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Tag: anthropology studies

Pandemics: Agents of Global Change – Part 2

The Economic and Commercial Impact of Pandemics: By now, the COVID-19 influenza outbreak has reached practically all parts of the … More

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

Gun Violence in American Schools

There is something terribly wrong going on in American schools today. A silent epidemic is spreading throughout the country like … More

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

Brazil’s Dichotomous Treatment of Corruption – PT 2

After the end of the Brazilian military dictatorship, the Liberal Front Party (LFP), Democratic Social Party (PMDB) and Brazilian Social … More

Anthropology, anthropology online, anthropology studies, Brazil, Cultural anthropology, Ethnography

What Anthropologists Really Do-by Keith Hart

The Summary The new anthropologist is a self-appointed people’s representative in the double sense of writing them up and acting … More

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

Religion and Economy – Part Two-by Keith Hart

We need to understand better how we build the infrastructures of collective existence, money among them. How do meanings come … More

Anthropology, anthropology online, anthropology studies, anthropology topics, 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

Brexit: Where once was an empire-by Keith Hart

Separation from Europe has opened up the real possibility that the United Kingdom will break up. Scotland is already bent … More

Anthropology, 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

Birth of the Pharmaceutical

In his highly original work, Birth of the Clinic, Foucault focuses his attention on the human experience and the rational … More

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

Changing Global Economies

For decades, investors in advanced economies (AEs) have shaped the evolution of global markets. Research shows that advanced economy investors … More

Anthropology, anthropology lectures, anthropology online, anthropology studies, Cultural anthropology, Ethnography, Ethnology, Social Anthropology

Global Warming: trends and consequences

Recently, health officials from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control issued a travel alert for Central, South America and the … More

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

Expatriates: Dilemmas and Misconceptions

Those who have chosen to become permanent expatriates at some time or another experience a very disturbing and confusing dilemma. … More

Anthropology, anthropology online, anthropology studies, anthropology topics, Brazil, Cultural anthropology, Ethnography, Latin American Studies

Mandate of the Intellectual

Recently, a PhD educated, cultural researcher for a Canadian magazine contacted me about Perspectives’ focus on “open-access publishing, public accessibility … More

Anthropology, anthropology journals, anthropology lectures, anthropology online, anthropology studies, Cultural anthropology, Education, Social Anthropology

Tristes Tropiques: Revisited

When I first encountered Lévi-Strauss in graduate school, I thought the title of his monumental work sounded strange. At that … More

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

Universality of Truth

  Now this is an article that is going to upset a lot of people but at the same time … More

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

Self-imposed Discrimination in Brazil

When I arrived in Brazil seven years ago as an American anthropologist seeking to discover if Brazil would be a … More

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

Long-term Ethnographic Immersion

In the years I have been doing ethnographic research, I have found that some ethnographers have a tendency to avoid … More

Anthropology, anthropology online, anthropology studies, anthropology topics, Ethnography, Ethnology, fieldnotes, fieldwork, Participant-Observer

Lecture series

Perspectives in Anthropology welcomes you to explore our new Lecture Series where you can discover a wide range of topics, … More

Anthropology, anthropology documentaries, anthropology journals, anthropology lectures, anthropology online, anthropology studies, anthropology topics, Ethnography, Ethnology

Transforming Refugees

  The point of this article is not to argue that bio-medicine has become a mechanism for establishing political or … More

Anthropology, anthropology journals, anthropology online, anthropology studies, anthropology topics, Ethnography, fieldnotes, fieldwork, Refugees

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

The Art of Capoeira

There are many holidays celebrated in the city of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. And on almost every occasion, you can see … More

Anthropology, anthropology online, anthropology studies, anthropology topics, Brazil, Ethnography, History, Latin American Studies, Sociology

Documentary Series

Some of you may be interested in knowing that Perspectives in Anthropology will be featuring a series of online anthropology … More

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

Revolta dos Búzios – 1798

This review is organized as a history of the diverse elements of scholarship by which the field of African Diaspora … More

Afro-Brazilians, Anthropology, anthropology online, anthropology studies, anthropology topics, Brazil, Ethnography, History, Latin American Studies

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