Author: R. B. ApplegatePublisher:
ISBN: 9781555677657
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
The Journal of California Anthropology
Author: R. B. ApplegatePublisher:
ISBN: 9781555677657
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
The Journal of California Anthropology
Author: H. LawtonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781555677664
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 164
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The Journal of California Anthropology
Author: R. A. GouldPublisher:
ISBN: 9781555678296
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 107
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Language Activism
Author: Haley De KornePublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 1501511424
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
While top-down policies and declarations have yet to establish equal status and opportunities for speakers of all languages in practice, activists and advocates at local levels are playing an increasingly significant role in the creation of new social imaginaries and practices in multilingual contexts. This volume describes how social actors across multiple domains contribute to the elusive goal of linguistic equality or justice through their language activism practices. Through an ethnographic account of Indigenous Isthmus Zapotec language activism in Oaxaca, Mexico, this study illuminates the (sometimes conflicting) imaginaries of what positive social change is and how it should be achieved, and the repertoire of strategies through which these imaginaries are being pursued. Ethnographic and action research conducted from 2013-2018 in the multilingual Isthmus of Tehuantepec brings to light the experiences of educators, students, writers, scholars and diverse cultural activists whose aspirations and strategies of social change are significant in shaping the future language ecology. Their repertoire of strategies may inform and encourage language activists, scholars, and educators working for change in other contexts of linguistic diversity and inequality.
Engaged Anthropology
Author: Stuart KirschPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520297946
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
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.
Annihilating Difference
Author: Alexander Laban HintonPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520927575
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Genocide is one of the most pressing issues that confronts us today. Its death toll is staggering: over one hundred million dead. Because of their intimate experience in the communities where genocide takes place, anthropologists are uniquely positioned to explain how and why this mass annihilation occurs and the types of devastation genocide causes. This ground breaking book, the first collection of original essays on genocide to be published in anthropology, explores a wide range of cases, including Nazi Germany, Cambodia, Guatemala, Rwanda, and Bosnia.
In the Field
Author: Prof. George GmelchPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520964217
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
This book offers an invaluable look at what cultural anthropologists do when they are in the field. Through fascinating and often entertaining accounts of their lives and work in varied cultural settings, the authors describe the many forms fieldwork can take, the kinds of questions anthropologists ask, and the common problems they encounter. From these accounts and the experiences of the student field workers the authors have mentored over the years, In the Field makes a powerful case for the value of the anthropological approach to knowledge.
Body Ritual Among the Nacirema
Author: Horace MinerPublisher: Irvington Pub
ISBN: 9780829041828
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Field Journal for Cultural Anthropology
Author: Jessica Bodoh-CreedPublisher: SAGE Publications
ISBN: 1544334109
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 93
Book Description
Think about the world around you in new and different ways! The Field Journal for Cultural Anthropology takes students on an active journey of activities and research in order to apply the concepts they learn in the classroom. With over a decade′s worth of teaching and researching in anthropology, author Jessica Bodoh-Creed’s interactive book prompts students to practice fieldwork and ethnographic skills such as interviewing, taking field notes, creating maps and kinship charts, and overall gathering of data to become effective researchers. The topics cover the gamut of traditional cultural anthropology making this field journal relatable and engaging for students of all ages and backgrounds.
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