Cultural Anthropology is a sophisticated synthesis of social and cultural anthropology. Keesing was concerned with the political and ethical implications of anthropological research and the 85 up-dated case studies illustrate this.
Child Migration in Africa explores the mobility of children without their parents within West Africa. Drawing on the experiences of children from rural Burkina Faso and Ghana, the book provides rich material on the circumstances of children's voluntary migration and their experi…
Antropología cultural
by Miller, Barbara, Francesch Díaz, Alfredo, Monge Martínez, Fernando
La Antropología cultural es una apertura a nuevos mundos. No de "por ahí", sino de aquí, de allá, de todas partes. La materia de la antropología puede parecer remota, exótica, los "otros": tambores en la selva y caras pintadas, por ejemplo. Este libro ayuda a los estudiantes a t…
This thesis is an interrogation of the contemporary politics of movement and more specifically, migration politics from the perspective of the agency of design and designing. At the core of this thesis lies a series of arguments which invite design researchers and migration scho…
With increasing cultural encounters, the global trend is towards mixing or hybridization from curry and chips -- recently voted the favourite dish in Britain -- to Thai saunas, Zen Judaism, Nigerian Kung Fu, "Bollywood" films or salsa or reggae music. Some people celebrate these…
"The period in which we live is marked by increasingly frequent and intense cultural encounters of all kinds. However we react to it, the global trend towards mixing or hybridization is impossible to miss, from curry and chips --recently voted the favourite dish in Britain-- to …
"In today's globalised world, it is increasingly important to understand the otherness of different societies and their beliefs, histories and practices. This book focuses on a burning cultural issue: how concepts and constructions of gender and sexuality impact upon health, med…
In this course of lectures Prof. Fischer surveys anthropology, the study of human societies and comparative customs with a special emphasis on pre-capitalist societies and the things which pre-capitalist societies and modern societies have in common.
Anthropology and the study of humanity
by Teaching Company, Lacy, Scott M.
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"This course is an introduction to academic anthropology and its 4 subfields: biological anthropology, archaeology, linguistics, and sociocultural anthropology. Over the course of 24 lectures, we will learn how anthropology and its subfields further our understanding of our worl…