World
World

Author: João de Pina-Cabral

Publisher: HAU

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780997367508

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What do we mean when we refer to the world? How does the world relate to the human person? Are the two interdependent and, if so, in what way? What does the world mean for the ethnographer and the anthropologist? Much has been said of worlds and worldviews, but are we really certain we know what we mean when we use these words? Asking these questions and many more, this book explores the conditions of possibility for the ethnographic gesture and how those possibilities can shed light on the relationship between humans and the world in which they are found. As Joao de Pina-Cabral shows, important changes have occurred over the past decades concerning the way in which we relate the way we think to the way we are as a humanity embodied. Exploring new confrontations with a new conceptualization of the human condition, Cabral sketches a new anthropology, one that contributes to an ongoing separation from the socio-centric and representationalist constraints that have plagued the social sciences over the past century.

International Bibliography of Anthropology
International Bibliography of Anthropology

Author: Compiled by the British Library of Political and Economic Science

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2001-11-22

Total Pages: 632

ISBN-13: 9780415262354

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IBSS is the essential tool for librarians, university departments, research institutions and any public or private institution whose work requires access to up-to-date and comprehensive knowledge of the social sciences.

Adventures in Aidland
Adventures in Aidland

Author: David Mosse

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2011-04-01

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 0857451111

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Anthropological interest in new subjects of research and contemporary knowledge practices has turned ethnographic attention to a wide ranging variety of professional fields. Among these the encounter with international development has perhaps been longer and more intimate than any of the others. Anthropologists have drawn critical attention to the interfaces and social effects of development’s discursive regimes but, oddly enough, have paid scant attention to knowledge producers themselves, despite anthropologists being among them. This is the focus of this volume. It concerns the construction and transmission of knowledge about global poverty and its reduction but is equally interested in the social life of development professionals, in the capacity of ideas to mediate relationships, in networks of experts and communities of aid workers, and in the dilemmas of maintaining professional identities. Going well beyond obsolete debates about ‘pure’ and ‘applied’ anthropology, the book examines the transformations that occur as social scientific concepts and practices cross and re-cross the boundary between anthropological and policy making knowledge.

Cultural Anthropology: 101
Cultural Anthropology: 101

Author: Jack David Eller

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-02-11

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 1317550730

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This concise and accessible introduction establishes the relevance of cultural anthropology for the modern world through an integrated, ethnographically informed approach. The book develops readers’ understanding and engagement by addressing key issues such as: What it means to be human The key characteristics of culture as a concept Relocation and dislocation of peoples The conflict between political, social and ethnic boundaries The concept of economic anthropology Cultural Anthropology: 101 includes case studies from both classic and contemporary ethnography, as well as a comprehensive bibliography and index. It is an essential guide for students approaching this fascinating field for the first time.

What Is Anthropology?
What Is Anthropology?

Author: Thomas Hylland Eriksen

Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13:

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A new edition of the classic anthropology textbook which shows how anthropology is a revolutionary way of thinking about the human world

Conceptualizing Iranian Anthropology
Conceptualizing Iranian Anthropology

Author: Shahnaz R. Nadjmabadi

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 1845457951

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During recent years, attempts have been made to move beyond the Eurocentric perspective that characterized the social sciences, especially anthropology, for over 150 years. A debate on the “anthropology of anthropology” was needed, one that would consider other forms of knowledge, modalities of writing, and political and intellectual practices. This volume undertakes that challenge: it is the result of discussions held at the first organized encounter between Iranian, American, and European anthropologists since the Iranian Revolution of 1979. It is considered an important first step in overcoming the dichotomy between “peripheral anthropologies” versus “central anthropologies.” The contributors examine, from a critical perspective, the historical, cultural, and political field in which anthropological research emerged in Iran at the beginning of the twentieth century and in which it continues to develop today.

Anthropologists in a Wider World
Anthropologists in a Wider World

Author: Paul Dresch

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 9781571818003

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A dozen papers reflect the newer perspective of studying historical patterns, wider regions, and global networks beyond traditional anthropological fieldwork. New wave scholars reflect on their field and desk experiences and may let the field come to them; e.g., an ethnomusicologist studies the fieldwork of others and observes non- Western performances in a British museum. Includes bandw photos of authors' studies and a substantial bibliography. The editors and contributors are from the U. of Oxford, where the social and cultural anthropology department held a 1997 seminar on the teaching of methods on which this volume is based. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR

21st Century Anthropology: A Reference Handbook
21st Century Anthropology: A Reference Handbook

Author: H. James Birx

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2010-06-10

Total Pages: 1139

ISBN-13: 1412957389

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Highlighting the most important topics, issues, questions and debates, these two volumes offer full coverage of major subthemes and subfields within the discipline of anthropology.

Sociology, Anthropology, and Development
Sociology, Anthropology, and Development

Author: Michael M. Cernea

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 1994-01-01

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 9780821327814

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Environmentally Sustainable Development Studies and Monograph Series No. 3. A listing of works published by World Bank sociologists and anthropologists, this bibliography serves as a vehicle for exchanging experiences and promoting interdisciplinar