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Author : Bruce M. Knauft
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1993-03-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0521429315

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South Coast New Guinea Cultures by Bruce M. Knauft Pdf

The communities of south coast New Guinea were the subject of classic ethnographies, and fresh studies in recent decades have put these rich and complex cultures at the centre of anthropological debates. Flamboyant sexual practices, such as ritual homosexuality, have attracted particular interest. In the first general book on the region, Dr Knauft reaches striking new comparative conclusions through a careful ethnographic analysis of sexuality, the status of women, ritual and cosmology, political economy, and violence among the region's seven major language-culture areas. The findings suggest new Melanesian regional contrasts and provide for a general critique of the way regional comparisons are constructed in anthropology. Theories of practice and political economy as well as post-modern insights are drawn upon to provide a generative theory of indigenous social and symbolic development.

Author : Sjoerd R. Jaarsma,Marta Rohatynskyj
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2000-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0824823028

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Ethnographic Artifacts by Sjoerd R. Jaarsma,Marta Rohatynskyj Pdf

Ethnographic Artifacts: Challenges to a Reflexive Anthropology examines anthropological practice and product, confronting issues of representation and the power of discourse in the lives and practice of both those doing research and of those being researched. Using eight case studies by ethnographers who share extensive research experience in the Pacific, the volume outlines "the trouble with ethnography" so representative of the end of this century, where ethnography itself is perceived as a codification of contested relations. Ethnographic Artifacts takes a unique approach to the social life of ethnography. The editors identify three domains in which ethnographic artifacts are given meaning: as text, as object, and as a historically contrived representation of the community in the public sphere. By allowing that analysis of the life of ethnography is important in all three of these domains, appreciation moves beyond narrow rhetorical and textual concerns. The volume provides a multi-faceted means for the reflexive understanding of the production, distribution, and reception of ethnography. Its goal is not mere documentation but rather the assessment of the ethical dimensions of the discipline's practice in a globalizing world. By melding ethical concerns with reflection on the text and the object itself, Ethnographic Artifacts adds dimension to the now well-established reflexive literature. Contributors: Niko Besnier, Jonathan Friedman, Michael Goldsmith, Sjoerd R. Jaarsma, Grant McCall, Mary N. MacDonald, Judith Macdonald, Toon van Meijl, Marta A. Rohatynskyj.

Author : Gilbert H. Herdt
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1993-01-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0520080963

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Ritualized Homosexuality in Melanesia by Gilbert H. Herdt Pdf

This book contains the work of seven leading anthropologists on the subject of ritualized homosexuality, and it marks the first time that anthropologists have systematically studied cross-cultural variations in homosexual behavior in a non-Western culture area. The book as a whole indicates that contemporary theories of sex and gender development need revision in light of the Melanesian findings.

Author : Aris Ananta
Publisher : Flipside Digital Content Company Inc.
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789814695947

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Demography of Indonesia's Ethnicity by Aris Ananta Pdf

Indonesia, the largest country in Southeast Asia, has as its national motto "e;Unity in Diversity."e; In 2010, Indonesia stood as the world's fourth most populous country after China, India and the United States, with 237.6 million people. This archipelagic country contributed 3.5 per cent to the world's population in the same year. The country's demographic and political transitions have resulted in an emerging need to better understand the ethnic composition of Indonesia. This book aims to contribute to that need. It is a demographic study on ethnicity, mostly relying on the tabulation provided by the BPS (Badan Pusat Statistik; Statistics-Indonesia) based on the complete data set of the 2010 population census. The information on ethnicity was collected for 236,728,379 individuals, a huge data set. The book has four objectives: To produce a new comprehensive classification of ethnic groups to better capture the rich diversity of ethnicity in Indonesia; to report on the ethnic composition in Indonesia and in each of the thirty three provinces using the new classification; to evaluate the dynamics of the fifteen largest ethnic groups in Indonesia during 2000-2010; and to examine the religions and languages of each of the fifteen largest ethnic groups.

Author : Peter Bang
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9788743001713

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Papua blood by Peter Bang Pdf

"Papua blood" is a documentary eyewitness account taking the reader through the western part of the island of New Guinea. Over an interval spanning three decades the author and photographer Peter Bang descibes his experiences among the indigenous people of West Papua who are threadened by a continuing history of genocide and extinction. "... Exelent written ... from a culture that one day will be gone. The author enlightens and entertains while delivering a deeply engaged statement for West Papua ́s independence ..." - Jorgen Bjerre / journalist, former Chief Editor. Note: This edition in 128 pages is updated with a few black & white photos on the basis of the photographic edition of the book "PAPUA BLOOD - A Photographer ́s Eyewitness Account of West Papua Over 30 Years" by Peter Bang (248 pages, 200 color photos) / published by Remote Frontlines.

Author : Haidy Geismar,Ton Otto,Cameron David Warner
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781787358690

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Impermanence by Haidy Geismar,Ton Otto,Cameron David Warner Pdf

Nothing lasts forever. This common experience is the source of much anxiety but also hope. The concept of impermanence or continuous change opens up a range of timely questions and discussions that speak to globally shared experiences of transformation and concerns for the future. Impermanence engages with an emergent body of social theory emphasizing flux and transformation, and brings this into a dialogue with other traditions of thought and practice, notably Buddhism that has sustained a long-lasting and sophisticated meditation on impermanence. In cases drawn from all over the world, this volume investigates the significance of impermanence in such diverse contexts as social death, atheism, alcoholism, migration, ritual, fashion, oncology, museums, cultural heritage and art. The authors draw on a wide range of disciplines, including anthropology, archaeology, art history, Buddhist studies, cultural geography and museology. This volume also includes numerous photographs, artworks and poems that evocatively communicate notions and experiences of impermanence.

