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Australian Anthropology in Its Colonial Context
In this chapter I sketch the colonial milieu of Australian anthropology, focusing in particular on the historical roots of the bifurcation between...
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Westermarckian Elements in Bronislaw Malinowski’s Anthropology
At LSE, Westermarck’s closest student and colleague was Bronislaw Malinowski. Malinowski is often described as the founder of modern social...
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Bringing imperialism back in: for an anthropology against empire in the twenty-first century
What can a critical analysis of imperialist political economy offer the decolonial turn in the contemporary social sciences? How might revisiting...
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Theoretical exploration of Chinese anthropology and ethnology: the road to construct the Chinese School
This paper starts with the four factors that affect Chinese anthropology and ethnology: the Soviet school of ethnology, Marxist ethnology, Western...
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Emerging subdisciplines in ethnology and anthropology of Serbia: research trends at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade
This article presents the in-depth analysis of the disciplinary landscape of ethnology and anthropology in Serbia within the institutional contexts...
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Sociology and Anthropology
There is much confusion about the relationship between sociology and anthropology, not only among students, but also among the representatives of the...
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Introduction: For a History of Anthropology in the Plural
What are the reasons behind the “scientific” positioning that anthropology had adopted since its origins up to a few decades ago? They were certainly...
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Women in Australian Archaeology: Challenges and Achievements
This chapter outlines how interconnected networks of women have shaped the development of Australian archaeology from 1960 to the present. We have...
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The Diverse Accounts of Anthropology in Viet Nam
The account of the introduction and development of anthropology in Vietnam crosses and embodies the events of the twentieth century in a surprising...
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Visuality and Anthropology: Drawings, Painting, Photography, and Movie
Drawing, painting, photography, and film footage are important research tools in social and cultural anthropology. In this chapter, the author...
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Does Group Contact Shape Styles of Pictorial Representation? A Case Study of Australian Rock Art
Image-making is a nearly universal human behavior, yet the visual strategies and conventions to represent things in pictures vary greatly over time...
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People and Ideas from Elsewhere: Notes on Social Anthropology in the UK
The chapter explores how, from its inception, British anthropology has succeeded in collecting and synthesising theoretical contributions from...
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Economic Anthropology in View of the Global Financial Crisis
Economic anthropology is the study of how individuals and communities understand and engage with economic life, broadly conceived. This chapter...
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Economic Anthropology in View of the Global Financial Crisis
Economic anthropology is the study of how individuals and communities understand and engage with economic life, broadly conceived. This chapter...
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From Hegemony to Fragmentation: North American Cultural Anthropology Over the Past Fifty Years
This chapter reconstructs developments in U.S. cultural anthropology between 1973 and the first two decades of the twenty-first century. Adopting a...
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Tales of Multifunctionality: a Systematic Quantitative Literature Review of Boomerangs Used as Retouchers in Australian Aboriginal Cultures
Boomerangs are among the most recognisable elements of Australian Aboriginal technology. In the popular mindset, the prevailing image of these wooden...
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Anthropology, the Environment, and Environmental Crisis
This chapter provides an overview of anthropological research on the environment and socio-environmental and geosocial transformations which often...
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Anthropology, the Environment, and Environmental Crisis
This chapter provides an overview of anthropological research on the environment and socio-environmental and geosocial transformations which often...
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Moderating Effects of Socio-Demographic Factors in Associations Between Acculturation and Dietary and Physical Activity Behaviours: a Study of Australian Residents Born in Sub-Saharan Africa
Several studies have demonstrated that acculturation shapes post-migration dietary and physical activity behaviours, but the additional effect of...
