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Social and Cultural Anthropology is the study of human societies, cultures, and their development. It examines social practices, beliefs, and institutions, focusing on how cultural norms and values shape human behavior and social interactions within diverse communities.
In this paper, we discuss continuities in rock art preserving long-term visual histories in the Eastern Vindhyan Hills of Mirzapur and Sonbhadra Districts of southern Uttar Pradesh. Following this argument, we also try to explicate the... more
Στο 5ο επεισόδιο του Πυρήνα εστιάζουμε σε μια μυθολογική, λαογραφική, ανθρωπολογική, αλλά και ψυχολογική προσέγγιση των εθίμων της Αποκριάς στ’ Απεράθου της Νάξου. Θα μιλήσουμε σε χρόνο παρελθόντα, αλλά και ενεστώτα. Και αυτό, γιατί... more
Resumen Este artículo plantea una aproximación a la racionalidad-sensibilidad de la nación indígena Shipibo-Konibo, de la Amazonía peruana, a partir de la traducción de dos poemas-cantos y se analiza la aproximación metodológica que guía... more
Στο 1ο επεισόδιο του Πυρήνα παρουσιάζουμε ένα μέρος από την υπό δημοσίευση έρευνά μας για ένα τραγούδι το οποίο έχει ιδιαίτερο ενδιαφέρον, το ‘Χραμάκι απεραθίτικο’. Προσεγγίζουμε τα κοινωνικοϊστορικά του συμφραζόμενα και παρακολουθούμε... more
Police, Provocation, Politics is a vital contribution to the anthropology of violence, surveillance studies, and Middle Eastern politics. By situating Turkey’s internal security practices within global counterinsurgency strategies, Yonucu... more
lusófona. Como vimos dizendo, o desafio é mostrar continuidades e rupturas; histórias comuns e separadas; historicidades afinadas, mas também dissonantes. O panorama é, pois, alvissareiro contanto que crítico e reflexivo e em processo... more
For the Buryats, the concept of the motherland is not abstract but filled with concrete content, the main components of which are the natural elements of the ancestral territory: an ancestral mountain, a river or lake, fields and meadows,... more
Between the end of the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th, almost the only thing that united the Spanish right-wing was their animosity towards the entire left. Apart from that, they had many differences. One of them was their... more
Based on ethnographic documentation of the Yupik - Chukchi seashore settlement New Chaplino, Providensky district, Chukotka, it is elucidated how the particular forms of brotherhood, originally embedded in the local kinship system and the... more
Thanks go out to my family and all the other SIT vazaha on the program for friendship and support, Roland Pritchett, Hanta, and Rivo for taxibroussing tents, endless snacks, and all the other academic and personal "logistics" that made my... more
Thanks go out to my family and all the other SIT vazaha on the program for friendship and support, Roland Pritchett, Hanta, and Rivo for taxibroussing tents, endless snacks, and all the other academic and personal "logistics" that made my... more
Aufseiten der nichtjüdischen Mehrheitsgesellschaft lässt sich in der jüngsten Vergangenheit ein Wahrnehmungswandel beobachten, der Jüdinnen*Juden zu begehrten Exot*innen zu commodity values macht, die städtischen Räumen (wieder) einen... more
From an analysis of the theological roots of the Artificial Intelligence problem—a scientific and technological field that can be seen both as an extreme product of Western rationality and as a flagship of a certain development model—this... more
Radomir Konstantinović: Filozofija majhnega kraja, Beletrina 2024 (prevedla Đurđa Strsoglavec ).
Un Atlas etnográfico de los mundos contemporáneos, es decir, de los nuevos terrenos que estudian los antropólogos hoy en día
El objetivo de este artículo es analizar, a la luz de una antropología de los medios de comunicación en conjunción con una crítica de la cultura inspirada en el psicoanálisis y su clínica, un conjunto de productos cinematográficos y... more
Un estudio antropológico sobre los mundos mediáticos y el tránsito de la cultura televisiva a la cultura digital
This paper explores the intellectual and the biographical relationship between Georg Simmel (1858-1918) and Max Scheler (1874-1928). This topic has been examined through correspondences, direct and indirect references, as well as... more
This course aims to introduce students to core concepts in the field of sociocultural anthropology. That means seeing politics, economics, religion, migration, and kinship through theories and ethnographies that are unique to the... more
Conceptualizaciones elaboradas a partirdelProyecto deeducacion moral y clvica en Parera y resultantes del proceso de investigacion accion.
