""Embark on a thought-provoking journey through the world of design with 'Design by Use: The Everyday Metamorphosis of Things', a …
In recent years it has becomm possible to use DNA to trace human development. For instance the people of iceland …
"Amazonian Jungle, Linguistics, Adventure, Cultural Anthropology, Indigenous People"
The impact of the Indonesian spice trade on global and, more particularly, European history has been widely acknowledged. Although more …
Children of God uncovers the significant, but largely unnoticed, place of the child as a prototype of human flourishing in …
A burned car sits on a Tennessee hilltop, a woman's lifeless, charred body seated inside. Forensic anthropologist Bill Brockton's job …
Through a close examination of four Melanesian religious traditions, Whitehouse identifies a set of recurrent interconnections between styles of religious …
In the early 21st century, intellectual and cultural resources emerge on all sides as candidates for ownership claims. Members of …
Gregory Bateson was a philosopher, anthropologist, photographer, naturalist, and poet, as well as the husband and collaborator of Margaret Mead. …
In 32 posthumously collected lectures, articles and essays, anthropologist Gregory Bateson (1904-1980) applies principles of cybernetics, which he helped develop, …
Before there was money, there was debt Every economics textbook says the same thing: Money was invented to replace onerous …
On the experience of moral confusion -- The myth of barter -- Primordial debts -- Cruelty and redemption -- A …
In Art and Agency, Alfred Gell formulates an anthropological theory of visual art that focuses on the social context of …
We began as savages, and savagery has served us well—it got us where we are. But how do our tribal …
Current theories and views on the differences in the 'mind' of human societies depend very much on a dichotomy between …
As portals to the supernatural realm that creates and animates the universe, caves have always been held sacred by the …
This 25th volume in the "Research in Economic Anthropology" series contains 12 original papers, nine empirical ethnographic studies and three …
Comprehending Drug Use, the first full-length critical overview of the use of ethnographic methods in drug research, synthesizes more than …
This book describes a researcher's journey to carry out an ethnographic study. It serves as a tool to spread the …
In this landmark study, now celebrating thirty years in print, Paul Rabinow takes as his focus the fieldwork that anthropologists …
In The Interpretation of Cultures, the most original anthropologist of his generation moved far beyond the traditional confines of his …
Drawing upon the work of some of the most influential theorists in the field, Thinking Through Things demonstrates the quiet …
A groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans in 1492.Traditionally, Americans …
For more than 30 years, renowned anthropologist Wade Davis has traveled the globe, studying the mysteries of sacred plants and …
As the distinction between the digital and the material world becomes increasingly blurred, the ways in which we think about …
In this volume, sixteen distinguished scholars address the impact of digital technologies on how anthropologists do fieldwork and on what …
Have you ever wondered what makes storytelling and digital media a powerful combination? This edited volume examines the opportunities to …
This book explores the evolution of two disciplines, design and anthropology, and their convergence within commercial and organizational arenas. Focusing …
A major contribution to the field, this ground-breaking book explores design anthropology's focus on futures and future-making. Examining what design …
Carolyn Nordstrom explores the pathways of global crime in this stunning work of anthropology that has the power to change …
Based on extensive ethnographic research, this book examines how the Islamic community in Java, Indonesia, is actively negotiating both modernity …
Mitochondrial DNA is one of the most explored genetic systems because of what it can tell us about the human …
