This engaging volume reveals how politics permeates all facets of museum practice, particularly in regions of political conflict. Using... Læs mere
Written in Berger’s friendly, personal style, he shows by example that academics can write good, readable prose in a variety of genres.
This volume tackles questions of cultural evolution empirically and quantitatively, using a range of case studies from Africa, the Pacific,... Læs mere
Argues for a new approach to combat stress and trauma that sees these "invisible wounds of war" not just as individual medical pathologies but as social phenomena demanding a collective reconciliation with the post-9/11 wars.
With more than 30 years of experience in the fields of applied anthropology and international health, former Harvard AIDS Prevention Project Director Edward Green calls for new emphasis on promoting sexual fidelity in Africa and the developing world’s battle against AIDS.
Sarah Milledge Nelson explores a bold thesis that the development of states in East Asia—China, Japan, Korea—was an outgrowth of the leadership in smaller communities guided by shamans.
This book is the roadmap to proficiency and development in the field of qualitative research.
Combines Egyptology and Islamic Studies, seeking to overturn the conventional opinion of Western scholars that Moslems/Arabs... Læs mere
Gubrium and Harper provide instruction in visual and digital methodologies and show how they can contribute to building a participatory, public-engaged ethnography.
Archaeology and Women draws together from a variety of angles work currently being done within a contemporary framework on women in archaeology.
The first book on Indigenous quantitative methodologies, this concise, accessible text opens up a major new approach for research across the disciplines and applied fields.
This collection of original articles brings together for the first time the research on graffiti from a wide range of geographical and chronological contexts, and shows how they are interpreted in fields as diverse as archaeology, art history, museum studies, and sociology.