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Anthropology and Development

Author : Jean-Pierre Oliver De-Sardan
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1848136137
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Anthropology and Development written by Jean-Pierre Oliver De-Sardan and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-07-18 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book re-establishes the relevance of mainstream anthropological (and sociological) approaches to development processes and simultaneously recognizes that contemporary development ought to be anthropology‘s principal area of study. Professor de Sardan argues for a socio-anthropology of change and development that is a deeply empirical, multidimensional, diachronic study of social groups and their interactions. The Introduction provides a thought-provoking examination of the principal new approaches that have emerged in the discipline during the 1990s. Part I then makes clear the complexity of social change and development, and the ways in which socio-anthropology can measure up to the challenge of this complexity. Part II looks more closely at some of the leading variables involved in the development process, including relations of production; the logics of social action; the nature of knowledge; forms of mediation; and ‘political‘ strategies.

Anthropology and Social Change

Author : Lucy P. Mair
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000324532
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Anthropology and Social Change written by Lucy P. Mair and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-08-28 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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'.

Collaborative Research And Social Change

Author : Donald D Stull
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429712219
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book Collaborative Research And Social Change written by Donald D Stull and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-13 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Community case studies are basic to anthropology, yet there are relatively few examples in which the promotion of social change has been the explicit goal of the research. The case studies included here are all "natural experiments" that involve long-term community-based research, close collaboration between researchers and representatives of the h

Anthropology and Social Change

Author : Lucy P. Mair
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000321118
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Anthropology and Social Change written by Lucy P. Mair and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-08-28 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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'.

Human Values and Social Change

Author :
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 904740436X
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book Human Values and Social Change written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2003-02-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents findings based on a unique source of insight into the role of human values--the World Values Survey and the European Values Survey, covering 78 societies containing over 80 per cent of the world's population. The findings reveal large and coherent cross-national differences in what people want out of life. Four waves of surveys, from 1981 to 1999-2001, reveal the impact of changing values on societal phenomena. Evidence from eleven Islamic societies demonstrates that a distinctive Islamic culture exists-but the democratic ideal is endorsed overwhelmingly. Other analyses examine Gender Equality and Democracy; Corruption and Democracy; Social Capital in Vietnam; the Clash of Civilization; political satisfaction in global perspective; Trust in International Governance; and Israeli and South African values.

Social Change Theories in Motion

Author : Thomas C. Patterson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351137646
Total Pages : 579 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book Social Change Theories in Motion written by Thomas C. Patterson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 579 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book assesses how theorists explained processes of change set in motion by the rise of capitalism. It situates them in the milieu in which they wrote. They were never neutral observers standing outside the conditions they were trying to explain. Their arguments were responses to those circumstances and to the views of others commentators, living and dead. Some repeated earlier views; others built on those perspectives; a few changed the way we think. While surveying earlier writers, the author’s primary concerns are theorists who sought to explain industrialization, imperialism, and the consolidation of nation-states after 1840. Marx, Durkheim, and Weber still shape our understandings of the past, present, and future. Patterson focuses on explanations of the unsettled conditions that crystallized in the 1910s and still persist: the rise of socialist states, anti-colonial movements, prolonged economic crises, and almost continuous war. After 1945, theorists in capitalist countries, influenced by Cold War politics, saw social change in terms of economic growth, progress, and modernization; their contemporaries elsewhere wrote about underdevelopment, dependency, or uneven development. In the 1980s, theorists of postmodernity, neoliberalism, globalization, innovations in communications technologies, and post-socialism argued that they rendered earlier accounts insufficient. Others saw them as manifestations of a new imperialism, capitalist accumulation on a global scale, environmental crises, and nationalist populism.

