Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Special Issue Book Series – serie
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Mind and Spirit
A Comparative Theory
Häftad, 2020
286 kr
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Does the way we think about our minds matter? Our judgements about what counts as thought are so intimate that we may not even realize that we make them. But we do – and the way we make them has consequences for our sense of the real. The Mind and Spirit project (presented in this volume) finds …
Blood Will Out
Essays on Liquid Transfers and Flows
Häftad, 2013
303 kr
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Unique in focus and international in scope, this book brings together 10 essays about the material, metaphorical, and symbolic importance of blood. An interdisciplinary study that unites the work of noted historians and anthropologistsIncorporates insights from recent work in symbolism, kinship …
Doubt, Conflict, Mediation
The Anthropology of Modern Time
Av Laura Bear
Häftad, 2014
286 kr
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Doubt, Conflict, Mediation is an interdisciplinary examination and reassessment of standard assumptions in social theory about modern time. Rethinks capitalist and neo-liberal conceptions of time from both a sociological and anthropological perspectiveBlends innovative and rich ethnographic studies …
Environmental Futures
Häftad, 2016
286 kr
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Concerns about the exploitation of limited resources, optimum development trajectories, and climate change draw attention to the temporal horizons of our environment - Environmental Futures is a curated collection of essays that explores different ways of knowing the future and how these futures …
Meetings
Ethnographies of Organizational Process, Bureaucracy and Assembly
Av Hannah Brown, Adam Reed m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
286 kr
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This book is an exploration of how this remarkably efficient and familiar form of gathering operates, in different times and places, and how it comes to be recognised by those who experience or deploy it. Throws the spotlight on the epistemological and ontological basis of coming together through …
Dislocating Labour
Anthropological Reconfigurations
Av Penelope Harvey, Christian Krohn-Hansen
Häftad, 2018
286 kr
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The contributors to this volume interrogate the labour/capital relation exploring the ways in which industrial outsourcing and subcontracting transform the conditions, possibilities and politics of work. Discusses the effects of economic deregulation on agricultural economies and on local …
Towards an Anthropology of Data
Av Rachel Douglas-Jones, Antonia Walford m. fl.
Häftad, 2021
292 kr
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This volume presents a set of theoretically inventive pieces that engage with data across its many locations, from government databases to ecological field stations, from kitchen tables to concrete bunkers. Contributors demonstrate how thinking with data can be conceptually generative for …
On Irreconciliation
Häftad, 2022
286 kr
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On Irreconciliation focuses on the less examined but frequent ethnographic instances when survivors refuse to forgive in response to persistent impunity of past injustices, particularly, in the face of absence-presence of the rule of law and staged processes of justice which serve the powerful. An …
Ethnobiology and the Science of Humankind
Häftad, 2006
286 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 …
Wind, Life, Health
Anthropological and Historical Perspectives
Häftad, 2007
286 kr
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Published as part of The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Special Issue Book Series, and through a series of thought-provoking articles, Wind, Life, Health: Anthropological and Historical Perspectives examines the richness of human ideas surrounding wind in all its manifestations - …
Objects of Evidence
Anthropological Approaches to the Production of Knowledge
Häftad, 2009
286 kr
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Part of The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Special Issue Book Series, the contributors to this volume share the conviction that anthropology can no longer afford to ignore the importance of the concept of evidence, either for the ways in which anthropologists carry out their work …
Making Knowledge
Explorations of the Indissoluble Relation between Mind, Body and Environment
Häftad, 2010
297 kr
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Making Knowledge presents the work of leading anthropologists who promote pioneering approaches to understanding the nature and social constitution of human knowledge. The book offers a progressive interdisciplinary approach to the subject and covers a rich and diverse ethnography. Presents …
Power of Example
Anthropological Explorations in Persuasion, Evocation and Imitation
Häftad, 2015
240 kr
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The Power of Example is an interdisciplinary examination of the integral role that examples and exemplification play in anthropological theory and practice. Explores the evocative and persuasive power, both positive and negative, of ‘exemplary examples’ in social lifeIncludes contributions from …
Energy and Ethics?
Av Mette M. High, Jessica M. Smith
Häftad, 2019
247 kr
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This volume presents a much-needed rethinking and proposes a more nuanced, inclusive, and capacious approach to energy ethics that will help us grapple with some of the most pressing issues of our time. The contributors demonstrate how ethics emerge through people’s everyday thoughts and practices, …
