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Ethnography, Cultural and Social Anthropology [PDF]

open access: yesAmerican Anthropologist, 1953
ETHNOGRAPHY, CULTURAL AND SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY By ROBERT H. LOWIE HE discussion Murdock and Firth, Professor Fortes's T contribution to by Professors Professor Radcliffe-Brown's illuminating the debate, letter in a recent issue of this journal, and a number of other statements by American and British colleagues (Murdock 1951; Firth 1951; Radcliffe-Brown
openaire   +2 more sources

Cross-cutting Ties and Coexistence: Intermarriage, Land Rentals and Changing Land Use Patterns among Maasai and Kikuyu of Maiella and Enoosupukia, Lake Naivasha Basin, Kenya

open access: yesRural Landscapes: Society Environment History, 2015
This paper explores the value of cross-cutting ties and conflicting loyalties for the peaceful management of conflicts and the emergence of collective action across previously violently contested community boundaries in two communities in the Lake ...
Eric Mutisya Kioko, Michael Bollig
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On Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Networks in a Multilayered Reality: Clashing Interests in the Ethnic Enclave of Lloret de Mar

open access: yesSocieties, 2014
Over the last decade, the tourist destination of Lloret de Mar (Gerona, Spain) has experienced an increasing concentration of souvenir stores owned by a population of Indian origin.
Hugo Valenzuela-García   +5 more
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The Politics of Breathing Troubles in COVID-19: Pandemic Inequalities and the Right to Breathe across India and Germany

open access: yesMedicine Anthropology Theory, 2022
‘Breathing trouble’ refers both to a biopolitical process and a metaphor for the current global condition. This Position Piece draws inspiration from the ‘universal right to breathe’ frame suggested by Joseph-Achille Mbembe (2021a) to discuss pandemic ...
Nasima Selim
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Population Aging as the Social Body in Representation and Real Life [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This article uses three levels of body analysis as presented by Nancy Scheper-Hughes and Margaret Lock to compare old age as a construct in population aging discourse with research on lived experience of people aging in the United States and Ghana.
Crampton, Alexandra
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O pewnym „kazachskim” petroglifie i jego „podróży” w czasie i przestrzeni. Refleksja o społecznej adaptacji przeszłości [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Author of the paper discusses social implications of the choice of a prehistoric rock art. image as a graphic symbol of the Institute of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology of the Adam Mickiewicz University. The essay is divided into two parts. The first
Rozwadowski, Andrzej
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Inai Cultural Dialectics: Indigenous Knowledge of Natural Dyes among the Iban Dayak as a Response to the Phenomenon of Fast Fashion

open access: yesMudra: Jurnal Seni Budaya
Basic human needs, including clothing, have become commodities in the hands of industrial players, leading to a culture of consumption and negatively impacting the environment.
Diaz Restu Darmawan   +2 more
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Afro-Turks: Representation, Tradition and Identity / Afro-Türkler: Temsiliyet, Gelenek ve Kimlik [PDF]

open access: yesFolklor/Edebiyat, 2020
This study problematizes how representations and traditions relate to identity with a particular focus on Afro-Turks. Analyzing identity along with representation and tradition, this study traces the history of slavery while constructing the bonds of ...
Müge Akpınar
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Networks and Knowledge at the Interface Governing the Coast of East Kalimantan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The thesis explores the actual processes of interaction between global and local actors regarding marine conservation and aquaculture development. The objective of the thesis is to analyse the collaboration, friction, and the cultural-historical, social,
Kusumawati, R. (Rini)
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Becoming Part of an Eco-Community: Social and Environmental Activism or Livelihood Strategy?

open access: yesSocial Sciences, 2017
Studying grassroots initiatives which aim to respond to environmental and social crisis is of renewed importance nowadays, in the aftermath of the 2008-9 financial crisis in southern Europe. This paper studies people’s motivations for becoming part of an
Paula Escribano   +2 more
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