The Economic and Commercial Impact of Pandemics: By now, the COVID-19 influenza outbreak has reached practically all parts of the … More
Tag: anthropology studies
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Changing Global Economies
For decades, investors in advanced economies (AEs) have shaped the evolution of global markets. Research shows that advanced economy investors … More
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
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
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
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
Universality of Truth
Now this is an article that is going to upset a lot of people but at the same time … More
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
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
Lecture series
Perspectives in Anthropology welcomes you to explore our new Lecture Series where you can discover a wide range of topics, … More
Transforming Refugees
The point of this article is not to argue that bio-medicine has become a mechanism for establishing political or … More
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
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
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
Documentary Series
Some of you may be interested in knowing that Perspectives in Anthropology will be featuring a series of online anthropology … More
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…
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
