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Søkeord uten treff (del 2): Rasjonalitetsdebatten

(Lenker oppdatert 6.4.2020) Søkestatistikken avslørte at “rasjonalitetsdebatten” er et av søkeordene uten treff på antropologi.info. Det må gjøres noe med! Her noen tekster:

Thomas Hylland Eriksen: Tenkning
Studier av tenkning og rasjonalitet går som en rød tråd gjennom antropologiens historie. Det mest berømte antropologiske verket fra årene før feltarbeidrevolusjonen var James Frazers The Golden Bough (“Den gylne gren”). Frazer frakjente “primitive folk” evnen til å tenke logisk og rasjonelt. Den franske filosofen Lucien Lévy-Bruhl beskrev tradisjonelle folk som representanter for det han kalte en “pre-logisk tenkemåte”. En av de første som kritiserte Lévy-Bruhl på empirisk grunnlag var Evans-Pritchard. >> les mer

Michael Harkin: Rationality and Culture Difference
A review article discussing the issues raised by two works: “How natives think: about Captain Cook, for example” by Marshall Sahlins and “Culture in mind: cognition, culture and the problem of meaning” by Bradd Shore. The review is published in the Semiotic Review of Books, Vol.7, No. 2 >> les anmeldelsen

Jan C. Frich: Magiske tall – trolldom og risiko som forklaring på sykdom og død
Enkelte innen antropologien har hevdet at det finnes to ulike tenkemåter; en primitiv magisk mentalitet og en rasjonell-logisk mentalitet. Svakheten med en slik tilnærming er at man kan underkjenne tenke- og handlemåter som virker fremmed og lite forenlig med moderne idealer om rasjonalitet og logikk. Et annet spørsmål er i hvilken grad moderne tenkemåter i grunn er så rasjonelle og logiske? >> les mer

(Lenker oppdatert 6.4.2020) Søkestatistikken avslørte at "rasjonalitetsdebatten" er et av søkeordene uten treff på antropologi.info. Det må gjøres noe med! Her noen tekster:

Thomas Hylland Eriksen: Tenkning
Studier av tenkning og rasjonalitet går som en rød tråd gjennom antropologiens historie. Det mest…

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NZZ über soziokulturelle Faktoren von Armut in Afrika

“Gemeinhin wird die Unterentwicklung des afrikanischen Kontinents auf den (Neo-) Kolonialismus, Kriege und Korruption, geringe Wirtschaftskraft und Naturkatastrophen zurückgeführt. Zweifellos tragen diese Faktoren zur Armut bei, allerdings bleibt eine Analyse ohne die Berücksichtigung von soziokulturellen Faktoren ungenügend”, schreibt die NZZ und bespricht drei Bücher. Darunter ist auch das Buch vom Ethnologen David Signer, der Hexerei als wichtige Ursache von “Unterentwicklung” sieht.

Eine einseitige Argumentation ist immer problematisch, Signers Ethnozentrismus jedoch genauso, siehe auch ein Interview mit Signer in den Freiburger Nachrichten. Für eine etwas andere Perspektive auf Hexerei, siehe Klavs Sedlenieks Aufsatz Corruption as witchcraft for Latvia during the transition: Unsere sogenannte moderne Gesellschaft ist nicht weniger “irrational”.

UPDATE:

Buchbesprechung Die Ökonomie der Hexerei auf myblog.de/nichtidentisches

Kritische Kommentare zu Signers Buch vom Ethnologen Thomas Bierschenk (Uni Mainz)

"Gemeinhin wird die Unterentwicklung des afrikanischen Kontinents auf den (Neo-) Kolonialismus, Kriege und Korruption, geringe Wirtschaftskraft und Naturkatastrophen zurückgeführt. Zweifellos tragen diese Faktoren zur Armut bei, allerdings bleibt eine Analyse ohne die Berücksichtigung von soziokulturellen Faktoren ungenügend", schreibt die NZZ…

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Corrected: Drinking Cultures – Anthropology of Food

UPDATE (5.6.05): Link is corrected. They have moved the article to an earlier issue of the journal

Tom WILSON: Globalization, Differenciation and Drinking Cultures: an anthropological perspective. Drinking culture in Ireland, at home or in more public domains, has not been a major interest in the ethnography of Ireland, but it should be. The pub, or public house, is a particularly important ethnographic arena, wherein drinking practices and other aspects of Irish culture merge, and where the questions of identity and identification continually matter. >> continue (pdf)

UPDATE (5.6.05): Link is corrected. They have moved the article to an earlier issue of the journal

Tom WILSON: Globalization, Differenciation and Drinking Cultures: an anthropological perspective. Drinking culture in Ireland, at home or in more public domains, has not been…

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Photoethnography Blog and Blogging Asia

(via delicious)Karen Nakamura is a cultural anthropologist who focuses on disability and minority identity issues in contemporary Japan, currently in Kyoto for fieldwork. While you’ll find many camera reviews on her blog, her homepage lists many links related to photoethnography and discusses some techniques. There’s also a very interesting photo gallery. Nakamura is also mentioned in an article in the San Francisco Chronicle on Asian Blogging.

(via delicious)Karen Nakamura is a cultural anthropologist who focuses on disability and minority identity issues in contemporary Japan, currently in Kyoto for fieldwork. While you'll find many camera reviews on her blog, her homepage lists many links related to photoethnography…

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Anthropology in a Time of Crisis. A Note from Nepal

Sara Shneiderman, PhD candidate in anthropology at Cornell University, Anthropology News May 2005

Although Nepal’s “regional ethnography traditions” have long focused on classic themes like religion and culture, recent years have seen anthropologists of Nepal expanding their study to deal with history, politics and the nation-state. With our access to information from trusted Nepali informants and colleagues all over the country, as well as detailed local knowledge, experienced anthropologists have something unique to contribute in this time of crisis.

Anthropological analyses of issues like conflict, state terror, trauma and political action are more necessary than ever. It is our responsibility as scholars, both Nepali and foreign, to continue contributing our skills to understanding the conflict, working for peace and rebuilding Nepali society. >> continue

Sara Shneiderman has published several articles on her research in Nepal in fulltext on her homepage at Cornell University

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Challenges of Providing Anthropological Expertise: On the conflict in Sudan

Sara Shneiderman, PhD candidate in anthropology at Cornell University, Anthropology News May 2005

Although Nepal’s “regional ethnography traditions” have long focused on classic themes like religion and culture, recent years have seen anthropologists of Nepal expanding their study to deal with…

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