Tag: Anthropology

Visual Interventions Applied Visual Anthropology


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English | ISBN: 1845456785 | 2009 | 338 pages | PDF | 32 MB
Visual anthropology has proved to offer fruitful methods of research and representation to applied projects of social intervention. Through a series of case studies based on applied visual anthropological work in a range of contexts (health and medicine, tourism and heritage, social development, conflict and disaster relief, community filmmaking and empowerment, and industry) this volume examines both the range contexts in which applied visual anthropology is engaged, and the methodological and theoretical issues it raises.

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Suicide in Sri Lanka The Anthropology of an Epidemic


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English | ISBN: 1138820741 | 2014 | 198 pages | EPUB | 910 KB
Why people kill themselves remains an enduring and unanswered question. With a focus on Sri Lanka, a country that for several decades has reported ‘epidemic’ levels of suicidal behaviour, this book develops a unique perspective linking the causes and meanings of suicidal practices to social processes across moments, lifetimes and history.

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A History of Oxford Anthropology


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English | ISBN: 1845456998 | 2009 | 230 pages | PDF | 24 MB
Informative as well as entertaining, this volume offers many interesting facets of the first hundred years of anthropology at Oxford University.

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A New Companion to Linguistic Anthropology (Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology)


Free Download A New Companion to Linguistic Anthropology (Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology) by Alessandro Duranti, Rachel George, Robin Conley Riner
English | April 3, 2023 | ISBN: 1119780659 | 640 pages | MOBI | 17 Mb
Provides an expansive view of the full field of linguistic anthropology, featuring an all-new team of contributing authors representing diverse new perspectives

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Commons and Lords A Short Anthropology of Parliament


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English | 2015 | ISBN: 1910376078 | EPUB | pages: 120 | 0.6 mb
The British Parliament rewards close scrutiny not just for the sake of democracy, but also because the surprises it contains challenge our understanding of British politics. Commons and Lords pulls back the curtain on both the upper House of Lords and the lower House of Commons to examine their unexpected inner workings.

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Introduction to Anthropology


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English | 2022 | ISBN: 1711494984 | PDF | pages: 651 | 101.4 mb
Designed to meet the scope and sequence of your course, OpenStax Introduction to Anthropology is a four-field text integrating diverse voices, engaging field activities, and meaningful themes like Indigenous experiences and social inequality to engage students and enrich learning. The text showcases the historical context of the discipline, with a strong focus on anthropology as a living and evolving field. There is significant discussion of recent efforts to make the field more diverse-in its practitioners, in the questions it asks, and in the applications of anthropological research to address contemporary challenges. In addressing social inequality, the text drives readers to consider the rise and impact of social inequalities based on forms of identity and difference (such as gender, ethnicity, race, and class) as well as oppression and discrimination. The contributors to and dangers of socioeconomic inequality are fully addressed, and the role of inequality in social dysfunction, disruption, and change is noted.

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Food Culture Anthropology, Linguistics and Food Studies


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English | ISBN: 1785332899 | 2017 | 275 pages | PDF | 1508 KB
This volume offers a comprehensive guide to methods used in the sociocultural, linguistic and historical research of food use. This volume is unique in offering food-related research methods from multiple academic disciplines, and includes methods that bridge disciplines to provide a thorough review of best practices. In each chapter, a case study from the author’s own work is to illustrate why the methods were adopted in that particular case along with abundant additional resources to further develop and explore the methods.

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