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Books on: urban anthropologists

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The Routledge Dictionary of Anthropologists

Book by Gérald Gaillard; Routledge, 2003

Subjects:

Anthropologists--Biography--Dictionaries

Collections: Entire Library

This detailed and comprehensive guide provides biographical information on the most influential and significant figures in world anthropology, from the birth of the discipline in the nineteenth century to the present day. Each of the fifteen chapters focuses on a national tradition or school of ...
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This detailed and comprehensive guide provides biographical information on the most influential and significant figures in world anthropology, from the birth of the discipline in the nineteenth century to the present day. Each of the fifteen chapters focuses on a national tradition or school of thought, outlining its central features and placing the anthropologists within their intellectual contexts. Fully indexed and cross-referenced, The Routledge Dictionary of Anthropologists will prove indispensable for students of anthropology.
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Hidden Scholars: Women Anthropologists and the Native American Southwest

Book by Nancy J. Parezo; University of New Mexico Press, 1993

Subjects:

Anthropology--Southwest, New--History, Indians Of North America--Southwest, New--Study And Teaching, Women Anthropologists--Southwest, New--Biography

Collections: Entire Library

...undergraduate women before World War II, the lack of funds in the Great Depression meant that many women went to smaller urban schools, such as the University of Denver, or land grant colleges. Ellis told us, We were in the middle of the deep depression...
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Urban Anthropology: Cities in Their Cultural Settings

Book by Richard G. Fox; Prentice-Hall, 1977

Subjects:

Cities And Towns, Urban Anthropology

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...exists as to what questions urban anthropologists should ask and what problems...common understandings among urban anthropologists are that cities are important...to the extent that some urban anthropologists do not follow a holistic...
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Humanising the City? Social Contexts of Urban Life at the Turn of the Millennium

Book by Anthony P. Cohen, Katsuyoshi Fukui; Edinburgh University Press, 1993

Subjects:

City And Town Life--Social Aspects--Congresses, Sociology, Urban--Congresses

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...in contemporary urban life, see it as...widely noted by anthropologists and historians...experience of urban life. Interestingly, two of the non-anthropologists, Tsunoyama and...unacceptable to anthropologists. To the Creole...the effects on urban social life of...
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Urban Danger: Life in a Neighborhood of Strangers

Book by Sally Engle Merry; Temple University Press, 1981

Subjects:

Crime--Massachusetts--Boston--Case Studies, Ethnopsychology--Massachusetts--Boston--Case Studies, Public Housing--Massachusetts--Boston--Case Studies, Urban Anthropology--Case Studies, Urban Renewal--Massachusetts--Boston--Case Studies

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...conflicts. The urban setting provided...ethnographic research. Anthropologists who work in cities...system. Other urban anthropologists have chosen to...great. Thus, urban research presents...traditional among anthropologists. The methods...

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Journal Articles on: urban anthropologists

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Anthropologists Only Need Apply: Challenges of Applied anthropology./Quand Les Anthropologues S'appliquent: Heurs et Malheurs De L'anthropologie Appliquee

Journal article by Paul Sillitoe; Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 13, 2007

Subjects:

Anthropologists--Practice, Applied anthropology--History

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...br/ Alternatively, as Van Willigen notes, applied anthropologists work is defined by the problem and not by the discipline...were increasingly working in rural Britain or engaging with urban immigrant communities, some subsequently studying the behaviour...
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The Literary Image of anthropologists*/L'anthropologue Dans la Litterature

Journal article by Jeremy Macclancy; Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 11, 2005

Subjects:

Anthropologists--Management, Anthropologists--Works, Anthropology--Works

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Chernichewski 1935). Postwar, Pym (1955) often portrayed anthropologists as mildly unconventional. Their moderate eccentricties throw...neo-tribal logic does not appear completely irrational. In this urban space, where choice of lifestyle reigns and disorder constantly...
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Anthropologies of Urbanization: New Spatial Politics and Imaginaries

Journal article by Julian Brash; Urban Anthropology & Studies of Cultural Systems & World Economic Development, Vol. 35, 2006

Subjects:

Anthropological research, Urban anthropology--Analysis, Urbanization--Political aspects, Urbanization--Social aspects

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...market niches, urban anthropologists have made the...claim that the urban must be understood...growing number of anthropologists have taken these...discussed in urban and North American...While some anthropologists, notably Setha...
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First Nations Urban Migration and the Importance of "Urban Nomads" in Canadian Plains Cities: A Perspective from the Streets

Journal article by Paul G. Letkemann; Canadian Journal of Urban Research, Vol. 13, 2004

Subjects:

City planning, Urban planning, Urban poor--Economic aspects, Urban poor--Social aspects

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...1986140-70: Braroe 1975:87-110). Anthropologists working among the urban homeless recognize similarities...length with other students and anthropologists. This paper represents a re-contextualization...interviewed me about life as an urban nomad (which would seem spurious...
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Invoking Fannie Lou Hamer: Research, Ethnography and Activism in Low-Income Communities

Journal article by Cheryl Rodriguez; Urban Anthropology and Studies of Cultural Systems and World Economic Development, Vol. 32, 2003

Subjects:

Urban anthropology--Research

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...approach to urban anthropology...LIVED (1981), anthropologists have developed...studies of urban, Black communities, anthropologists have revealed...the center, anthropologists learn about...residents of one urban public housing...

