PDF-(DOWNLOAD)-How to Think Like an Anthropologist

From an awardwinning anthropologist a lively accessible and irreverent introduction to the fieldWhat is anthropology What can it tell us about the world Why in short does it matter For well over a century cultural anthropologists have circled the globe from Papua New Guinea to California uncovering surprising insights about how humans organize their lives and articulate their values In the process anthropology has done more than any other discipline to reveal what culture means and why it matters By weaving together examples and theories from around the world Matthew Engelke provides a lively accessible and at times irreverent introduction to anthropology covering a wide range of classic and contemporary approaches subjects and anthropologists Presenting memorable cases he encourages readers to think deeply about key concepts that anthropologists use to make sense of the world Along the way he shows how anthropology helps us understand other cultures and points of viewbut also how in doing so it reveals something about ourselves and our own cultures too. 32 JANUARYMARCH 1930 No 1 THE EARLY HISTORY OF FELT By BERTHOLD LAUFER HE art of making felt by rolling beating and pressing animal hair T or flocks of wool into a compact mass of even consistency is assuredly older than the art of (Review). Margaret Mead. American (1901-78). Studied Samoan culture vs American culture. Concluded that individuals personality largely related to culture. Studied gender roles in different cultures and believed they are not universal . Presented by:. Devon Wilson & Kiara Casanova. Focus Question:. What can bones tell us about the human’s life before the time of death and what characteristics can we conclude from their remains?. 774 AMERICAN * VOL. 102, NO. 4 * DECEMBER 2000 opportunities for employment, particularly for women, and broader economic relations; class divisions; the nature of health car Review Game!. Document A. “To us the Aztec universe may appear irrational, terrifying, murderous in its brutality; and yet it is a mirror held up to our humanity which we ignore at our cost. For in the name of other ideals and other gods Western culture has been no less addicted to killing, even in our own century.” –Michael Wood, British historian. Rohan. . Bastin. Deputy Head (almost). School of Humanities & Social Sciences. Peer Esteem. ERA has created an interesting set of dilemmas for academic publishing:. Journal rankings. Or, I wouldn’t belong to a club… Hang on! It’s all changed!. With sharp and soulful insight, T. R. Luhrmann examines the world of psychiatry, a profession which today is facing some of its greatest challenges from within and without, as it continues to offer hope to many.At a time when mood-altering drugs have revolutionized the treatment of the mentally ill and HMO’s are forcing caregivers to take the pharmocological route over the talking cure, Luhrmann places us at the heart of the matter and allows us to see exactly what is at stake. Based on extensive interviews with patients and doctors, as well as investigative fieldwork in residence programs, private psychiatric hospitals, and state hospitals, Luhrmann’s groundbreaking book shows us how psychiatrists develop and how the enormous ambiguities in the field affect its practitioners and patients. Anthropologist practitioners work outside the confines of the university, putting their knowledge and skills to work on significant problems in a wide variety of different contexts. The demand for anthropologist practitioners is strong and growing practice is in many ways the leading edge of anthropology today, and one of the most exciting aspects of the discipline. How can anthropology students prepare themselves to become practitioners?Specifically designed to help students, including those in more traditional training programs, prepare for a career in putting anthropology to work in the world, the book:- provides an introduction to the discipline of anthropology and an exploration of its role and contribution in today\'s world- outlines the shape of anthropological practice - what it is, how it developed historically, and what it looks like today- describes how students of anthropology can prepare for a career in practice, with emphasis on the relationship between theory, method, and application - includes short contributions from practitioners, writing on specific aspects of training, practice, and career planning- sets out a framework for career planning, with specific and detailed discussions of finding and securing employment - reviews some of the more salient challenges arising in the course of a practitioner career and- concludes with a discussion of what the future of anthropological practice is likely to be. Using Anthropology in the World is essential reading for students interested in preparing themselves for the challenges and rewards of practice and application. In 1994, Rwanda was the scene of the first acts since World War II to be legally defined as genocide. Two years later, Clea Koff, a twenty-three-year-old forensic anthropologist, left the safe confines of a lab in Berkeley, California, to serve as one of sixteen scientists chosen by the United Nations to unearth the physical evidence of the Rwandan genocide. Over the next four years, Koff’s grueling investigations took her across geography synonymous with some of the worst crimes of the twentieth century. The Bone Woman is Koff’s unflinching, riveting account of her seven UN missions to Bosnia, Croatia, Kosovo, and Rwanda, as she shares what she saw, how it affected her, who was prosecuted based on evidence she found, and what she learned about the world. Yet even as she recounts the hellish nature of her