Author: Alan Barnard
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000190269
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
The study of hunter-gatherers has had a profound impact on thinking about human nature and about the nature of society. The subject has especially influenced ideas on social evolution and on the development of human culture. Anthropologists and archaeologists continue to investigate living hunter-gatherers and the remains of past hunter-gatherer societies in the hope of unearthing the secrets of our ancestors and learning something of the natural existence of humankind. Hunter-Gatherers in History, Archaeology and Anthropology provides a definitive overview of hunter-gatherer historiography, from the earliest anthropological writings through to the present day. What can early visions of the hunter-gatherer tell us about the societies that generated them? How do diverse national traditions, such as American, Russian and Japanese, manifest themselves in hunter-gatherer research? What is the most up-to-date thinking on the subject and how does it reflect current trends within the social sciences? This book provides a much-needed overview of the history of thought on one of science's most intriguing subjects. It will serve as a landmark text for anthropologists, archaeologists and students researching anthropological theory or the history of social anthropology and related disciplines.
Senri Ethnological Studies
Key Issues in Hunter-Gatherer Research
Author: Linda J. Ellanna
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000324850
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Hunter-gatherer research has experienced enormous expansion over the past three decades. In the late 1950s less than a score of anthropologists were actively engaged in issue-oriented studies of foraging populations. Since then, the number of active researchers has grown into the hundreds.This book offers the most up-to-date anthology of papers on hunter-gatherer research and contains possibly the most comprehensive bibliography on hunter-gatherers ever published. It will be essential reading for all students of hunter-gatherer societies.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000324850
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Hunter-gatherer research has experienced enormous expansion over the past three decades. In the late 1950s less than a score of anthropologists were actively engaged in issue-oriented studies of foraging populations. Since then, the number of active researchers has grown into the hundreds.This book offers the most up-to-date anthology of papers on hunter-gatherer research and contains possibly the most comprehensive bibliography on hunter-gatherers ever published. It will be essential reading for all students of hunter-gatherer societies.
The Failure of Civil Society?
Author: Akihiro Ogawa
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791494039
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
A look at the voluntary sector in Japan, which has emerged strongly only in recent years.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791494039
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
A look at the voluntary sector in Japan, which has emerged strongly only in recent years.
Timothy Asch and Ethnographic Film
Author: E.D Lewis
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134336888
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Beautifully illustrated and featuring articles from many of Asch's friends, colleagues, and collaborators as well as an important interview with Asch himself, this is an idea introduction to his work.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134336888
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Beautifully illustrated and featuring articles from many of Asch's friends, colleagues, and collaborators as well as an important interview with Asch himself, this is an idea introduction to his work.
Anthropological Intelligence
Author: David H. Price
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822342373
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
DIVCultural history of anthropologists' involvement with U.S. intelligence agencies--as spies and informants--during World War II./div
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822342373
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
DIVCultural history of anthropologists' involvement with U.S. intelligence agencies--as spies and informants--during World War II./div
Enterprise as an Instrument of Civilization
Author: Hirochika Nakamaki
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 4431549161
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
In this book, the functions and dynamics of enterprises are explained with the use of anthropological methods. The chapters are based on anthropological research that has continued mainly as an inter-university research project, which is named Keiei Jinruigaku, of the National Museum of Ethnology (Japan) since 1993. These studies have a twofold aim: to clarify that enterprises are not only actors in economic activity but also actors that create culture and civilization; and to find the raison d'être of enterprises in a global society. Business anthropology is an approach to the investigation of various phenomena in enterprises and management using anthropological methodology (e.g., participant observations and interviews). Historically, its origin goes back to the 1920s–30s. In the Hawthorne experiments, the research group organized by Elton Mayo recruited an anthropologist, Lloyd W. Warner, and conducted research on human relations in the workplace by observation of participants. Since then, similar studies have been carried out in the United States and the United Kingdom. In Japan, however, such research is quite rare. Now, in addition to anthropological methods, the authors have employed multidisciplinary methods drawn from management, economics, and sociology. The research contained here can be characterized in these ways: (1) Research methods adopt interpretative approaches such as hermeneutic and/or narrative approaches rather than causal and functional explanations such as “cause–consequence” relationships. (2) Multidisciplinary approaches including qualitative research techniques are employed to investigate the total entity of enterprises, with their own cosmology. In this book, the totality of activities by enterprises are shown, including the relationship between religion and enterprise, corporate funerals, corporate museums, and the sacred space and/or mythology of enterprises. Part I provides introductions to Keiei Jinruigaku and Part II explains the theoretical characteristics of Keiei Jinruigaku. In addition, research topics and cases of Keiei Jinruigaku are presented in Part III.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 4431549161
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
In this book, the functions and dynamics of enterprises are explained with the use of anthropological methods. The chapters are based on anthropological research that has continued mainly as an inter-university research project, which is named Keiei Jinruigaku, of the National Museum of Ethnology (Japan) since 1993. These studies have a twofold aim: to clarify that enterprises are not only actors in economic activity but also actors that create culture and civilization; and to find the raison d'être of enterprises in a global society. Business anthropology is an approach to the investigation of various phenomena in enterprises and management using anthropological methodology (e.g., participant observations and interviews). Historically, its origin goes back to the 1920s–30s. In the Hawthorne experiments, the research group organized by Elton Mayo recruited an anthropologist, Lloyd W. Warner, and conducted research on human relations in the workplace by observation of participants. Since then, similar studies have been carried out in the United States and the United Kingdom. In Japan, however, such research is quite rare. Now, in addition to anthropological methods, the authors have employed multidisciplinary methods drawn from management, economics, and sociology. The research contained here can be characterized in these ways: (1) Research methods adopt interpretative approaches such as hermeneutic and/or narrative approaches rather than causal and functional explanations such as “cause–consequence” relationships. (2) Multidisciplinary approaches including qualitative research techniques are employed to investigate the total entity of enterprises, with their own cosmology. In this book, the totality of activities by enterprises are shown, including the relationship between religion and enterprise, corporate funerals, corporate museums, and the sacred space and/or mythology of enterprises. Part I provides introductions to Keiei Jinruigaku and Part II explains the theoretical characteristics of Keiei Jinruigaku. In addition, research topics and cases of Keiei Jinruigaku are presented in Part III.
