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Rapid social, economic, technological changes in the country leave their mark on each member of the society; alter their tastes, expectations, and needs. The visitors of the Yerevan American Corner are not an exception. Thus, a necessity... more
ABSTRACT More than a state ideology, the concept of 'Revolution' holds multiple meanings for Cubans. A historic moment, the government, the country, the people—Revolution is any one of these and all of them at once. How,... more
In the tutorial is available outlines the basic theoretical postulates of general systems theory, considered the laws of system development of matter, nature and society. On the basis of a broad generalization of the actual and... more
The objective in this paper is to locate and analyze parameters within indigenous communities, as well as within the larger framework of the surrounding nation states and the global system, that interact and together structure and... more
This article explores navigation when knowing is intrinsically difficult. It looks at how irregularized migrants know during their perilous trips to and through Europe, focusing particularly on the significance of digital practices on... more
Studying financial traders is a productive way to understand the distinctive morality that emerges through the practice of exchange in global markets. Traders are fascinating subjects for social analysis, not only because of the fast rise... more
Any form of divination can be intuitively compelling without the need for ontological elaboration, but practices like Chinese six lines prediction involve complex ontological accounts, raising the question of what effect this has on... more
Report prepared as part of the preparation of the proposed "Lagos Metropolitan Development Project". Under this project's component "Upgrading of Blighted Areas in Metropolitan Lagos" is sub-project proposal 4, "The Makoko 'Houses on the... more
Abstract: Self-identification as a kanaka is a common rhetorical ploy in highlands Papua New Guinea, used to emphasize both a sense of economic and political marginalization, and a continued identification with tradition. However, I argue... more
The slogan “Water is Life” rallies anti-extractive movements across the Americas. Critical theorists, however, decry the circumscription of environmental politics by the vitalist attribution of political agency to liveliness. This article... more
This article explores the experimental work of Michael Murphy, co-founder of the Esalen Institute, and George Leonard, on the Esalen Board on their ITP experiment in methods of achieving 'extraordinary' practice. Social... more
This article places anthropology in dialogue with critical disability studies (CDS) in order to reassess historical and emerging ethnographic readings of difference. We argue that one unintended consequence of a lack of attention to... more
Abstract: This article examines the temporalizing effects of Tidlig Innsats—Early Years (TIEY), a literacy instruction program building on the school effectiveness pedagogic model. Ethnographic descriptions from several Norwegian... more
At the time of this writing, the world is watching incredulously as terror and deprivation ravage the poorest citizens of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The region’s middle class and elite fled the disaster, while... more
Ebben az írásban -- mely a Szelényi Iván nyolcvanadik születésnapja alkalmából megjelent, Bozóki András és Füzér Katalin szerkesztette, Lépték és irónia című kötet nyitótanulmánya -- arra teszek kísérletet, hogy az államszocializmus... more
Ulrich Beck represented cosmopolitan society as overcoming the nation-states as the container of the respective civil societies. In order to understand these profound changes, sociology itself appears inadequate, populated as it is by... more
Once conceptualized as self-evident connections between discrete social units systematized through ethnographic fieldwork, relations are being increasingly treated as instantiations of local ontological theories. The ethnography of... more
Once conceptualized as self-evident connections between discrete social units systematized through ethnographic fieldwork, relations are being increasingly treated as instantiations of local ontological theories. The ethnography of... more
... Consequently, Dharma Wisesa can no longer claim to represent the entire Lombok Balinese community. 10. This understanding is expressed in texts describing the nine-fold division of the cosmos (nawa sanga) in which Siwa is placed in... more