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Tradition Through Modernity: Postmodernism and The Nation-State in Folklore S…
"In their study of social practices deemed traditional, scholars tend to use the concept and idea of tradition as an element of meaning in the practices under investigation. But just whose meaning is it? Is it a meaning generated by those who study tradition or those whose traditions are being studied? In both cases, particular criteria for traditionality are employed, whether these are explica…
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- 9789517466653
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Western Arabia in the Leiden Collections. Traces of a Colourful Past
"In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century Dutch diplomats, scholars and travellers assembled unique collections in Jeddah, Mecca and Medina. The Dutch presence in Arabia, where they established a consulate in Jeddah, was intimately connected with the supervision of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca from the Netherlands East Indies, present-day Indonesia. Notable guests at this consulate …
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Across Anthropology: Troubling Colonial Legacies, Museums, and the Curatorial
Reframing anthropology: contemporary art, curatorial practice, postcolonial activism, and museums How can we rethink anthropology beyond itself? In this book, twenty-one artists, anthropologists, and curators grapple with how anthropology has been formulated, thought, and practised ‘elsewhere’ and ‘otherwise’. They do so by unfolding ethnographic case studies from Belgium, France, Germ…
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- 9789461663184
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- 700 OSW a
Bildung und Erziehung im Kontext globaler Transformationen
Der Band widmet sich der Reflexion ausgewählter Aspekte von Bildung und Erziehung im Kontext globaler Transformationen. Die Beiträge untersuchen die Transformationsprozesse der Bildung für den globalen Süden sowie Europas Rolle im Kontext dieser Entwicklungen. Zudem zeigen sie, dass die globalen Herausforderungen nicht nur die Frage nach Normen und Werten für Bildung und Erziehung aufwerfe…
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The Art of Being Human: A Textbook for Cultural Anthropology
Anthropology is the study of all humans in all times in all places. But it is so much more than that. “Anthropology requires strength, valor, and courage,” Nancy Scheper-Hughes noted. “Pierre Bourdieu called anthropology a combat sport, an extreme sport as well as a tough and rigorous discipline. … It teaches students not to be afraid of getting one’s hands dirty, to get down in the d…
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