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31 produkter
Ethnographic Research
A Guide to General Conduct
Av Roy Ellen
Häftad, 1987
1994 kr
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Ethnographic Research: A Guide to General Conduct is the first in the ASA Research Methods series. This volume is about ethnographic research, the production of data, and the practical aspects of research practice. It is general and introductory in scope. Designed as a handbook, it is suitable for …
Kinship, population and social reproduction in the 'new Indonesia'
A study of Nuaulu cultural resilience
Av Roy Ellen
Häftad, 2020
692 kr
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Nuaulu people on the Indonesian island of Seram have displayed remarkable linguistic and cultural resilience over a period of 50 years. In 1970 their language and traditional culture was widely considered ‘endangered.’ Despite this, Nuaulu have not only maintained their animist identity and shown a …
Redefining Nature
Ecology, Culture and Domestication
Av Roy Ellen, Katsuyoshi Fukui
Inbunden, 2021
2513 kr
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- How can anthropology improve our understanding of the interrelationship between nature and culture?- What can anthropology contribute to practical debates which depend on particular definitions of nature, such as that concerning sustainable development?Humankind has evolved over several million …
The Cultural Relations of Classification
An Analysis of Nuaulu Animal Categories from Central Seram
Av Roy Ellen, Meyer Fortes m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
716 kr
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Ethnobiology is concerned with the social and cultural transformation of biological knowledge. Roy Ellen, who has worked among the Nuaulu people of eastern Indonesia for more than twenty years, argues here that ethnobiology is a key theoretical area of anthropological enquiry, because it relies on …
Environment, Subsistence and System
The Ecology of Small-Scale Social Formations
Av Roy Ellen, Jack Goody
Häftad, 1982
634 kr
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Human ecology is ultimately part of a general theory of society. This is the argument developed here by Roy Ellen, whose exploration of the interplay between social organization and ecology in small-scale subsistence systems has direct bearings both on the investigation of human environmental …
The Cultural Relations of Classification
An Analysis of Nuaulu Animal Categories from Central Seram
Av Roy Ellen
Inbunden, 1993
2003 kr
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Ethnobiology is concerned with the social and cultural transformation of biological knowledge. Roy Ellen, who has worked among the Nuaulu people of eastern Indonesia for more than twenty years, argues here that ethnobiology is a key theoretical area of anthropological enquiry, because it relies on …
Modern Crises and Traditional Strategies
Local Ecological Knowledge in Island Southeast Asia
Av Roy Ellen
Häftad, 2011
543 kr
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Probably more than any other British anthropologist, Roy Ellen is associated with the study of ethnobiology; his has also long ranked among the leading names in the field ...Both readers new to Ellen as well as those already familiar with his work will find this collection rewarding. American …
Modern Crises and Traditional Strategies
Local Ecological Knowledge in Island Southeast Asia
Av Roy Ellen
E-bok, 2007
326 kr
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The 1990s have seen a growing interest in the role of local ecological knowledge in the context of sustainable development, and particularly in providing a set of responses to which populations may resort in times of political, economic and environmental instability. The period 1996-2003 in island …
Categorical Impulse
Essays on the Anthropology of Classifying Behavior
Av Roy Ellen
E-bok, 2008
326 kr
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Classification, as an object of recent anthropological scrutiny came to prominence during the 1960s, exemplified in the British (constructionist) tradition by the writings of Mary Douglas, and in the American ethno-semantics (cognitive) tradition by the likes of Harold Conklin and Brent Berlin. At …
Understanding Cultural Transmission in Anthropology
A Critical Synthesis
Av Roy Ellen, Stephen J. Lycett m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
2077 kr
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The concept of "cultural transmission" is central to much contemporary anthropological theory, since successful human reproduction through social systems is essential for effective survival and for enhancing the adaptiveness of individual humans and local populations. Yet, what is understood by the …
Understanding Cultural Transmission in Anthropology
A Critical Synthesis
Av Sarah E. Johns, Stephen J. Lycett m. fl.
E-bok, 2013
366 kr
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The concept of "cultural transmission" is central to much contemporary anthropological theory, since successful human reproduction through social systems is essential for effective survival and for enhancing the adaptiveness of individual humans and local populations. Yet, what is understood by the …
Redefining Nature
Ecology, Culture and Domestication
Av Katsuyoshi Fukui, Roy Ellen
E-bok, 2021
762 kr
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How can anthropology improve our understanding of the interrelationship between nature and culture?- What can anthropology contribute to practical debates which depend on particular definitions of nature, such as that concerning sustainable development?Humankind has evolved over several million …
Redefining Nature
Ecology, Culture and Domestication
Av Katsuyoshi Fukui, Roy Ellen
E-bok, 2021
738 kr
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How can anthropology improve our understanding of the interrelationship between nature and culture?- What can anthropology contribute to practical debates which depend on particular definitions of nature, such as that concerning sustainable development?Humankind has evolved over several million …
Indigenous Enviromental Knowledge and its Transformations
Critical Anthropological Perspectives
Av Peter Parkes, Roy Ellen m. fl.
E-bok, 2003
932 kr
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The first concerted critical examination of the uses and abuses of indigenous knowledge. The contributors focus on a series of interrelated issues in their interrogation of indigenous knowledge and its specific applications within the localised contexts of particular Asian societies and regional …
Indigenous Enviromental Knowledge and its Transformations
Critical Anthropological Perspectives
Av Peter Parkes, Roy Ellen m. fl.
