Lapita comprises an archaeological horizon that is fundamental to the understanding of human colonisation and settlement of the Pacific as it is associated with the arrival of the common ancestors of the Polynesians and many Austronesian-speaking Melanesians more than 3000 years ago.
This volume, the result of ongoing collaborations between Australian and French anthropologists, historians and linguists, explores encounters between Pacific peoples and foreigners during the longue durée of European exploration, colonisation and settlement from the sixteenth century to the twentieth century. It deploys the concept of ‘encounter’ rather than the more common idea of ‘fir…
Die moderne Gesellschaft fordert von Organisationen zunehmend Responsivität, etwa im Bereich der Transparenz.
Social movements throughout the world have been central to history, politics, society, and culture.
Barack Obama’s political ascendancy has focused considerable global attention on the history of Kenya generally and the history of the Luo community particularly.
We spend more and more of our everyday lives in what Marc Augé calls non-places – homogenous, but bland places of transit
O livro discute as polÃticas públicas na área de cultura, no perÃodo dos anos 60 aos anos 90, demonstrando como os sÃmbolos afro-brasileiros foram sendo ressignificados, a partir do estabelecimento de novas demandas, seja pela polÃtica institucional ou pelos movimentos negros.
Resulta de uma pesquisa sobre o sofrimento de nervos entre mulheres na comunidade do Campeche, em Florianópolis, Santa Catarina.
Livro de cordel que repõe em circulação a figura legendária de Cancão de Fogo, um herói popular brasileiro, personagem um tanto esquecido de contos, versos e anedotas picarescas nordestinas.
Resultado de estudo que o autor vem desenvolvendo há alguns anos, tendo inicialmente por objeto as representações sociais do corpo e da morte.