Author : Stephen H. Riggins
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783110882469

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The Socialness of Things by Stephen H. Riggins Pdf

Author : Daniel Alemu,Steve Delamarter,Getatchew Haile,Roger M Rundell,Melaku Terefe
Publisher : James Clarke & Company
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780227901656

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Catalogue of the Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project 1 by Daniel Alemu,Steve Delamarter,Getatchew Haile,Roger M Rundell,Melaku Terefe Pdf

The series Ethiopic Manuscripts, Texts, and Studies offers, in the first place, catalogues of the Ethiopic Manuscript Imaging Project, whose purpose it is to digitize and catalogue collections of Ethiopic manuscripts in North America and around the world. Beyond this, though, the series offers a venue for monographs, revised dissertations, and texts that explore the rich historical, literary, and artistic traditions of Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. From the Series Foreword

Author : M G Paoletti
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2005-01-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781482294439

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Ecological Implications of Minilivestock by M G Paoletti Pdf

This book provides stimulating and timely suggestions about expanding the world food supply to include a variety of minilivestock. It suggests a wide variety of small animals as nutritious food. These animals include arthropods (insects, earthworms, snails, frogs), and various rodents. The major advantage of minilivestock is that they do not have t

Author : David Pickell
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2003-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781462914869

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Between the Tides by David Pickell Pdf

Featuring hundreds of original, color photographs, this fascinating study of New Guinea chronicles the rituals and daily life of this remote and culturally rich region. Between the Tides offers a compelling mix of New Guinean storytelling, history, natural history, politics, and culture. David Pickell brings warmth and intelligence to his subject, and Kal Muller's photographs are surprising and evocative. Together, author and photographer show how an isolated, nomadic past meets a worldly, urban future, history confronts superstition, and a false and imposed sense of shame yields to a new, and still fragile, pride. Their journey took them from the dusty New Guinea frontier town of Timika to tiny Lakahia island, along two hundred miles of twisting mangrove creeks and the relentlessly uncooperative Arafura sea. What they found was a culture facing the delicate, sometimes humorous, occasionally painful, and always interesting process of change.

Author : Giuseppe Nardulli,Sebastiano Stramaglia
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2002-05-24
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789814489447

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Modelling Biomedical Signals by Giuseppe Nardulli,Sebastiano Stramaglia Pdf

In the last few years, concepts and methodologies initially developed in physics have found high applicability in many different areas. This book, a result of cross-disciplinary interaction among physicists, biologists and physicians, covers several topics where methods and approaches rooted in physics are successfully applied to analyze and to model biomedical data. Included are papers on physiological rhythms and synchronization phenomena, gene expression patterns, the immune system, decision support systems in medical science, protein folding and protein crystallography. The volume can be used as a valuable reference for graduate students and researchers at the interface of physics, biology and medicine.The proceedings have been selected for coverage in:• Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings (ISTP CDROM version / ISI Proceedings)

Author : Bill Palmer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 1036 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110295252

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The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area by Bill Palmer Pdf

The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide is part of the multi-volume reference work on the languages and linguistics of all major regions of the world. The island of New Guinea and its offshore islands is arguably the most diverse and least documented linguistic hotspot in the world - home to over 1300 languages, almost one fifth of all living languages, in more than 40 separate families, along with numerous isolates. Traditionally one of the least understood linguistic regions, ongoing research allows for the first time a comprehensive guide. Given the vastness of the region and limited previous overviews, this volume focuses on an account of the families and major languages of each area within the region, including brief grammatical descriptions of many of the languages. The volume also includes a typological overview of Papuan languages, and a chapter on Austronesian-Papuan contact. It will make accessible current knowledge on this complex region, and will be the standard reference on the region. It is aimed at typologists, endangered language specialists, graduate and advanced undergraduate students, and all those interested in linguistic diversity and understanding this least known linguistic region.

Author : Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1808 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Subject headings, Library of Congress
ISBN : UOM:39015048651866

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Library of Congress Subject Headings by Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office Pdf

Author : William A. Foley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1986-11-20
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0521286212

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The Papuan Languages of New Guinea by William A. Foley Pdf

This introduction to the descriptive and historical linguistics of the Papuan languages of New Guinea provide an accessible account of one of the richest and most diverse linguistic situations in the world. The Papuan languages number over 700 (or 20 per cent of the world's total) in more than sixty language families. Less than a quarter of the individual languages have yet been adequately documented, and in this sense William Foley's book might be considered premature. However, in the search for language universals and generalisations in linguistic typology, it would be foolhardy to neglect the information that is available. In this respect alone, the present volume, systematically organised on mainly typology principles, is particularly timely and useful. In addition, the processes of linguistic diffusion are present in New Guinea to an extent probably paralleled elsewhere on the globe. The Papuan Languages of New Guinea will be of interest not only to general and comparative linguists and to typologists, but also to sociolinguists and anthropologists for the information it provides on the social dynamics of language content.

Author : Garland Encyclopedia of World Music
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 785 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781136095627

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The Concise Garland Encyclopedia of World Music by Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Pdf

The Concise Garland Encyclopedia of World Music comprises two volumes, and can only be purchased as the two-volume set.To purchase the set please go to: http://www.routledge.com/9780415972932.