What if development agencies and researchers are not driven by policy. Suppose that the things that make for good policy - policy that legitimises and mobilises political support - in reality make it impossible to implement. By focusing in detail on the unfolding ac... Lees meer.

This exciting book takes a profound new approach to the study of four related disciplines and seeks to tie them together. Tim Ingold considers anthropology archaeology art and architecture as ways of making involving the creation of knowledge the building of environ... Lees meer.

In this powerful but accessible new study John Bowen draws on a full range of work in social anthropology to present Islam in ways that emphasise its constitutive practices from praying and learning to judging and political organising. Starting at the heart of Islam... Lees meer.

What can architects learn from anthropologists. This is the central question examined in Anthropology for Architects a survey and exploration of the ideas which underpin the correspondence between contemporary social anthropology and architecture. The focus is on arc... Lees meer.

Anthropology originated as the study of primitive cultures. But the notion of primitive exposes presumptions of civilized superiority and the right of the West to speak for less evolved others. With the fall of Empire anthropology became suspect and was torn by... Lees meer.

Climate change has meant that the future of the Arctic is important to the future of the world. This book is a glimpse into the changes affecting a community within the Arctic circle. Engaging rich and nuanced this book exposes the deep dilemmas facing this Arctic... Lees meer.

What is the role of culture in human experience. This concise yet solid introduction to cultural anthropology helps readers explore and understand this crucial issue from a Christian perspective. Now revised and updated throughout this new edition of a successful tex... Lees meer.

Research Methods in Anthropology editie. Fifth Edition is een boek van H. Russell Bernard uitgegeven bij Altamira Press U.S.. ISBN 9780759112421Research Methods in Anthropology is the standard textbook for methods classes in anthropology. Written in Russ BernardOs un... Lees meer.

Comparison is fundamental to evolutionary anthropology. This book provides an investigation of the comparative foundations of evolutionary anthropology in research including studies of animal behavior biodiversity linguistic evolution allometry and cross-cultural v... Lees meer.

A journey into the social lives of meaninglessness.... Lees meer.

A critical look at how a non-traditional technocratic development industry is failing the societies it professes to help Western aid is in decline. Non-traditional development actors from the developing countries and elsewhere are in the ascendant. A new set of glob... Lees meer.

Wrapping in Images is a comparative analysis of tattooing in Polynesia in its original setting. It shows how tattooing played a key role in the social construction of the person in the main Polynesian societies and provides a new perspective on Polynesian comparative s... Lees meer.

The Anthropology of Entrepreneurship provides a comprehensive overview of the unique contribution from anthropology to the field of entrepreneurship studies. The Anthropology of Entrepreneurship provides a comprehensive overview of the unique contribution from anthr... Lees meer.

The Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology provides a unique guide to the ideas arguments and history of the discipline which discusses human social and cultural life in all its diversity and difference. Theory ethnography and history are combined in over 23... Lees meer.

Today international development policy is converging around ideas of neoliberal reform democratisation and poverty reduction. What does this mean for the local and international dimensions of aid relationships. The Aid Effect demonstrates the fruitfulness of an eth... Lees meer.