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ABSTRACT: Colin Campbell states that hedonism, in other words, the search for pleasure, is what drives not only consumption desires, but also the interpersonal relationships of modern individuals. On the other hand, Zygmunt Bauman claims... more
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      Qualitative ResearchZygmunt BaumanSocial DynamicsPesquisa Qualitativa
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      DeathReality televisionSlave TradeEthnicity
In this article, following the steps of biography of things, attention will be paid to picture few different biographies of bread, which as an object of great importance appears constantly in Nazi concentration camp prisoners’... more
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      Jewish StudiesSociology of Food and EatingJewish HistoryMemory Studies
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      SociologyEconomic SociologyAnthropologyArt Theory
This study aims to show the life history of playing cards as a fascinating interplay between cultures and concepts. That interplay concerns the cultural meaning that is not given but created and developed when human and non-human agents... more
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      Material Culture StudiesPopular CultureActor Network TheorySocial and Cultural Anthropology
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      Patrimonio CulturalCommodificationInalienable PossessionAntropología económica
MSc African Studies thesis, 2012.  St Antony's College, University of Oxford
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      Social sciences and valuesEast AfricaArjun AppaduraiZanzibar
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      Art HistoryContemporary ArtFound Object ArtIgor Kopytoff
Dieser Artikel erzählt die Objektbiographie eines der ältesten Manuskripte des alten lateinischen Evangeliums, Codex Bobiensis. Konzeptionell verwendet es den Rahmen von Edward Soja, der die „real-and-imagined“ Geschichte des Codex... more
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      Late Antique ArchaeologySynoptic GospelsLate AntiquityMediterranean and North Africa
The ongoing fragmentation of pastoral drylands is a matter of concern throughout Africa. Using the example of rangelands in northern Baringo County, Kenya, that were under uniform pastoral use until the late twentieth century, we trace... more
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      Human EcologyPastoralism (Social Anthropology)KenyaHistorical Ecology
The ongoing fragmentation of pastoral drylands is a matter of concern throughout Africa. Using the example of rangelands in northern Baringo County, Kenya, that were under uniform pastoral use until the late 20 th century, we trace... more
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      Pastoralism (Social Anthropology)KenyaHistorical EcologyDrylands
In a world of social inequality, health disparities, and poverty, the economic value of people remains unrecognized, undervalued, and exploited. Recently, the ongoing conflict between capitalist markets and human value came to the fore... more
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      African StudiesAnthropologyEconomic AnthropologyEmbodiment
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      Museum StudiesChinese StudiesMuseumChinese Religions
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      Contemporary ArtWalter BenjaminGiorgio AgambenMuseums and Exhibition Design
Il consumo ha attirato l’attenzione della sociologia sin dalle origini della disciplina. Tuttavia, è solo negli ultimi decenni che lo studio dei processi di consumo ha guadagnato un posto centrale nelle scienze sociali. In questo saggio... more
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      CommonsConsumptionConsumption StudiesAnthropology Of Consumption
The thesis 'Collecting China in South African Museums: Object biographies of Han dynasty míngqì ()' uses a methodological approach that unravels the stories of a handful of Han dynasty (206 BC – AD 220) funerary objects in South African... more
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      Museum StudiesChinese StudiesMuseumChinese Religions
... Title : Kongo and Lisbon : the Dialectics of "Centre" and "Periphery" in the Kimbanguist Church. Language : English. Author, co-author : Melice, Anne mailto [Université de Liège - ULg >... more
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      Slave TradeEthnicityMemoryHoly Spirit