When the Smithsonian's Hall of Physical Anthropology opened in 1965 it featured 160 Andean skulls affixed to a wall to visualize how the world's human population had exploded since the birth of Christ.
When the Smithsonian's Hall of Physical Anthropology opened in 1965 it featured 160 Andean skulls affixed to a wall to visualize how the world's human population had exploded since the birth of Christ.
The Legacy of Lynching provides a critical social theory of the history of lynching as a pedagogy of social and political violence, power, and control (to identify-find-kill-display the body of the racial Other).
JAVA, JUSTICE, AND THE SOUL OF INDONESIAA Lawyer's Guide to Culture, Law, and the Hopes of His Nation"e;When the law doesn't speak enough, culture will answer.
Depuis que sa lignee s'est separee de celle des autres primates, l'etre humain se distingue par un rapport a son environnement fonde sur trois dynamiques : l'appropriation, la transformation et la destruction.
The Legacy of Lynching provides a critical social theory of the history of lynching as a pedagogy of social and political violence, power, and control (to identify-find-kill-display the body of the racial Other).
Developing a new understanding of the cultural relationships of humans with nature through heritage and tradition, this book examines ways of transforming these relationships sustainably and assesses the impact on policy related actions for ecologically embedded futures, drawing particularly on case studies from the European north.
With contributions from experienced scholars in sociology and anthropology, Ethnography's Ghosts illuminates and interrogates the 'ghosts' of past ethnographic fieldwork - whether revisited in practice or in the imagination.
A wondrous journey through the wilds of nature and the gnarls of history, exploring how trees from the tiniest bonsai to the mightiest sequoia teach us to grow wise, from New York Times bestselling author Robert Moor.
This book examines ecological practice through an approach that challenges dominant anthropocentric and ecocentric perspectives in environmental political theory.
This book examines ecological practice through an approach that challenges dominant anthropocentric and ecocentric perspectives in environmental political theory.
With contributions from experienced scholars in sociology and anthropology, Ethnography's Ghosts illuminates and interrogates the 'ghosts' of past ethnographic fieldwork - whether revisited in practice or in the imagination.
Race Relations in Sociological Theory (1983) presents a clear definition of the field of race relations, and indicates how it should be systematically developed.
Race Relations in Sociological Theory (1983) presents a clear definition of the field of race relations, and indicates how it should be systematically developed.
Developing a new understanding of the cultural relationships of humans with nature through heritage and tradition, this book examines ways of transforming these relationships sustainably and assesses the impact on policy related actions for ecologically embedded futures, drawing particularly on case studies from the European north.
This volume discusses and theorizes cultures of narratives and knowledge production that shape the system of 'Culture', which has arguably been the greatest epoch of our civilization.
A critical and ethnographic exploration of wildfire management in Australia, one of Earth's most fire-prone countries, Timothy Neale's How to Control Fire on a Burning Continent critiques the colonial logics of control deployed to manage unruly environments and explores alternative forms of environmental stewardship.
A landmark exploration of women-led communities worldwide and what they can teach us about new ways to live, think and govern, from BBC global correspondent Megha Mohan.
Christopher Fennell offers a fresh perspective on ways that the earliest enslaved Africans preserved vital aspects of their traditions and identities in the New World.
This volume discusses and theorizes cultures of narratives and knowledge production that shape the system of 'Culture', which has arguably been the greatest epoch of our civilization.
Teaching Culture in the 21st Century presents the Process Model for Teaching and Understanding Culture (PMTUC), a practical framework for developing cultural competence that moves beyond lists of dos and don'ts, dimensions, and holiday activities.
Atmospheric Violence grapples with the afterlife of environmental disasters and armed conflict and examines how people attempt to flourish despite and alongside continuing violence.
Encounters, whether first or subsequent or whether cultural, economic, or ideological, mark the beginning of an acquaintance and measure both similarities and differences.
Encounters, whether first or subsequent or whether cultural, economic, or ideological, mark the beginning of an acquaintance and measure both similarities and differences.
Teaching Culture in the 21st Century presents the Process Model for Teaching and Understanding Culture (PMTUC), a practical framework for developing cultural competence that moves beyond lists of dos and don'ts, dimensions, and holiday activities.
Atmospheric Violence grapples with the afterlife of environmental disasters and armed conflict and examines how people attempt to flourish despite and alongside continuing violence.
Les Lettres et Memoires adressees a Jean-Frederic de Maurepas, Secretaire d'Etat a la Marine, fournissent aux historiens des Sciences, aux specialistes des voyages, des materiaux qui permettent de mieux connaitre l'espace mediterraneen dans la premiere moitie du XVIIIe siecle.
Cet ouvrage propose une approche objective de la Chine contemporaine, nourrie par de nombreux sejours effectues par l'auteur entre 1997 et 2023, a Pekin, a Shanghai ainsi que dans le nord du Yunnan.
In this broadly conceived exploration of how people represent identity in the Americas, Suzanne Bost argues that mixture has been central to the definition of race in the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean since the nineteenth century.
While humanitarian organizations and media outlets often reduce Syrian refugees to statistics or brief anecdotes, the real story of displacement unfolds in the intimate spaces of family life.
While humanitarian organizations and media outlets often reduce Syrian refugees to statistics or brief anecdotes, the real story of displacement unfolds in the intimate spaces of family life.
This book presents the relationships and conflicts between the so-called two cultures, which separated the social and human sciences from the hard theoretical and applied sciences.
This book presents the relationships and conflicts between the so-called two cultures, which separated the social and human sciences from the hard theoretical and applied sciences.
El texto relata cómo, tras haber sido percibido durante siglos como un cerro inofensivo, el volcán Arenal hizo erupción el 29 de julio de 1968, arrojando fuego y lava que en pocas horas causaron destrucción y numerosas muertes.
Depuis 2021, des recherches ont été menées sur l'acquisition de plus de 400 restes humains provenant des colonies allemandes d'Afrique de l'Ouest et conservés au Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte de Berlin.
Dieses Buch bietet eine eindringliche Analyse der USA als Gesellschaft im kollektiven Ausnahmezustand, in der Amokläufe, Waffenfetischismus und politische Inszenierung keine getrennten Phänomene mehr sind.
Dieses Buch bietet eine eindringliche Analyse der USA als Gesellschaft im kollektiven Ausnahmezustand, in der Amokläufe, Waffenfetischismus und politische Inszenierung keine getrennten Phänomene mehr sind.
This book tells the story of jurema-preta, a plant which shaped the culture of Indigenous and Afro-Brazilian peoples, and withstood oppression from colonial forces to take a leading role in today's clinical research on psychedelics.
This book challenges you to re-consider how and what you know about critical ideas related to inequality, redistribution, race, gender, violence, and justice.
