Anthropological field studies of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in their unique cultural and political contexts. Cultures of Doing Good: Anthropologists and NGOs serves as a foundational text to advance a growing subfield of social science inquiry: the anthropology of nong…
The concept of relation holds a privileged place in how anthropologists think and write about the social and cultural lives they study. In Relations, eminent anthropologist Marilyn Strathern provides a critical account of this key concept and its usage and significance in the En…
"Queer Kinship gathers essays written at the intersection of queer theory and kinship theory. While both queer scholars and anthropologists have written accounts of kinship independently, this volume brings together interdisciplinary work from the two fields to consider what que…
"Queer Kinship gathers essays written at the intersection of queer theory and kinship theory. While both queer scholars and anthropologists have written accounts of kinship independently, this volume brings together interdisciplinary work from the two fields to consider what que…
Genetic ancestry: our stories, our pasts
by Torres, Jada Benn, Torres Colón, Gabriel A.
fromRoutledge Focus
This book focuses on the scientific nature and limitations of genetic ancestry testing. Co-authored by a genetic anthropologist and a cultural anthropologist, it examines the social, historical, and cultural dimensions of how people interpret genetic ancestry data. Utilizing exa…
While science has achieved an understanding of nature, affording humans the technological capability, it has led, through Euro-American global domination, to the muting of other cultural views and values, even threatening their existence. This book addresses these issues and cha…
This book considers cultural psychology from historical, theoretical, and epistemological perspectives, building an understanding of cultural psychology as a human science and moving beyond the nature-culture dichotomy. The unique collection of chapters seeks to advance the fiel…
Full of practical 'how to' tips for applying theoretical methods - 'doing ethnography' - this book also provides anecdotal evidence and advice for new and experienced researchers on how to engage with their own participation in the field - 'being ethnographic'. The book clearly …
An introduction to life in the country of Morocco through accounts of fieldwork as personal experience and intellectual journey. The authors describe what it is like to live in a place where one is regarded as the outsider. They provide reflections on friendship, kinship, and be…
