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Orangutan Cultures and the Evolution of Material Culture
Science, 2003Geographic variation in some aspects of chimpanzee behavior has been interpreted as evidence for culture. Here we document similar geographic variation in orangutan behaviors. Moreover, as expected under a cultural interpretation, we find a correlation between geographic distance and cultural difference, a correlation between the abundance of ...
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Computational Material Culture
Architectural Design, 2016Computation offers considerable possibilities for architecture, going well beyond the conventional sphere of design that focuses on the generation of complex geometries. Achim Menges, a regular contributor and guest‐editor to 2, and Founding Director of the Institute for Computational Design (ICD) at the University of Stuttgart, is renowned for his ...
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Editing : Material Culture or Cultural Margins?
Textus, 2009Electronic publishing, the role of the editor, significance of publishing policies in the process of cultural ...
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Memoirs of the Society for American Archaeology, 1957
Before outlining this section concerned with material culture I should perhaps try to be explicit about the philosophy which guides me in archeological matters. It is my conviction that archeological work does not transcend antiquarianism (a legitimate and justifiable occupation) unless the specimens and the observational data are regarded as ...
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Before outlining this section concerned with material culture I should perhaps try to be explicit about the philosophy which guides me in archeological matters. It is my conviction that archeological work does not transcend antiquarianism (a legitimate and justifiable occupation) unless the specimens and the observational data are regarded as ...
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2020
Cultural materialism as a literary critical practice—this article will not address its anthropological namesake—is a Marxist-inspired and mostly British approach to in particular Shakespeare and early modern English literature that emerged and became prominent in the 1980s.
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Cultural materialism as a literary critical practice—this article will not address its anthropological namesake—is a Marxist-inspired and mostly British approach to in particular Shakespeare and early modern English literature that emerged and became prominent in the 1980s.
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Material Culture and Cultural History
The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 2005Whereas literary and cultural historians are interested in how early modern English culture was represented and perceived, historians of material culture are concerned with how it functioned and was experienced. Much can be learned from the study of the physical artifacts and goods described in inventories; only hard evidence can challenge and ...
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Cultural History and Cultural Materialism
Journal of Aesthetic Education, 1990I've been asked to cover a specific topic for this special issue, the interpretation of Shakespeare from the perspective of cultural history. I'm going to ask certain questions intended for both Shakespeareans and common readers. The first is, Can interpretation ever be final? This question matters more to students than one thinks.
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2001
Cultural Materialism, published in 1979, was Marvin Harris's first full-length explication of the theory with which his work has been associated. While Harris has developed and modified some of his ideas over the past two decades, generations of professors have looked to this volume as the essential starting point for explaining the science of culture ...
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Cultural Materialism, published in 1979, was Marvin Harris's first full-length explication of the theory with which his work has been associated. While Harris has developed and modified some of his ideas over the past two decades, generations of professors have looked to this volume as the essential starting point for explaining the science of culture ...
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2016
Abstract Material culture is central to all aspects of archaeology and yet it continues to be argued that things have been under-theorized in archaeological theory. The focus on this chapter is on developments in the study of material culture since the ‘material culture turn’.
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Abstract Material culture is central to all aspects of archaeology and yet it continues to be argued that things have been under-theorized in archaeological theory. The focus on this chapter is on developments in the study of material culture since the ‘material culture turn’.
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