Intersecting Journeys
Author: Ellen Badone
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252090438
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
The appeal of sacred sites remains undiminished at the start of the twenty-first century, as unprecedented numbers of visitors travel to Lourdes, Rome, Jerusalem, Santiago de Compostela, and even Star Trek conventions. Ethnographic analysis of the conflicts over resources and meanings associated with such sites, as well as the sense of community they inspire, provides compelling evidence re-emphasizing the links between pilgrimage and tourism. As the papers in this collection demonstrate, studies of these forms of journeying are at the forefront of postmodern debates about movement and centers, global flows, social identities, and the negotiation of meanings.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252090438
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
The appeal of sacred sites remains undiminished at the start of the twenty-first century, as unprecedented numbers of visitors travel to Lourdes, Rome, Jerusalem, Santiago de Compostela, and even Star Trek conventions. Ethnographic analysis of the conflicts over resources and meanings associated with such sites, as well as the sense of community they inspire, provides compelling evidence re-emphasizing the links between pilgrimage and tourism. As the papers in this collection demonstrate, studies of these forms of journeying are at the forefront of postmodern debates about movement and centers, global flows, social identities, and the negotiation of meanings.
Asian Anthropology
Author: Jan Van Bremen
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134271018
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Asian anthropologies and anthropologies in Asia : an introductory essay / Eyal Ben-Ari and Jan van Bremen -- Indigenous and indigenized anthropology in Asia / Grant Evans -- Beyond orthodoxy : social and cultural anthropology in the People's Republic of China / Frank N. Pieke -- Anthropologists of Asia, anthropologists in Asia : the academic mode of production in the semi-periphery / Jerry S. Eades -- Native discourse in the 'academic world system' : Kunio Yanagita's project of global folkloristics reconsidered / Takami Kuwayama -- Korean anthropology : a search for new paradigms / Okpyo Moon -- 'Indigenizing' anthropology in India : problematics of negotiating an identity / Vineeta Sinha -- An Indian anthropology? : what kind of object is it? / Roma Chatterji -- From Volkenkunde to Djurusan antropologi : the emergence of Indonesian anthropology in postwar Indonesia / Michael Prager -- Anthropology and the nation state : applied anthropology in Indonesia / Martin Ramstedt -- Indigenization : features and problems / Syed Farid Alatas.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134271018
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Asian anthropologies and anthropologies in Asia : an introductory essay / Eyal Ben-Ari and Jan van Bremen -- Indigenous and indigenized anthropology in Asia / Grant Evans -- Beyond orthodoxy : social and cultural anthropology in the People's Republic of China / Frank N. Pieke -- Anthropologists of Asia, anthropologists in Asia : the academic mode of production in the semi-periphery / Jerry S. Eades -- Native discourse in the 'academic world system' : Kunio Yanagita's project of global folkloristics reconsidered / Takami Kuwayama -- Korean anthropology : a search for new paradigms / Okpyo Moon -- 'Indigenizing' anthropology in India : problematics of negotiating an identity / Vineeta Sinha -- An Indian anthropology? : what kind of object is it? / Roma Chatterji -- From Volkenkunde to Djurusan antropologi : the emergence of Indonesian anthropology in postwar Indonesia / Michael Prager -- Anthropology and the nation state : applied anthropology in Indonesia / Martin Ramstedt -- Indigenization : features and problems / Syed Farid Alatas.
Ibss: Anthropology: 1986
Author: International Committee for Social Science Information and Documentation
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415031639
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415031639
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
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.
Invisible Population
Author: Natacha Aveline-Dubach
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 0739171445
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
This book provides new information on funerary practices in East Asia's largest cities in which spatial constraints and the secularization of lifestyles are driving innovation. It reveals common trends in Japan, China and Korea, and addresses emerging challenges such as urban sustainability and growing social inequities.
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 0739171445
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
This book provides new information on funerary practices in East Asia's largest cities in which spatial constraints and the secularization of lifestyles are driving innovation. It reveals common trends in Japan, China and Korea, and addresses emerging challenges such as urban sustainability and growing social inequities.