Anthropology and Social Change

Author : Lucy Mair
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Anthropology and Social Change written by Lucy Mair and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Art for Social Change and Cultural Awakening

Author : Wei Hsiu Tung
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739165860
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Art for Social Change and Cultural Awakening written by Wei Hsiu Tung and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Artistic residency has become widely adopted in Western countries while only recently having become popular and well-supported within Taiwan. This book explores the challenges that this form of art practice faced in contemporary Taiwan from the revocation of Martial Law in 1987 to the 2000s—arguably one of the most exciting periods in the sociocultural history of the island. Case studies show what is at stake politically, historically, and socially in artists’ endeavours to give shape to a sense of Taiwanese identity. Despite the prevalence of artists engaged in social issues in today’s world and the undeniable contributions of artistic residency to contemporary art practice, little literature or scholarly research has been conducted on the practical, conceptual, and ideological aspects of artist residency. Very often, it is perceived in very narrow terms, overlooking explicit or hidden issues of localism, nationalism and globalization. If artistic residence did indeed emerge from the radical movements of the 1960s and 70s in the Western world—and especially Britain—then this book argues that the contemporary sociocultural context of Taiwan calls for redefined, culturally-specific models of residency. The precarious geo-political situation of Taiwan has made issues of cultural identity—tackled by artists and successive governments alike—very sensitive. A new genre of artistic residence in Taiwan would mean that artists involved from whatever cultural background operate as engaging interpreters; their roles would not be confined to mirroring culture and society. These artists-in-residence would contribute to cultural awakening by offering ways of negotiating creatively with otherness, and this for the sake of a better social life and shared identity.

Anthropology of Policy

Author : Cris Shore
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134827024
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Anthropology of Policy written by Cris Shore and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-12-16 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguing that policy has become an increasingly central concept and instrument in the organisation of contemporary societies and that it now impinges on all areas of life so that it is virtually impossible to ignore or escape its influence, this book argues that the study of policy leads straight into issues at the heart of anthropology.

Anthropology and Social Change

Author : Lucy Philip Mair
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Anthropology and Social Change written by Lucy Philip Mair and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Other Cultures

Author : John Beattie
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136540253
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)

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Download or read book Other Cultures written by John Beattie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first part of this book considers what kind of study social anthropology is, the types of questions social anthropologists ask and how they go about obtaining the answers. The second part discusses the more important fields in which social anthropologists have advanced our knowledge of other cultures: kinship and marriage, social order, economic relations and magical and religious institutions. The important theme of social change is also discussed. First published in 1964.

Social Change And Applied Anthropology

Author : Miriam Chaiken
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000311678
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Social Change And Applied Anthropology written by Miriam Chaiken and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-11 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays in the honor of David Brokensha focuses on issues which had concerned him throughout his professional career as an anthropologist. He emphasized on combining indigenous perspectives and knowledge in development planning and on sustainable natural resource management.

Kinship, Social Change, and Evolution

Author : André Gingrich
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kinship, Social Change, and Evolution written by André Gingrich and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Methodological Approaches to Societies in Transformation

Author : Yasmine Berriane
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030650677
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Methodological Approaches to Societies in Transformation written by Yasmine Berriane and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carefully contextualizing the ethnography by taking scale and time seriously, the book shows why fieldwork is both necessary and insufficient if the aim is to make sense of the contemporary world. It is a significant contribution to the renewal of anthropological theory and methodology. Highly recommended! -Thomas Hylland Eriksen, University of Oslo, Norway With an eye for various scales, biographies of people and things, and processes as they take place, this book provides insights into how, to whom, and when things change, how it feels like - and also how some things stay the same. -Samuli Schielke, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (Berlin) This important book, drawing on ethnographic research from across the globe, addresses both the 'why' and the 'how' of studying societal change, inviting the reader to reflect on the potential - and the limits - of qualitative methods. - Jonathan Rigg, University of Bristol, UK This open access book provides methodological devices and analytical frameworks for the study of societies in transformation. It explores a central paradox in the study of change: making sense of change requires long-term perspectives on societal transformations and on the different ways people experience social change, whereas the research carried out to study change is necessarily limited to a relatively short space of time. This volume offers a range of methodological responses to this challenge by paying attention to the complex entanglement of qualitative research and the metanarratives generally used to account for change. Each chapter is based on a concrete case study from different parts of the world and tackles a diversity of topics, analytical approaches, and data collection methods. The contributors' innovative solutions provide valuable tools and techniques for all those interested in the study of change. Yasmine Berriane is permanent researcher at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS, Centre Maurice Halbwachs), France. Annuska Derks is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Aymon Kreil is Assistant Professor in the Department of Languages and Cultures at Ghent University, Belgium. Dorothea Lüddeckens is Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.

