archaeological' remains and material culture of contemporary small-scale societies, and demonstrates the way in which objects are used as symbols within social action and within particular world views and ideologies.
Author : Neal W. Sobania
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313039364
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Culture and Customs of Kenya written by Neal W. Sobania and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2003-06-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kenya, a land of safaris, wild animals, and Maasai warriors, perfectly represents Africa for many Westerners. This peerless single-source book presents the contemporary reality of life in Kenya, an important East-African nation that has served as a crossroads for peoples and cultures from Africa, the Middle East, and East Asia for centuries. As such, it is a land rich in cultural and ethnic diversity, where unique and dynamic traditions blend with modern influences. Students and general readers will be engrossed in narrative overviews highlighting Kenyan history, as well as the beliefs, vibrant cultural expressions, and various lifestyles and roles of the Kenyan population. A chronology, glossary, and numerous photos enhance the narrative. Kenya today struggles with nation building. Its society comprises the haves and the have-nots and faces the challenges of the trend toward urbanization, with its attendant disruption of traditional social structures. For Kenyans, the preserving of traditional cultures is as important as making the statement that Kenya is a modern nation. Chapters on the land, people, and history; religion and worldview; literature, film, and media; art and architecture; cuisine and traditional dress; gender roles, marriage, and family; and social customs and lifestyle are up to date and written by a country expert. A chronology, glossary, and numerous photos enhance the narrative.
Author : S. M. Seba
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (799 download)
Download or read book Material Culture in Contemporary Period written by S. M. Seba and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephanie Wynne-Jones
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198759312
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)
Download or read book A Material Culture written by Stephanie Wynne-Jones and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Material Culture focuses on objects in Swahili society through the elaboration of an approach that sees both people and things as caught up in webs of mutual interaction. It therefore provides both a new theoretical intervention in some of the key themes in material culture studies, including the agency of objects and the ways they were linked to social identities, through the development of the notion of a biography of practice. These theoretical discussions are explored through the archaeology of the Swahili, on the Indian Ocean coast of eastern Africa. This coast was home to a series of "stonetowns" (containing coral architecture) from the ninth century AD onwards, of which Kilwa Kisiwani is the most famous, considered here in regional context. These stonetowns were deeply involved in maritime trade, carried out among a diverse, Islamic population. This book suggests that the Swahili are a highly-significant case study for exploration of the relationship between objects and people in the past, as the society was constituted and defined through a particular material setting. Further, it is suggested that this relationship was subtly different than in other areas, and particularly from western models that dominate prevailing analysis. The case is made for an alternative form of materiality, perhaps common to the wider Indian Ocean world, with an emphasis on redistribution and circulation rather than on the accumulation of wealth. The reader will therefore gain familiarity with a little-known and fascinating culture, as well as appreciating the ways that non-western examples can add to our theoretical models.
