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Fredrik Barth • Current Anthropology
(2002)
Whereas previous Sidney Mintz lectures have celebrated Mintzs work on inequality, racism, and ethnicity, I have chosen to speak to the broadest scope of his research and teaching in anthropology. A comparative perspective on human knowledge...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/324131
Molly H. Mullin • Society and Animals
(2002)
Anthropology encompasses four distinct subdisciplines: biological anthropology, social anthropology (known as “cultural anthropology” in North America), archaeology, and linguistics. Beyond these basic four elds, one could further divide a...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/156853002320936854
(1995)
Abstract Landscape has long had a submerged presence within anthropology, both as a framing device which informs the way the anthropologist brings his or her study into “view”, and as the meaning imputed by local people to their cultural an...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198278801.001.0001
William A. Foley • Wiley eBooks
(2012)
Abstract Anthropological linguistics is the subfield of linguistics (and anthropology) concerned with the place of language in its wider social and cultural context, its role in forging and sustaining cultural practices and social structure...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal0031
Eduardo O. Kohn • Annual Review of Anthropology
(2015)
The turn to ontology, often associated with the recent works of Philippe Descola, Eduardo Viveiros de Castro, and Bruno Latour, but evident in many other places as well, is, in Elizabeth Povinelli's formulation, “symptomatic” and “diagnosti...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-anthro-102214-014127
• Annual Review of Anthropology
(2017)
The Annual Review of Anthropology, in publication since 1972, covers significant developments in the subfields of anthropology, including archaeology, biological anthropology, linguistics and communicative practices, regional studies and in...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1146/anthro.672
• Culture and language use
(2024)
This collection presents new research on key topics in anthropological linguistics, with a focus on African languages. While Africanist linguists have long been concerned with sociocultural aspects of language structure and use, no comprehe...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/clu.23
Bialecki, Jon, Naomi Haynes, Robins, Joel • Duke University Press eBooks
(2006)
This article surveys the literature that constitutes the newly emergent anthropology of Christianity. Arguing that the development of this sub-discipline was impeded until recently by anthropology's theoretical framing and empirical interes...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/9780822388159
Simon W Hillson • Cambridge University Press eBooks
(1996)
Teeth are one of the best sources of evidence for both identification and studies of demography, biological relationships and health in ancient human communities. This text introduces the complex biology of teeth and provides a practical gu...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781139170697
Alessandro Duranti • Cambridge University Press eBooks
(1997)
In this textbook, first published in 1997, Alessandro Duranti introduces linguistic anthropology as an interdisciplinary field which studies language as a cultural resource and speaking as a cultural practice. The theories and methods of li...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511810190
Catherine S. Dolan, Emma Gilberthorpe, Dinah Rajak • Wiley eBooks
(2017)
The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology is the most complete reference resource for the field of anthropology and interrelated areas, providing an authoritative and expert overview of the concepts, research, and techniques that toget...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118924396
Paul Lehner • Recherches en Éducation
(2019)
The localized or structural study of school guidance overshadows the question of policy actors in terms of guidance and their representations. This article proposes to fill this blind spot by revealing through original sources the process o...
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DOI: 10.4000/ree.1757
Niina E Kaartinen, Heli Tapanainen, Mirkka Maukonen, Essi Päivärinta et al. • Public Health Nutrition
(2023)
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The shift towards plant-based diets with less meat and more legumes is a global target and requires an understanding of the consequences of dietary adequacy on the population level. Our aim was to model the impact of pa...
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DOI: 10.1017/S1368980022002440
Wardah Naim, Trevor Tombe • The School of Public Policy Publications
(2013)
If anything is to blame for a higher dollar having negative effects on the Central Canadian manufacturing sector, you are not likely to find it in any “Dutch Disease” supposedly caused by Alberta’s oil sands. Contrary to popular belief, the...
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Orao, James • Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus
(2009)
While it is officially recognized that Kenya is a multilingual state, necessary mechanisms for the effective management of this diversity have not been effected. With English and Kiswahili occupying the "official language" positions, the ot...
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DOI: 10.5842/38-0-62
José María Millán, Emilio Congregado, Concepción Román • Lecturas de Economía
(2010)
This paper summarizes the main results of the empirical research on self-employment dynamics —particularly entry and success— and discusses their possible implications on entrepreneurial policy effectiveness. The main goal of this study is ...
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Emily J. Bian, Priyanka Menon, Kathleen A. McManus, Timothy J. Layton et al. • Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research
(2026)
Stroke prevalence is highest in adults ≥65 years, the majority of whom are Medicare beneficiaries. Feefor-
Service Medicare (FFS) incentivizes utilization by paying for each service. Medicare Advantage (MA)
uses capitated payments to redu...
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DOI: 10.57264/cer-2025-0157
Albino Maggio, Raffaele Testolin, Giorgio Gianquinto • Italian Journal of Agronomy
(2011)
The sustainability of agricultural production systems is a recurrent topic in the public debate, tightly linked to resource use efficiency and energy saving principles. "Higher yield with lower input" is the paradigm that will guide us in t...
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DOI: 10.4081/ija.2011.6.s2.e3
Marcela Brac • Cuadernos de Antropología Social
(2011)
En los últimos años, la provincia de Santa Fe ha impulsado una política destinada a la creación de nuevos destinos turísticos, con el propósito de contribuir al desarrollo de las economías locales. Villa Guillermina, situada en la Cuña Bosc...
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Christopher Pollitt, Geert Bouckaert • Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks
(2009)
© Christopher Pollitt and Geert Bouckaert 2009. All rights reserved. Combining theory development, international comparison and original case study analysis, two of Europe's leading public policy and management scholars apply and develop so...
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781849802291