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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
Why do Leaders Fail?
This is an opinion piece that some might say loosely fits within the realm of anthropology. And yet, if one … 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
The War Against Privacy
In the May-June 1993 issue of Wired Magazine, an article on a group of mathematicians advocating a radical, libertarian, cryptographic … More
Decline of Brazil’s Middle Class
Although he was a left-wing, socialist president for two consecutive terms, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva demonstrated that a left-wing … 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
Origins and Scope of Thick Ethnography
Within a historical context, ethnography attempts to be holistic in nature based in part on emic views. It is written, … More
Intricacies of Universal Health Care
What are some of the primary concerns of Universal Health and access to quality health care? Among researchers doing studies … 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
Affirmative Action in Brazil: is it necessary?
Recently, I came across an article in Lasa Forum Spring 2013 edition in which Edward Telles and Marcelo Paixão assessed … More
Indispensability of Medical Anthropology
Medical anthropology, although considered a subcategory in anthropology, has been making contributions to medicine and public health since the development … 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
Landless Workers Movement (MST)
Recently, I witnessed for the second time a demonstration by the Landless Worker’s Movement (Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem Terra, or … More
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