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- 7.1 @1002:2018
- between rural and urban societies? ## What is a contemporary society? ## This class is about the conditions of life and society in the contemporary world. The contemporary world is: * Interconnected. Everyone lives in some kind of conjuncture of cultures ... ists argue that you cannot understand life in the contemporary world by a **"from-to" story**, e.g. from traditi
- modernity
- and_cultural_relativism|ethnocentric]] bias. If a contemporary society is different from the observer's, then th... k to hunter-gatherers and other societies as "our contemporary ancestors" (Chagnon 1983: 214). That is, they are contemporary, but hunter-gatherers and rainforest dwellers are... * Social change is a **both--and story**, e.g. In contemporary societies, we see both gifts and commodities coex
- religion_and_economy
- al individualism—has been effectively rejected by contemporary social scientists. Speaking from the perspective ... t this would be missing a crucial aspect of these contemporary examples and many others like them. People's atte... : Pentecostalist Attitudes Towards Consumption in Contemporary Ghana.” Development and Change 29 (4): 751–76. do... 1.1.92. Nelson, John. 2008. “Household Altars in Contemporary Japan: Rectifying Buddhist‘ Ancestor Worship’ wit
- 13.2 @1002:2018
- es in an intersection of two or more systems. * Contemporary societies are all different, but we can understan... creativity. ## Snake and mongoose ## That is, contemporary life is defined by its contradictions. There are ... One 3000-level unit, typically either ANTH 3601 (contemporary theories) or ANTH 3602 (reading ethnography) #
- 8 @2700:2022
- ch these questions. ===== Ancient states and the contemporary system of states ===== There are two senses of t... he state//, one general and one more specific and contemporary. The first sense of state is associated with an ... at original. The most influential theorist of the contemporary state as a type is [[:Max Weber]], for whom it is
- globalization
- # The globalization of capitalism and the contemporary economy For almost 30 years, people have talked about the contemporary era as a period of globalization. What they mean ... integrate people into a single social system. The contemporary global economy is a capitalist system, and in fac
- 1 @2667
- n maintain contact with them. (Rambelli 2010) ## Contemporary altars (gendai butsudan): Why hide? ## * Urban f... imilar look to other furniture. These are called "contemporary altars" (*gendai butsudan*). * Yakigen does not ... elson. Nelson, John. 2008. “Household Altars in Contemporary Japan: Rectifying Buddhist ‘Ancestor Worship’ wit
- weekly_plan_and_assigned_readings @2667
- a—and Buddhism’s Uneasy Relation with Lay Power.” Contemporary Buddhism 13 (1): 1–33. doi:10.1080/14639947.2012.... Gendered Anxieties about Faithful Consumption in Contemporary Urban Indonesia.” American Ethnologist 37 (4): 61... . 2004. “Metakinesis: How God Becomes Intimate in Contemporary U.S. Christianity.” American Anthropologist 106 (
- 1.1 @1002:2022
- and why anthropology matters to understanding the contemporary world. * The first week examines a big idea in... w media, and see how the week’s issues enter into contemporary cultures. * **Ask questions, discuss, and liste
- 1 @6901:2024
- “civil society” that has gained influence in the contemporary study of development. Rather we are concerned wit... ering? How much can and should a society, and the contemporary global order, change? Our discussion in Week 1 d
- reflections_on_research @the_quest
- Lisa's lessons are particularly relevent for the contemporary late-capitalist era. Today we are inundated with ... her used to say, "There Is No Alternative" to the contemporary order. More now than ever, we need someone who sh
- 2023 @4102:2023
- e influence on and relevance for questions of the contemporary world. The purpose of anthropology is and always ... using anthropology’s vocabulary to talk about the contemporary world, to understand its order, and to formulate
- 1.1 @1002:2018
- ations in which people live. ## Culture and the contemporary world ## Classical anthropology has a bias towa... f anthropology's key ideas in order to understand contemporary societies. ## A guide to the unit ## {{page>1
- 1.3.2 @1001:2020
- ilding-stone-age-bushcraft.html. For the record, contemporary hunter-gatherer societies are not living cavemen,... te about life ==== * Hunter-gatherers are “our contemporary ancestors” (Some anthropologists say this about e
- 2022 @2700:2022
- eoretical paradigms and schools of thought within contemporary cultural anthropology. Students will learn the di... al: Against the Homogeneous, Empty Communities in Contemporary Social Theory.” //Development and Change// 29 (4)