1888 yılında Selanik'in Ustrumca Kasabasında doğan Ali Rıza (Yalgın-Yalman) 1960 yılında Eskişehir'de hayata gözlerini yummuştur. Anadolu'nun güneyinde öğretmen, Milli Eğitim Müfettişi ve Müze müdürlükleri gibi çeşitli görevlerde bulunan... more
A critical attention to religious sounds can respond to the call for a sonic turn in the study of religions, while also contributing to a trajectory for the interdisciplinary study of sound to grow out of its secularist and ethnocentric... more
В статье исследуются данные о некоем английском пароходе «Апен», на котором, как сообщалось в ряде японских и русских источников, в 1880 г. во Владивосток из Японии прибыл представитель Внешнеторговой компании (貿易商會) Маэда Матахэй (前田又平)... more
Los salones de entrenamiento de artes marciales originarias del este asiático suelen ser "repositorios iconográficos" vinculados a las propias artes, a la cultura o a la religiosidad de los países de origen. También son espacios... more
m uma conversa com um colega e amigo franco-brasileiro, foram-me explicitados alguns aspectos antropológicos relevantes a respeito dos problemas que buscarei discutir ao longo deste artigo. Havia poucos meses de meu retorno ao Brasil após... more
Secondo una leggenda calabrese, Re Carnevale, sovrano forte e potente, governava un vasto regno con saggezza e giustizia. Le porte del suo palazzo erano sempre aperte e chiunque poteva mangiare cibi prelibati. Ma i sudditi, invece di... more
Federal Indian law emerges from the late eighteenth century onward as a corpus that departs distinctively from the central core of U.S. law. While the latter is grounded, in the first instance, in the civil rights of the individual,... more
Recibido 9 de mayo 2011. Aceptado 22 de agosto 2011 Este trabajo discute los argumentos que buscan establecer una demarcación rígida entre antropología y sociología en cuanto las aproximaciones técnicas y metodológicas. Para ello se... more
In the light of the results obtained during the last two decades in analysis of signals by time series, it has become evident that the tools of non linear dynamics have their elective role of application in biological, and, in particular,... more
Recommended Citation Cerón, Alejandro; Dillinger, Kylie; Eitniear, Madison; Ernstrom, Sophia; Hedidar, Walid; Hellinga, Christiana; Himebaugh, Travis; Landau, Aaron J.; Nilsson, Julian; Penn, Lindsey; Redman, Madison; Retzik-Stahr,... more
This publication was made possible by Grant Number ES007033 from NIEHS. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NIEHS. Dedicated to all the generous people whose... more
Investigación que analiza las experiencias de lideresas indígenas en Chile con la violencia de género en línea y la desinformación, para la creación conjunta de estrategias de abordaje y recomendaciones de política pública.
In northeast India, there are several indigenous peoples who reside along the Sino-Indian border about whom there is very little academic research. Some communities are present on either side of the border, making research very difficult.... more
The study explores the presence of the Ottoman heritage in Bulgaria. Despite its exclusion from the national heritage canon, different communities engage with and valorise it. Using a scalar approach, we examine how heritage operates at... more
Proponemos pensar la etnografía como un trabajo y como parte de un oficio. Una práctica que se realiza en un espacio social, que es el campo, un trabajo que requiere materiales, prácticas, saberes. El proceso se hace visible a los ojos de... more
Since the early 2000s, the proportion of older adults in Japanese penal institutions has risen dramatically, driven largely by high rates of recidivism. This trend has developed alongside growing social insecurity about crime, as well as... more
This article reconstructs the physical and intellectual content of Stella Kramrisch's 1968 exhibition Unknown India. Ritual Art in Tribe and Village, organized for the Philadelphia Museum of Art. By probing Kramrisch's curatorial practice... more
¿Qué podemos decir sobre las aves que viven en la fronteras? ¿Cómo se vinculan estas aves con las personas y las prácticas colectivas de producción de conocimiento, las pedagogías urbanas, la ciudad y la frontera? En este trabajo propongo... more
Desire to have an attractive appearance and the need to attract attention is prefigured in a characteristic way in popular culture, within which also operates wedding photography. The bride has to look stunning and beautiful, to be full... more
Nell'ambito di Ecologie Algoritmi Poteri Seminario interdipartimentale permanente 9 aprile 2025 – ore 17.00 Aula Jemolo, Palazzo Hercolani Strada Maggiore, 45 Con M.G.Belcastro, A.Bonoli, P.Govoni, G.Guwerzoni a cura di Dipartimento... more
Ressenya de l'obra de Rossana Reguillo, investigadora especialitzada en cultures juvenils, sobre la construcció social de la por, la violència i les atrocitats comeses per diferents actors a Mèxic, en un context marcat pel deteriorament... more
Traditional Owners of the GBR: The Next Generation of Reef 2050 Actions vii Agreement here refers to a negotiated and typically legally binding arrangement between parties as to a course of action. To share governancejointly deciding what... more
Il concetto di povertà è stato, negli ultimi anni, ampiamente dibattuto all'interno delle scienze sociali. La giungla terminologica e la polisemia di significati associati al termine hanno, tuttavia, alimentato più confusioni e dispute... more