E-bok, 2003
953 kr
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The first concerted critical examination of the uses and abuses of indigenous knowledge. The contributors focus on a series of interrelated issues in their interrogation of indigenous knowledge and its specific applications within the localised contexts of particular Asian societies and regional …
Kinship, population and social reproduction in the 'new Indonesia'
A study of Nuaulu cultural resilience
Av Roy Ellen
Inbunden, 2018
2513 kr
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Nuaulu people on the Indonesian island of Seram have displayed remarkable linguistic and cultural resilience over a period of 50 years. In 1970 their language and traditional culture was widely considered ‘endangered.’ Despite this, Nuaulu have not only maintained their animist identity and shown a …
Kinship, population and social reproduction in the 'new Indonesia'
A study of Nuaulu cultural resilience
Av Roy Ellen
E-bok, 2018
796 kr
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Nuaulu people on the Indonesian island of Seram have displayed remarkable linguistic and cultural resilience over a period of 50 years. In 1970 their language and traditional culture was widely considered ‘endangered.’ Despite this, Nuaulu have not only maintained their animist identity and …
Kinship, population and social reproduction in the 'new Indonesia'
A study of Nuaulu cultural resilience
Av Roy Ellen
E-bok, 2018
814 kr
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Nuaulu people on the Indonesian island of Seram have displayed remarkable linguistic and cultural resilience over a period of 50 years. In 1970 their language and traditional culture was widely considered ‘endangered.’ Despite this, Nuaulu have not only maintained their animist identity and …
Ethnobiology and the Science of Humankind
Häftad, 2006
287 kr
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Part of The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Special Issue Book Series, this landmark volume assesses the contribution of recent work in ethnobiology to anthropological thought. Considers the ways in which the subject matter and methodologies of ethnobiological research address core …
Understanding Cultural Transmission in Anthropology
A Critical Synthesis
Av Roy Ellen, Stephen J. Lycett m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
601 kr
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The concept of "cultural transmission" is central to much contemporary anthropological theory, since successful human reproduction through social systems is essential for effective survival and for enhancing the adaptiveness of individual humans and local populations. Yet, what is understood by the …
Nature Wars
Essays Around a Contested Concept
Av Roy Ellen
Inbunden, 2020
1861 kr
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Organized around issues, debates and discussions concerning the various ways in which the concept of nature has been used, this book looks at how the term has been endlessly deconstructed and reclaimed, as reflected in anthropological, scientific, and similar writing over the last several decades. …
Nature Wars
Essays Around a Contested Concept
Av Roy Ellen
E-bok, 2020
287 kr
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Organized around issues, debates and discussions concerning the various ways in which the concept of nature has been used, this book looks at how the term has been endlessly deconstructed and reclaimed, as reflected in anthropological, scientific, and similar writing over the last several decades. …
Nature Wars
Essays Around a Contested Concept
Av Roy Ellen
Häftad, 2026
339 kr
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Organized around issues, debates and discussions concerning the various ways in which the concept of nature has been used, this book looks at how the term has been endlessly deconstructed and reclaimed, as reflected in anthropological, scientific, and similar writing over the last several decades. …
Categorical Impulse
Essays on the Anthropology of Classifying Behavior
Av Roy Ellen
Inbunden, 2005
1861 kr
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Classification, as an object of recent anthropological scrutiny came to prominence during the 1960s, exemplified in the British (constructionist) tradition by the writings of Mary Douglas, and in the American ethno-semantics (cognitive) tradition by the likes of Harold Conklin and Brent Berlin. At …
Categorical Impulse
Essays on the Anthropology of Classifying Behavior
Av Roy Ellen
Häftad, 2008
527 kr
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Classification, as an object of recent anthropological scrutiny came to prominence during the 1960s, exemplified in the British (constructionist) tradition by the writings of Mary Douglas, and in the American ethno-semantics (cognitive) tradition by the likes of Harold Conklin and Brent Berlin. At …
Modern Crises and Traditional Strategies
Local Ecological Knowledge in Island Southeast Asia
Av Roy Ellen
Inbunden, 2007
1916 kr
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The 1990s have seen a growing interest in the role of local ecological knowledge in the context of sustainable development, and particularly in providing a set of responses to which populations may resort in times of political, economic and environmental instability. The period 1996-2003 in island …
Redefining Nature
Ecology, Culture and Domestication
Av Roy Ellen, Katsuyoshi Fukui
Häftad, 1996
649 kr
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- How can anthropology improve our understanding of the interrelationship between nature and culture?- What can anthropology contribute to practical debates which depend on particular definitions of nature, such as that concerning sustainable development?Humankind has evolved over several million …
Nuaulu World of Plants
Ethnobotanical cognition, knowledge and practice among a people of Seram, eastern Indonesia
Av Roy Ellen
Inbunden, 2020
1609 kr
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Roy Ellen's The Nuaulu World of Plants is the culmination of anthropological fieldwork on the eastern Indonesian island of Seram, and of comparative enquiries into the bases of human classificatory activity through the study of ethnobiological knowledge over a fifty year period. This rich account …
Indigenous Enviromental Knowledge and its Transformations
Critical Anthropological Perspectives
Av Alan Bicker, Roy Ellen m. fl.
Inbunden, 2000
2513 kr
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The first concerted critical examination of the uses and abuses of indigenous knowledge. The contributors focus on a series of interrelated issues in their interrogation of indigenous knowledge and its specific applications within the localised contexts of particular Asian societies and regional …
Indigenous Enviromental Knowledge and its Transformations
Critical Anthropological Perspectives
Av Alan Bicker, Roy Ellen m. fl.
Häftad, 2000
808 kr
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The first concerted critical examination of the uses and abuses of indigenous knowledge. The contributors focus on a series of interrelated issues in their interrogation of indigenous knowledge and its specific applications within the localised contexts of particular Asian societies and regional …
