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Category: Urban Anthropology

Mess in the Middle East

Many people throughout the Western world do not understand what is happening in the Middle East. Much of the confusion … More

Anthropology, anthropology online, Cultural anthropology, Ethnography, Social Anthropology

Capitalism, revolution and racism in the US and the world-by Keith Hart

In the aftermath of Trump’s victory, we would do well to recall Hegel’s maxim that difference-in-sameness moves history. Max Weber … More

Anthropology, anthropology journals, anthropology online, anthropology studies, Cultural anthropology, Ethnography, Social Anthropology

World’s Most Vital Resource

It is not necessary to explain the process by which algae through millions of years of geological time and chemical … More

Anthropology, anthropology documentaries, anthropology journals, anthropology lectures, anthropology online, anthropology studies, anthropology topics, Cultural anthropology, Ethnography, Social Anthropology

Traditional Family Values in Urbanized Societies

This article presents a brief discussion about the importance of traditional cultural and family values in urbanized, industrialized societies. In … More

Anthropology, anthropology journals, anthropology online, anthropology studies, anthropology topics, Ethnography, Family, Social Anthropology, Sociology

Unemployment & Poverty in Brazil

Although there is considerable literature on conditions of unemployment and poverty in many modernized countries, there is a penuriously small … More

Anthropology, anthropology online, anthropology studies, anthropology topics, Brazil, Ethnography, Latin American Studies, Poverty, Social Anthropology

Urbanization in Brazil

Originally posted on Christina H Kim:
This is a course description for my class at the New School for Fall 2014. Wanda…

Anthropology, anthropology journals, anthropology online, anthropology studies, anthropology topics, Cultural anthropology, Ethnography, Social Anthropology, Urban Anthropology

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