A Village Goes Mobile

Author : Sirpa Tenhunen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190630272
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book A Village Goes Mobile written by Sirpa Tenhunen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In A Village Goes Mobile, Sirpa Tenhunen examines how the mobile telephone has contributed to social change in rural India. Tenhunen's long-term ethnographic fieldwork in West Bengal began before the village had a phone system in place and continued through the introduction and proliferation of the smartphone. She here analyzes how mobile telephones emerged as multidimensional objects which, in addition to enabling telephone conversations, facilitated status aspirations, internet access, and entertainment practices. She explores how this multifaceted use of mobile phones has affected agency and power dynamics in economic, political, and social relationships, and how these new social constellations relate to culture and development. In eight chapters, Tenhunen asks such questions as: Who benefits from mobile telephony and how? Can people use mobile phones to change their lives, or does phone use merely amplify existing social patterns and power relationships? Can mobile telephony induce development? Going beyond the case of West Bengal, Tenhunen develops a framework to understand how new media mediates social processes within interrelated social spheres and local hierarchies by relating, media-saturated forms of interaction to pre-existing contexts.

Social and Cultural Anthropology for the 21st Century

Author : Marzia Balzani
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317571789
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Social and Cultural Anthropology for the 21st Century written by Marzia Balzani and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-29 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social and Cultural Anthropology for the 21st Century: Connected Worlds is a lively, accessible, and wide-ranging introduction to socio-cultural anthropology for undergraduate students. It draws on a wealth of ethnographic examples to showcase how anthropological fieldwork and analysis can help us understand the contemporary world in all its diversity and complexity. The book is addressed to a twenty-first-century readership of students who are encountering social and cultural anthropology for the first time. It provides an overview of the key debates and methods that have historically defined the discipline and of the approaches and questions that shape it today. In addition to classic research areas such as kinship, exchange, and religion, topics that are pressing concerns for our times are covered, such as climate change, economic crisis, social media, refugees, sexuality, and race. Foregrounding ethnographic stories from all over the world to illustrate global connections and their effects on local lives, the book combines a focus on history with urgent present-day social issues. It will equip students with the analytical tools that they need to negotiate a world characterized by unprecedented cross-cultural contact, ever-changing communicative technologies and new forms of uncertainty. The book is an essential resource for introductory courses in social and cultural anthropology and as a refresher for more advanced students.

The Anthropology of Climate Change

Author : Hans Baer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317817672
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book The Anthropology of Climate Change written by Hans Baer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-24 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In addressing the urgent questions raised by climate change, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the anthropology of climate change guided by a critical political ecological framework. It argues that anthropologists must significantly expand their focus on climate change and their contributions to responding to climate change as a grave risk to humanity. The book presents a human socioecological framework for conceptualizing climate change. It examines the emergence and slow maturation of the anthropology of climate change; reviews the historic foundations for this work in the archaeology of climate change; and presents three alternative contemporary theoretical perspectives in the anthropology of climate change. The book synthesizes anthropological work and perspectives on climate change in the form of case studies in various regions of the world revealing the nature of global climate change as constituting multiple and somewhat diverse changes in local settings. It explores the applied anthropology of climate change in terms of the ways anthropologists are contributing to climate policy, working with communities on climate change issues, as well as within the climate movement both internationally and nationally. Finally it provides an overview of what other the social sciences are saying about climate change and explores ways that the anthropology of climate change can interface with sociology, political science, and human geography in order to create an integrated social science of climate change. This book gives researchers and students in Environmental Anthropology, Climate Change, Human Geography, and Sociology, a novel framework for understanding climate change that emphasizes human socioecological interactions.