Routledge Studies in Anthropology
Confronting Capital: Critique and Engagement in Anthropology
1st Edition
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By Pauline Gardiner Barber, Belinda Leach, Winnie Lem
September 11, 2014
This volume is an exploration of the ways in which political economy as a mode of analysis moves anthropology toward a vital, politically engaged form of scholarship. It advances the understanding of the struggles of ordinary people in the face of capitalist change. In the current economic moment ...
Anthropologists, Indigenous Scholars and the Research Endeavour: Seeking Bridges Towards Mutual Respect
1st Edition
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By Joy Hendry, Laara Fitznor
July 03, 2014
This collection offers the fruits of a stimulating workshop that sought to bridge the fraught relationship which sometimes continues between anthropologists and indigenous/native/aboriginal scholars, despite areas of overlapping interest. Participants from around the world share...
The Social Life of Climate Change Models: Anticipating Nature
1st Edition
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By Kirsten Hastrup, Martin Skrydstrup
July 03, 2014
Drawing on a combination of perspectives from diverse fields, this volume offers an anthropological study of climate change and the ways in which people attempt to predict its local implications, showing how the processes of knowledge making among lay people and experts are not only ...
The Question of the Gift: Essays Across Disciplines
1st Edition
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By Mark Osteen
January 30, 2014
The Question of the Gift is the first collection of new interdisciplinary essays on the gift. Bringing together scholars from a variety of fields, including anthropology, literary criticism, economics, philosophy and classics, it provides new paradigms and poses new questions concerning the theory ...
Decolonising Indigenous Rights
1st Edition
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By Adolfo de Oliveira
August 15, 2011
Covering a wide range of issues relating to the topic, this book examines the experiences and perceptions of indigenous peoples in the context of the national states and political systems that have been externally imposed and implemented upon them. Fascinating and incisive, the text discusses a ...
Traveling Spirits: Migrants, Markets and Mobilities
1st Edition
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By Gertrud Hüwelmeier, Kristine Krause
August 15, 2011
Maintaining and forging religious networks across borders have long been part of migrants' activities. However, due to the wide availability of communication technologies and the reduced costs of transportation, transnational social practices, including religious activities, have witnessed an ...