A brief, accessible guide for students and novice researchers to the principles and practices of qualitative interviewing, both formal and unstructured.
In this engaging, thought-provoking book, Dwight Read explores the fundamental scientific debate about how culture and social organization separate humans from our primate cousins.
A primer on constructing an ethnographic study offered by one of the masters of the genre.
Comprehensive and global in scope, this book critically evaluates the range of management options that claim to have integrated Indigenous peoples and knowledge, and then outline an innovative, alternative model of co-management, the Indigenous Stewardship Model.
This provocative book confronts the fallacy of race and American Indian racialism, and challenges us to move American culture, policy, and scholarship beyond race.
This lively and provocative book refutes the claim that the “Hobbit” is a new species, and makes a forceful critique of the cultural and political pressures that lead to the wide acceptance of unsupported theories in science.
This book challenges the conventional wisdom that democracy is a universal desire, offering a model case study of Mongolian democratization that ties culture, history, and values to the study of political systems.
In this passionate defense of the use of narrative work for progressive purposes, Goodall shows how to use stories effectively in moving the world away from extremism and toward social justice.
Militarizing Culture is a rousing critique of the increasing infiltration of military culture into American society by leading cultural commentator.... Læs mere
Focusing on the agency of enslaved Africans and their descendants in the South, this work argues for the systematic... Læs mere
Mary M. and Kenneth J. Gergen make a strong case for enriching the social sciences through performative work, establishing a framework for performative research and including many of their own performance works.
Using the locale of the 9/11 tragedy, Joy Sather-Wagstaff explores the constructive role played by tourists in understanding social, political, and emotional impacts of violent events.