Explorations In Mathematical Anthropology

Author : Paul Kay
Publisher : Mit Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1974-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0262610191

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Explorations in Mathematical Anthropology by Paul Kay Pdf

This is an excellent sampling of mathematical, statistical, and computer techniques used by anthropologists to tackle a wide range of substantive problems.The scope of topics considered in this volume is so wide and various as to be an impressive indication of a strong future for mathematics in anthropology. Briefly, such topics include interinformant reliability, cultural distinctiveness in conceptual areas, cultural systems as mental systems of identification, classification, evaluation and action, diffusional versus functional explanations, general interaction theory, kinship terminologies as logical systems, folklore, cultural systems as systems of knowledge and belief, systemic culture patterns, endogamy/exogamy, genealogy, relation of social structure to relational terminology, cultural continuity, and cultural change.

Author : Paul A. Ballonoff
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783111697710

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Mathematical foundations of social anthropology by Paul A. Ballonoff Pdf

Author : David B. Kronenfeld,Giovanni Bennardo,Victor C. de Munck,Michael D. Fischer
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781119111658

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A Companion to Cognitive Anthropology by David B. Kronenfeld,Giovanni Bennardo,Victor C. de Munck,Michael D. Fischer Pdf

A Companion to Cognitive Anthropology offers a comprehensive overview of the development of cognitive anthropology from its inception to the present day and presents recent findings in the areas of theory, methodology, and field research in twenty-nine key essays by leading scholars. Demonstrates the importance of cognitive anthropology as an early constituent of the cognitive sciences Examines how culturally shared and complex cognitive systems work, how they are structured, how they differ from one culture to another, how they are learned and passed on Explains how cultural (or collective) vs. individual knowledge distinguishes cognitive anthropology from cognitive psychology Examines recent theories and methods for studying cognition in real-world scenarios Contains twenty-nine key essays by leading names in the field

Author : Michael Fischer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2003-12-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134978427

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Applications in Computing for Social Anthropologists by Michael Fischer Pdf

As increasing numbers of social anthropologists use a computer for wordprocessing, interest in other applications inevitably follows, Computer Applications in Social Anthropology covers research activities shared by all social anthropologists and introduces new methods for organizing and interpreting data. Lucidly written, and sympathetic to the particular needs of social anthropologists, it will be of immense value to researchers and professionals in anthropology, development studies and sociology

Author : National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Medicine
ISBN : STANFORD:36105009901104

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Current Catalog by National Library of Medicine (U.S.) Pdf

First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.

Author : Jacques Havet
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 968 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783111532394

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Anthropological and historical sciences. Aesthetics and the sciences of art by Jacques Havet Pdf

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Author : National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1552 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Medicine
ISBN : MINN:31951M01368062I

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National Library of Medicine Current Catalog by National Library of Medicine (U.S.) Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780691120225

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by Anonim Pdf

Author : Rik Pinxten
Publisher : Springer
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319262550

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MULTIMATHEMACY: Anthropology and Mathematics Education by Rik Pinxten Pdf

This book defends that math education should systematically start out from the diverse out-of-school knowledge of children and develop trajectories from there to the Academic Mathematics tower of knowledge. Learning theories of the sociocultural school (Vygotsky and on) are used here, and ethnographic knowledge from around the world is shown to offer a rich and varied base for curricula. The book takes a political stand against the exclusively western focus in OECD analyses and proposals on math education. This book aims at agents in education and social actions in every cultural environment. But it is also attractive to mathematicians, anthropologists and other specialists. It offers a broad and scholarly view of knowledge and culture and a very original transcultural and transdisciplinarian approach to education. Ubiratan D'Ambrosio, UNICAMP/Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil

Author : Marcia Ascher
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780691187648

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Mathematics Elsewhere by Marcia Ascher Pdf

Mathematics Elsewhere is a fascinating and important contribution to a global view of mathematics. Presenting mathematical ideas of peoples from a variety of small-scale and traditional cultures, it humanizes our view of mathematics and expands our conception of what is mathematical. Through engaging examples of how particular societies structure time, reach decisions about the future, make models and maps, systematize relationships, and create intriguing figures, Marcia Ascher demonstrates that traditional cultures have mathematical ideas that are far more substantial and sophisticated than is generally acknowledged. Malagasy divination rituals, for example, rely on complex algebraic algorithms. And some cultures use calendars far more abstract and elegant than our own. Ascher also shows that certain concepts assumed to be universal--that time is a single progression, for instance, or that equality is a static relationship--are not. The Basque notion of equivalence, for example, is a dynamic and temporal one not adequately captured by the familiar equal sign. Other ideas taken to be the exclusive province of professionally trained Western mathematicians are, in fact, shared by people in many societies. The ideas discussed come from geographically varied cultures, including the Borana and Malagasy of Africa, the Tongans and Marshall Islanders of Oceania, the Tamil of South India, the Basques of Western Europe, and the Balinese and Kodi of Indonesia. This book belongs on the shelves of mathematicians, math students, and math educators, and in the hands of anyone interested in traditional societies or how people think. Illustrating how mathematical ideas play a vital role in diverse human endeavors from navigation to social interaction to religion, it offers--through the vehicle of mathematics--unique cultural encounters to any reader.

Author : P.E. de Josselin de Jong,Erik Schwimmer
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004287266

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Symbolic Anthropology in the Netherlands by P.E. de Josselin de Jong,Erik Schwimmer Pdf

Author : Alice Beck Kehoe,Paul L. Doughty
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780817356880

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Expanding American Anthropology, 1945-1980 by Alice Beck Kehoe,Paul L. Doughty Pdf

This book examines American anthropology's participation in the expansion of the social sciences after World War II. Anthropology itself expanded into diverse subfields at this time on the initiative of individuals. The Association of Senior Anthropologists of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) askes some of these individuals to give accounts of their personal inovations in this discipline which provides primary source material on the history of American anthropology.

Author : Dell H. Hymes
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1983-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027286468

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Essays in the History of Linguistic Anthropology by Dell H. Hymes Pdf

Anthropology and linguistics, as historically developing disciplines, have had partly separate roots and traditions. In particular settings and in general, the two disciplines have partly shared, partly differed in the nature of their materials, their favorite types of problem the personalities of their dominant figures, their relations with other disciplines and intellectual current. The two disciplines have also varied in their interrelation with each other and the society about them. Institutional arrangements have reflected the varying degrees of kinship, kithship, and separation. Such relationships themselves form a topic that is central to a history of linguistic anthropology yet marginal to a self-contained history of linguistics or anthropology as either would be conceived by most authors. There exists not only a subject matter for a history of linguistic anthropology, but also a definite need.

Author : Paul L. Garvin
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110872521

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Method and Theory in Linguistics by Paul L. Garvin Pdf

Author : Helaine Selin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9789401143011

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Mathematics Across Cultures by Helaine Selin Pdf

Mathematics Across Cultures: A History of Non-Western Mathematics consists of essays dealing with the mathematical knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside the United States and Europe. In addition to articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, Native American, Aboriginal Australian, Inca, Egyptian, and African mathematics, among others, the book includes essays on Rationality, Logic and Mathematics, and the transfer of knowledge from East to West. The essays address the connections between science and culture and relate the mathematical practices to the cultures which produced them. Each essay is well illustrated and contains an extensive bibliography. Because the geographic range is global, the book fills a gap in both the history of science and in cultural studies. It should find a place on the bookshelves of advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars, as well as in libraries serving those groups.