Anthropology: Ethnography & Methodology

By Allison Burkette

This volume adopts a practice-based approach to examine the different ways in which classification is communicated and negotiated in different environments within archaeology. The book looks specifically at the archaeological classification of ceramics as a lens through which to examine the…

Hardback – 2018-02-07
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Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics

Edited by Matei Candea

This book presents an overview of important currents of thought in social and cultural anthropology, from the 19th century to the present. It introduces readers to the origins, context and continuing relevance of a fascinating and exciting kaleidoscope of ideas that have transformed the humanities…

Paperback – 2018-01-24
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By Yarin Eski

Ports are the vital hubs of the maritime transport industry, and crucial to the flow of global trade. The protection of this global supply chain from crime and terrorism is a fundamental objective of port security, and is a landscape beset by new challenges and changes post 9/11. Building on…

Paperback – 2018-01-15
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Routledge Studies in Crime and Society

Edited by Dreama G. Moon, Michelle A. Holling

Race(ing) Intercultural Communication signals a crucial intervention in the field, as well as in wider society, where social and political events are calling for new ways of making sense of race in the 21st century. Contributors to this book work at multiple intersections, theoretically and…

Paperback – 2018-01-12
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By John Paley

Phenomenology originated as a novel way of doing philosophy early in the twentieth century. In the writings of Husserl and Heidegger, regarded as its founders, it was a non-empirical kind of philosophical enquiry. Although this tradition has continued in a variety of forms, ‘phenomenology’ is now…

Paperback – 2018-01-12
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Routledge Advances in Research Methods

By Laurent Vidal

In Anthropology in the Making, Laurent Vidal takes the reader into the world of research in the fields of health and development, providing a fresh and provocative perspective on the practice of anthropology. This volume investigates the “science of otherness” across four multi-disciplinary…

Paperback – 2017-12-18
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Routledge Studies in Anthropology

Edited by Robert E. Rinehart, elke emerald, Rangi Matamua

The book is about exciting ethnographic happenings in the vibrant and growing global interface which includes Australia, New Zealand, and some of the Asian geographical regions, as well as - more broadly - the global South. It explores ethnographic writing as culture(s) (re)produced,…

Paperback – 2017-12-18
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Routledge Studies in Anthropology

By Graham Fordham

Drawing on the case of HIV/AIDS in Thailand, this book examines how anthropological and other interpretative social science research has been utilized in modeling the AIDS epidemic, and in the design and implementation of interventions. It argues that much social science research has been complicit…

Paperback – 2017-12-18
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Routledge Studies in Anthropology

Edited by Dona Davis, Anita Maurstad

The Meaning of Horses: Biosocial Encounters examines some of the engagements or entanglements that link the lived experiences of human and non-human animals. The contributors discuss horse-human relationships in multiple contexts, times and places, highlighting variations in the meaning of horses…

Paperback – 2017-12-18
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Edited by Morten Nielsen, Nigel Rapport

How do anthropologists write their texts? What is the nature of creativity in the discipline of anthropology? This book follows anthropologists into spaces where words, ideas and arguments take shape and explores the steps in a creative process. In a unique examination of how texts come to be…

Paperback – 2017-12-13
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By Frank Salomon

In high-Andean Peru, Rapaz village maintains a temple to mountain beings who command water and weather. By examining the ritual practices and belief systems of an Andean community, this book provides students with rich understandings of unfamiliar religious experiences and delivers theories of…

Paperback – 2017-12-07
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Edited by Joanne Larson, George H. Moses

Through multiple narratives reflecting the complexity of participatory action research partnerships for social justice, this book sheds light on the dialogic spaces that intentionally support community literacies and rhetorical practices for inquiry and change. Applying literacy as social practice,…

Paperback – 2017-12-05
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Expanding Literacies in Education