Völkerkunde – Bücher, LPs, CDs und mehr, Seite 9

Gustav F. Papanek
Pakistan's Development

In the 1950s Pakistan was generally considered to be a country that would remain among the poorest in the world, but economic development in the decade to follow exceeded all expectations. Gustav Papanek,…

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J. Christopher Upton
Justice at the Boundaries

Justice at the Boundaries offers a powerful ethnographic account of the transformative potential and structural limitations of Taiwan's system of ad hoc Chambers of Indigenous Courts. Drawing on immersive…

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Ethan Madarieta
Land's Language

Critical Insurgencies

Presenting a new framework for understanding indigeneity and Indigenous peoples' demands for territorial restitutionAsserting that the work of critical theory today must attend to an epistemic locality ra…

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Mistrust

Scholars have long seen trust as a foundational social good. We therefore have ample studies on building trust in free markets, on cultivating trust in the state, and on rebuilding trust through civil soc…

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Barbara Gerke, Jan M. A. van der Valk, Tawni L. Tidwell, Calum Blaikie
Crafting Potency

Crafting Potency investigates the intricate interweaving of knowledge, practice, and materials through which potency is sculpted in Sowa Rigpa (Tibetan medicine). Informed by Tibetan medical literature an…

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Kal Muller
The Marind

The Marind ethno-linguistic culture stands out in several respects. It became infamous towards the end of the 19th century for well-organized head-hunting raids from its home territory in Dutch New Guinea…

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J. Christopher Upton
Justice at the Boundaries

Justice at the Boundaries offers a powerful ethnographic account of the transformative potential and structural limitations of Taiwan's system of ad hoc Chambers of Indigenous Courts. Drawing on immersive…

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Ethan Madarieta
Land's Language

Critical Insurgencies

Presenting a new framework for understanding indigeneity and Indigenous peoples' demands for territorial restitutionAsserting that the work of critical theory today must attend to an epistemic locality ra…

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Christina Schwenkel
Sonic Socialism

"A well-written, keenly observed, theoretically rich, and historically unique account of life in Hanoi during the first year of the pandemic. It provides a significant expansion of our knowledge of t…

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Miao Lu
The Transsion Approach

The Geopolitics of Information

Technology translation as a framework for understanding tech flows today, and tomorrow How do we explain China's tech rise in Africa? As Africa's top phone seller, the Shenzhen-based company Transsion has…

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TaLisa J. Carter
Corrections at Work

How prisons as institutions are responsible for systemic problems in correctionsIn an era of mass incarceration, corrections face significant challenges, such as inmate mistreatment, poor confinement cond…

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Kal Muller
The Asmat

New Guinea Communications, Volume 20

The Asmat ethnolinguistic group was the last major culture in Indonesia to bow to outside influences. Traditionally, it was a culture that prized headhunting and widely practiced cannibalism. Today, the A…

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Ramona Bennett Bill
Fighting for the Puyallup Tribe

A compelling on-the-ground account of Native activism in the NorthwestA relentless advocate for Native rights, Ramona Bennett Bill has been involved in the battles waged by the Puyallup and other Northwes…

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Sarah Edwards,
Ethnobotanik

In Zusammenarbeit mit den Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, entstanden Indigenes Pflanzenwissen, von Ursprungsmythen bis zur medizinischen Verwendung Kulturgeschichte der Pflanzen mit vielen detailgetreuen b…

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Vegetal Turn

Menschen und Pflanzen sind vielfältig miteinander verbunden: Durch die gegenwärtigen ökologischen Krisen werden diese Verbindungen noch sichtbarer und haben auch jenseits naturwissenschaftlicher Fächer ei…

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Trang X Ta
Scenes of Affliction

How people with illness and disability in China take to city streets to publicize their suffering and seek helpOn the streets of every major city in China, people with stories of poverty, illness, and dis…

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Maxime Polleri
Radioactive Governance

Examines the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disasterThe 2011 Fukushima Dai'ichi nuclear disaster was the worst industrial nuclear catastrophe to hit Japan. It was a major event, rated at the highest s…

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H Glenn Penny
In Humboldt's Shadow

A compelling history of the German ethnologists who were inspired by Prussian polymath and explorer Alexander von HumboldtThe Berlin Ethnological Museum is one of the world's largest and most important an…

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Chika Watanabe
Play to Survive

We live in a fragile world. This much is evident as stories abound of natural disasters that wipe out communities in an instant. How can we survive the future on such a planet, amid intensifying climate c…

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Skizzen, Romane, Karikaturen

Seit Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts förderte ein wachsendes Bedürfnis nach gesellschaftlicher Selbstbeobachtung die Entstehung und Popularisierung vielgestaltiger soziographischer Formate. Skizzen, Reiseberi…

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