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Anthropology: The Basics
  • Author : Peter Metcalf
  • Release Date : 02 May 2006
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Genre : Social Science
  • Pages : 224
  • ISBN 13 : 9781134329038
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Book Description: The ultimate guide for the student encountering anthropology for the first time, Anthropology: The Basics explains and explores key anthropological concepts including: what is anthropology? how can we distinguish cultural differences from physical ones? what is culture, anyway? how do anthropologists study culture? what are the key theories and approaches used today? How has the discipline changed over time? This student-friendly text provides an overview of the fundamental principles of anthropology and is an invaluable guide for anyone wanting to learn more about this fascinating subject.

Anthropology The Basics

Anthropology The Basics

Author : Peter Metcalf
Publisher : Routledge
Genre : Social Science
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The ultimate guide for the student encountering anthropology for the first time, Anthropology: The Basics explains and explores key anthropological concepts including: what is anthropology? how can we distinguish cultural differences from physical ones? what is culture, anyway? how do anthropologists study culture? what are the key theories and approaches ...

Writing Anthropology

Writing Anthropology

Author : Carole McGranahan
Publisher : Duke University Press
Genre : Social Science
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In Writing Anthropology, fifty-two anthropologists reflect on scholarly writing as both craft and commitment. These short essays cover a wide range of territory, from ethnography, genre, and the politics of writing to affect, storytelling, authorship, and scholarly responsibility. Anthropological writing is more than just communicating findings: anthropologists write to tell ...

Asian Anthropology

Asian Anthropology

Author : Jan Van Bremen,Eyal Ben-Ari,Syed Farid Alatas
Publisher : Routledge
Genre : History
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Asian Anthropology raises important questions regarding the nature of anthropology and particularly the production and consumption of anthropological knowledge in Asia. Instead of assuming a universal standard or trajectory for the development of anthropology in Asia, the contributors to this volume begin with the appropriate premise that anthropologies in different ...

The Making of Anthropology in East and Southeast Asia

The Making of Anthropology in East and Southeast Asia

Author : Bosco Yamashita
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Genre : Social Science
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In a path-breaking series of essays the contributors to this collection explore the development of anthropological research in Asia. The volume includes writings on Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, Malaysia and the Philippines....

Perspectives

Perspectives

Author : Nina Brown,Thomas McIlwraith,Laura Tubelle de Gonz�lez
Publisher : Unknown
Genre : Uncategorized
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Welcome to the second edition of Perspectives and Open Access Anthropology! An electronic version of this textbook is available free of charge at the Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges' webpage here: http: //perspectives.americananthro.org/...

Visualizing Anthropology

Visualizing Anthropology

Author : Anna Grimshaw,Amanda Ravetz
Publisher : Intellect Books
Genre : Art
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Questions of vision and knowledge are central to debates about the world in which we live. Developing new analytical approaches toward ways of seeing is a key challenge facing those working across a wide range of disciplines. How can visuality be understood on its own terms rather than by means ...

Introducing Urban Anthropology

Introducing Urban Anthropology

Author : Rivke Jaffe,Anouk De Koning
Publisher : Routledge
Genre : Social Science
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This book provides an up-to-date introduction to the important and growing field of urban anthropology. This is an increasingly critical area of study, as more than half of the world's population now lives in cities and anthropological research is increasingly done in an urban context. Exploring contemporary anthropological approaches to ...

A Handbook of Practicing Anthropology

A Handbook of Practicing Anthropology

Author : Riall Nolan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Genre : Social Science
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An essential career-planning resource, A Handbook ofPracticing Anthropology presents a comprehensive account ofcontemporary anthropological practice written primarily byanthropological practitioners Engagingly written and instructive accounts ofpractice by anthropological professionals working in corporations,governmental, entrepreneurial, and educational settings Provides essential guidance on applying anthropologicalprinciples on the job: what works well and what ...

Theory in Social and Cultural Anthropology

Theory in Social and Cultural Anthropology

Author : R. Jon McGee,Richard L. Warms
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Genre : Social Science
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Social and cultural anthropology and archaeology are rich subjects with deep connections in the social and physical sciences. Over the past 150 years, the subject matter and different theoretical perspectives have expanded so greatly that no single individual can command all of it. Consequently, both advanced students and professionals may be ...

Careers in Anthropology

Careers in Anthropology

Author : Anonim
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Genre : Social Science
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NAPA Bulletin is a peer reviewed occasional publication ofthe National Association for the Practice of Anthropology,dedicated to the practical problem-solving and policy applicationsof anthropological knowledge and methods. peer reviewed publication of the National Association for thePractice of Anthropology dedicated to the practical problem-solving and policyapplications of anthropological knowledge and ...

Design and Anthropology

Design and Anthropology

Author : Wendy Gunn,Jared Donovan
Publisher : Routledge
Genre : Social Science
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Design and Anthropology challenges conventional thinking regarding the nature of design and creativity, in a way that acknowledges the improvisatory skills and perceptual acuity of people. Combining theoretical investigations and documentation of practice based experiments, it addresses methodological questions concerning the re-conceptualisation of the relation between design and use from ...

Economic Anthropology

Economic Anthropology

Author : Chris Hann,Keith Hart
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Genre : Social Science
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This book is a new introduction to the history and practice of economic anthropology by two leading authors in the field. They show that anthropologists have contributed to understanding the three great questions of modern economic history: development, socialism and one-world capitalism. In doing so, they connect economic anthropology to ...

Anthropology by Comparison

Anthropology by Comparison

Author : Richard G. Fox,Andre Gingrich
Publisher : Routledge
Genre : Social Science
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Comparison has long been the backbone of the discipline of anthropology. But recent developments in anthropology, including critical self-reflection and new case studies sited in a globalized world, have pushed comparative work aside. For the most part, comparison as theory and method has been a casualty of the critique of ...

Applied Anthropology

Applied Anthropology

Author : Sheena Nahm,Cortney Hughes Rinker
Publisher : Routledge
Genre : Social Science
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This collection brings together recent innovative work in applied and practicing anthropology. Organised around the theme of unexpectedness, it examines some of the novel spaces, topics, and methods that anthropologists are involved with. The volume emphasises non-traditional settings and demonstrates the important role of anthropology in addressing some of the ...