This paper begins from the stance that the "meaning" of collaborations, alliances or any social r... more This paper begins from the stance that the "meaning" of collaborations, alliances or any social relationships is not automatically shared by all partners in such relationship and, indeed may, in some instances, be incomprehensible to one or more parties. This lack of a common meaning derives from the specificity of cultural constructions overlying a commonality of evolved psychological mechanisms. By drawing extensively on anthropological theory, I construct a preliminary model to both explain this lack of common meaning, and show why certain specific safeguards identified by other researchers on alliances and collaborations are so important in collaborative relationships.
In his book Essai sur le Don, Marcel Mauss argued for the existence and necessity of gift-exchang... more In his book Essai sur le Don, Marcel Mauss argued for the existence and necessity of gift-exchange (or "prestation" or reciprocity) networks. Although Mauss failed to make his argument for their use in the "modern" world, these networks are readily apparent in a number of areas of the "post-modern" world. The purpose of this paper is to examine the use of reciprocity in modern job searches. The data for this paper is the result of ongoing research on the Outplacement industry.
This paper begins from the stance that the "meaning" of collaborations, alliances or any social r... more This paper begins from the stance that the "meaning" of collaborations, alliances or any social relationships is not automatically shared by all partners in such relationship and, indeed may, in some instances, be incomprehensible to one or more parties. This lack of a common meaning derives from the specificity of cultural constructions overlying a commonality of evolved psychological mechanisms. By drawing extensively on anthropological theory, I construct a preliminary model to both explain this lack of common meaning, and show why certain specific safeguards identified by other researchers on alliances and collaborations are so important in collaborative relationships.
In his book Essai sur le Don, Marcel Mauss argued for the existence and necessity of gift-exchang... more In his book Essai sur le Don, Marcel Mauss argued for the existence and necessity of gift-exchange (or "prestation" or reciprocity) networks. Although Mauss failed to make his argument for their use in the "modern" world, these networks are readily apparent in a number of areas of the "post-modern" world. The purpose of this paper is to examine the use of reciprocity in modern job searches. The data for this paper is the result of ongoing research on the Outplacement industry.
Los Caballeros Templarios de Michoacán: Imagery, Symbolism, and Narratives, 2019
The 279 page edited work "Los Caballeros Templarios de Michoacán: Imagery, Symbolism, and Narrati... more The 279 page edited work "Los Caballeros Templarios de Michoacán: Imagery, Symbolism, and Narratives" is divided into a preface, introduction, twelve chapters, postscript, imagery data set, four appendices, selected references, and further readings. It is a Small Wars Journal-El Centro eBook (Small Wars Foundation) edited by Robert J. Bunker and Alma Keshavarz. The Templarios cartel is an understudied group and it is hoped that this effort has shed some light on their spiritual-criminal activities and the threat this signified to both the Mexican state and its broader society. This cross-disciplinary work represents a unique fusion of organized crime and insurgency (criminal & spiritual) focused scholarship blended with contributors with religious (and magico-religious) studies expertise. The experts contributing to it collectively recognize and challenge exclusive narco secular status quo perceptions, finding that not all cartel activity taking place is simply secular in nature and devoid of any underlying spiritual motivations.
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