Author : Osaga Odak
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (475 download)
Download or read book Material Culture Areas of Kenya written by Osaga Odak and published by . This book was released on 197? with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Anne-Marie Deisser
Publisher : UCL Press
ISBN 13 : 1910634824
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Conservation of Natural and Cultural Heritage in Kenya written by Anne-Marie Deisser and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2016-10-07 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Kenya, cultural and natural heritage has a particular value. Its pre-historic heritage not only tells the story of man's origin and evolution but has also contributed to the understanding of the earth's history: fossils and artefacts spanning over 27 million years have been discovered and conserved by the National Museums of Kenya (NMK). Alongside this, the steady rise in the market value of African art has also affected Kenya. Demand for African tribal art has surpassed that for antiquities of Roman, Byzantine, and Egyptian origin, and in African countries currently experiencing conflicts, this activity invariably attracts looters, traffickers and criminal networks. This book brings together essays by heritage experts from different backgrounds, including conservation, heritage management, museum studies, archaeology, environment and social sciences, architecture and landscape, geography, philosophy and economics to explore three key themes: the underlying ethics, practices and legal issues of heritage conservation; the exploration of architectural and urban heritage of Nairobi; and the natural heritage, landscapes and sacred sites in relation to local Kenyan communities and tourism. It thus provides an overview of conservation practices in Kenya from 2000 to 2015 and highlights the role of natural and cultural heritage as a key factor of social-economic development, and as a potential instrument for conflict resolution
Author : Firoze Hassanali Somjee Rajan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (427 download)
Download or read book Learning to be Indigenous Or Being Taught to be Kenyan written by Firoze Hassanali Somjee Rajan and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The research demonstrates how the present national cultural heritage curriculum focusing on material culture is not likely to be an effective arts educational tool and a medium for transmission of indigenous aesthetic knowledge in three school sites representing three broad cultures and traditions of Kenya i.e. agriculturist, pastoralist and multi-ethnic urban." --
Author : L. S. B. Leakey
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110761547X
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (76 download)
Download or read book The Stone Age Cultures of Kenya Colony written by L. S. B. Leakey and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-20 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (1903-72) was a British archaeologist, naturalist and palaeoanthropologist who made a significant contribution to the study of human evolutionary development. First published in 1931, this work presents the results of two periods of excavation by the East African Archaeological Expedition during 1926-7 and 1928-9. As noted in the preface, the findings of these excavations enabled the Expedition 'to work out a number of clear subdivisions in Pleistocene and recent times, based upon climatic changes, and to establish in most cases the relation of the cultures found to these time divisions.' The text contains numerous illustrative figures, including original drawings and photographs. Numerous appendices are also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in archaeology, anthropology and East Africa.
Author : James de Vere Allen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (475 download)
Download or read book Swahili Culture Reconsidered written by James de Vere Allen and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Osaga Odak
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (791 download)
Download or read book Some Thoughts on Kenya's Material Cultural History and Archaeological Resources written by Osaga Odak and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Anne-Marie Deisser
Publisher : UCL Press
ISBN 13 : 1910634840
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Conservation of Natural and Cultural Heritage in Kenya written by Anne-Marie Deisser and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2016-10-07 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Kenya, cultural and natural heritage has a particular value. Its pre-historic heritage not only tells the story of man's origin and evolution but has also contributed to the understanding of the earth's history: fossils and artefacts spanning over 27 million years have been discovered and conserved by the National Museums of Kenya (NMK). Alongside this, the steady rise in the market value of African art has also affected Kenya. Demand for African tribal art has surpassed that for antiquities of Roman, Byzantine, and Egyptian origin, and in African countries currently experiencing conflicts, this activity invariably attracts looters, traffickers and criminal networks. This book brings together essays by heritage experts from different backgrounds, including conservation, heritage management, museum studies, archaeology, environment and social sciences, architecture and landscape, geography, philosophy and economics to explore three key themes: the underlying ethics, practices and legal issues of heritage conservation; the exploration of architectural and urban heritage of Nairobi; and the natural heritage, landscapes and sacred sites in relation to local Kenyan communities and tourism. It thus provides an overview of conservation practices in Kenya from 2000 to 2015 and highlights the role of natural and cultural heritage as a key factor of social-economic development, and as a potential instrument for conflict resolution
Author : Joanna R. Sofaer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316584097
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (165 download)
Download or read book The Body as Material Culture written by Joanna R. Sofaer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-02-16 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bodies intrigue us. They promise windows into the past that other archaeological finds cannot by bringing us literally face to face with history. Yet 'the body' is also highly contested. Archaeological bodies are studied through two contrasting perspectives that sit on different sides of a disciplinary divide. On one hand lie science-based osteoarchaeological approaches. On the other lie understandings derived from recent developments in social theory that increasingly view the body as a social construction. Through a close examination of disciplinary practice, Joanna Sofaer highlights the tensions and possibilities offered by one particular kind of archaeological body, the human skeleton, with particular regard to the study of gender and age. Using a range of examples, she argues for reassessment of the role of the skeletal body in archaeological practice, and develops a theoretical framework for bioarchaeology based on the materiality and historicity of human remains.