work and the heartbreak of the survivors, she imbues her story with purpose, humanity, and a sense of justice. A tale of science in service of human rights, The Bone Woman is, even more profoundly, a story of hope and enduring moral principles. The myth of Bigfoot has captured the popular imagination since the creature\'s first public debut in 1958--numerous citations of evidence, newspaper articles, books, hysterical personal accounts, and even Hollywood movies illustrate the American public\'s enduring romance with the Sasquatch. The scientific community on the whole, however, has stubbornly refused to comment on what it views as a very tall tale, though Bigfoot\'s existence continues to be hotly argued between proponents of the beast and its skeptics. Now, biological anthropologist and primate physiology specialist David J. Daegling enters the fray to offer both sides of the dispute benefit of objective scientific study. A well-crafted read, Bigfoot Exposed will prove to be as much a model of scientific method for anthropologists and researchers as it is an engaging and persuasive debunking of the myth of Bigfoot. In 1994, Rwanda was the scene of the first acts since World War II to be legally defined as genocide. Two years later, Clea Koff, a twenty-three-year-old forensic anthropologist, left the safe confines of a lab in Berkeley, California, to serve as one of sixteen scientists chosen by the United Nations to unearth the physical evidence of the Rwandan genocide. Over the next four years, Koff’s grueling investigations took her across geography synonymous with some of the worst crimes of the twentieth century. The Bone Woman is Koff’s unflinching, riveting account of her seven UN missions to Bosnia, Croatia, Kosovo, and Rwanda, as she shares what she saw, how it affected her, who was prosecuted based on evidence she found, and what she learned about the world. Yet even as she recounts the hellish nature of her work and the heartbreak of the survivors, she imbues her story with purpose, humanity, and a sense of justice. A tale of science in service of human rights, The Bone Woman is, even more profoundly, a story of hope and enduring moral principles. A fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and an expert on the human skeleton, Mary H. Manhein assists law enforcement officials across the country in identifying bodies and solving criminal cases. In Trail of Bones, Manhein reveals the everyday realities of forensic anthropology. Going beyond the stereotypes portrayed on television, this real-life crime scene investigator unveils a gritty, exhausting, exacting, alternately rewarding and frustrating world where teamwork supersedes individual heroics and some cases unfortunately remain unsolved. A natural storyteller, Manhein provides gripping accounts of dozens of cases from her twenty-four-year career. Some of them are famous. She describes her involvement in the hunt for two serial killers who simultaneously terrorized the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, region for years her efforts to recover the remains of the seven astronauts killed in the Columbia space shuttle crash in 2003 and her ongoing struggle to identify the beheaded toddler dubbed Precious Doe. Korean War soldier buried for more than forty years and the mystery of Mardi Gras Man, who was wearing a string of plastic beads when his body was discovered. Possessing both compassion and tenacity, Mary Manhein has an extraordinary gift for telling a life story through bones. Trail of Bones takes readers on an entertaining and educating walk in the shoes of this remarkable scientist who has dedicated her life to providing justice for those no longer able to speak for themselves. When a skeleton is all that\'s left to tell the story of a crime, Mary H. Manhein, otherwise known as the bone lady, is called in. For almost two decades, Manhein has used her expertise in forensic pathology to help law enforcement agents--locally, nationally, and internationally--solve their most perplexing mysteries. She shares the extraordinary details of the often high-profile cases on which she works, and the science underlying her analyses. Here are Civil War skeletons, cases of alleged voodoo and witchcraft, crimes of political intrigue, and the before-and-after of facial reconstruction. Written with the compassion and humor of a born storyteller, The Bone Lady is an unforgettable glimpse into the lab where one scientist works to reveal the human stories behind the remains. The works of neurologist Oliver Sacks have a special place in the swarm of mind-brain studies. He has done as much as anyone to make nonspecialists aware of how much diversity gets lumped under the heading of the human mind. The stories in An Anthropologist on Mars are medical case reports not unlike the classic tales of Berton Roueché in The Medical Detectives. Sacks\'s stories are of differently brained people, and they have the intrinsic human interest that spurred his book Awakenings to be re-created as a Robin Williams movie. The title story in Anthropologist is that of autistic Temple Grandin, whose own book Thinking in Pictures gives her version of how she feels--as unlike other humans as a cow or a Martian. The other minds Sacks describes are equally remarkable: a surgeon with Tourette\'s syndrome, a painter who loses color vision, a blind man given the ambiguous gift of sight, artists with memories that overwhelm real life, the autistic artist Stephen Wiltshire, and a man with memory damage for whom it is always 1968. Oliver Sacks is the Carl Sagan or Stephen Jay Gould of his field his books are true classics of medical writing, of the breadth of human mentality, and of the inner lives of the disabled. --Mary Ellen Curtin