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Applying a synthetic approach to the resilience of Finnish reindeer herding as a changing livelihood
Ecology and Society, 2016 Reindeer herding is an emblematic livelihood for Northern Finland, culturally important for local people and valuable in tourism marketing. We examine the livelihood resilience of Finnish reindeer herding by narrowing the focus of general resilience on ...
Simo Sarkki +5 more
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The liberal treatment of difference : an untimely meditation on culture and civilization [PDF]
, 2014 John Stuart Mill’s liberal vision included a notion of “civil advancement” whereby the free expression of a diversity of opinion would result not only in an initial collision of difference but also in an eventual consolidation as truth.
Rapport, Nigel Julian
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Locating European anthropology [PDF]
, 2019 This commentary revisits the “Rethinking Euro-anthropology” Forums published in the journal Social Anthropology/Anthropologie Sociale. It reconsiders three specific issues: who are the subjects of European anthropology, who are its others, and who are ...
Sarah Green (250218) +5 more
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Introduction to special section 1 : Anthropology and character [PDF]
, 2020 This introductory essay seeks to reintroduce character to anthropological inquiry. Although it has long been out of favour due to its historical associations with accounts that attempt to describe national or ethnic character, we argue that a return of ...
Reed, Adam, Bialecki, Jon
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Perspectives : An Open Invitation to Cultural Anthropology [PDF]
, 2017 1. The Development of Anthropological Ideas2. The Culture Concept3. Doing Fieldwork: Methods in Cultural Anthropology4. Language5. Subsistence6. Economics7. Political Anthropology: A Cross-Cultural Comparison8. Family and Marriage9. Race and Ethnicity10.
Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges
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Culture and IS: National cultural dimensions within IS discipline [PDF]
, 2008 The study of culture is rooted in sociology, social psychology, and anthropology. In particular, cultural anthropology seeks to understand the similarities and differences among groups of people in the contemporary world.
Brooks, L, Ali, M
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, 2018 In February 2016, U.S.-based astronomers announced that they had detected gravitational waves, vibrations in the substance of space-time. When they made the detection public, they translated the signal into sound, a "chirp," a sound wave swooping up in ...
Helmreich, Stefan
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Genetic Variation in ADHD‐Related Risk Genes in an Indigenous Population of the Amazon
American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Attention‐Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a highly heritable neurodevelopmental disorder; however, its genetic architecture remains poorly explored in Indigenous populations. This study aimed to analyze and characterize genetic variation in 11 genes (ADGRL3, CDH8, DCC, DUSP6, FOXP1, FOXP2, MEF2C, PCDH7, SEMA6D, SORCS3, and ST3GAL3 ...
Hirlesson Paixão de Matos +11 more
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Anthropology Has One Job (On Genocide in the United States)
, 2023 In an introductory anthropology course, the instructor might provide a definition of anthropology similar to this: “Anthropology is the most scientific of the humanities, and it is the most humanistic of the sciences.” If something like that is said, it ...
Lowry, David Shane
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American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Little is known about how stigma is perceived within psychiatric genetics, a field increasingly central to public discussions about heredity, neurodiversity, and psychiatric risk. Understanding how stigma is perceived and experienced by psychiatric geneticists is important for guiding responsible communication and future stigma‐reduction ...
Anaïs B. Thijssen +14 more
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