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Magazine Articles on: urban anthropologists

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Percy H. Steele, Jr., and the Urban League: Race Relations and the Struggle for Civil Rights in Post-World War II San Diego

Magazine article by Albert S. Broussard; California History, Vol. 83, Spring 2006

Subjects:

African Americans--Civil rights, African Americans--History, African Americans--Social aspects, National Urban League--Officials and employees, San Diego, California--History, San Diego, California--Social aspects, Steele, Percy H., Jr.--Services, World War II, 1939-1945

Collections: History, Entire Library

...agreed to serve as executive director of the San Francisco Urban League, a position that he held until 1961. (48) Mannings...who possess value systems different from their own. Cultural anthropologists, he argued, and sociologists to a lesser extent, were far...
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Urban Tribes

Magazine article by Richard Benson; Geographical, Vol. 75, June 2003

Subjects:

England--Social aspects, Ethnology--Economic aspects, Ethnology--Political aspects, Ethnology--Social aspects, Social groups--Behavior, Social groups--Political aspects, Social groups--Social aspects, Target marketing--Social aspects, Voting--Social aspects

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...homeland to bond them; few anthropologists would deny Hells Angels tribal...word tribe in this modern, urban context? "Absolutely," says...Given that most contemporary anthropologists tend to favour ethnicity over...Ghanian roots, agrees that our urban tribes are not necessarily...
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Garry Simmons the Art of Erasure: Urban Artist Puts the Rub on the Stereotypes

Magazine article by Cheryl R. Riley; Ebony, Vol. 62, April 2007

Subjects:

Painting (Art)--Exhibitions, Painting--Exhibitions, Simmons, Gary--Exhibitions, Simmons, Gary--Works

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Garry Simmons the Art of Erasure: Urban Artist Puts the Rub on the Stereotypes. by Cheryl R...race," Gary says, "and further, the politics of the early anthropologists theories about intelligence and the size of Black folks skulls...
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Burbsprawl: Room to Be Free?

Magazine article by Eli Lehrer; Insight on the News, Vol. 14, November 23, 1998

Subjects:

Suburbs--Social aspects, Urban-rural migration--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...played a role in the decline of most U.S. cities. Since the mid-1980s, however, some architects, economists and urban anthropologists calling themselves "New Urbanists" have opposed the trend. New Urbanists tend to agree that the dense manner...
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An "Imagination of Order": The Suspicion of Structure in Anthropology and Poetry

Magazine article by Kent Maynard; The Antioch Review, Vol. 60, Spring 2002

Subjects:

Anthropological research--Analysis, Authorship--Methods, Ethnology--Authorship, Poetry--Authorship, Poets--Authorship

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...graveyard. Looking to nature, as even urban poets like Williams and Levine do on...with multiple voices. For example, anthropologists often describe identity or selfhood...real." Stoller puts it this way: "Anthropologists who have lost their senses often write...

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Newspaper Articles on: urban anthropologists

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Couple Digs History Anthropologists from Wheaton Rewrite History of Americas with Finds among Peruvian Ruins

Newspaper article by James Fuller; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), December 23, 2004

Subjects:

Creamer, Winifred, Haas, Jonathan

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...as a History Channel aficionado would be. As the Wheaton anthropologists uncover Peruvian ruins dating back beyond 2,627 B.C. they...older than any previously unearthed in the Americas. That puts urban civilization in Peru roughly about the same time it came to...
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Filipino Architecture?

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, October 6, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...by Maria Cristina Valera-Turalba, architect, regional and urban planner, and avowed environmentalist. Her magnum opus, published...trophy in the quest for survival on this earth. According to anthropologists, vernacular architecture in this archipelago dates back to...
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Living: Moose Takes over City Centre Store

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), October 12, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...plastic artists, fashion designers, architects, economists, anthropologists and industrial designers from Colombia, Mexico, Argentina...well as quirky, hand-drawn style prints which reflect the urban environments where they will be worn. Montreal company Matt...
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D.C.'S Gospel Groups Add Sounds of Joy to Folk Fest

Newspaper article by Michele Reaves; The Washington Times, July 1, 2000

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...commission gathered a 50-member research team, including cultural anthropologists and students, to scour the city for unique attributes...Baptist Church in Anacostia achieves a delicate balance of urban hip-hop and gospel. The 200-member choir - ranging in age...
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An English Village at the Millennium

Newspaper article by Colin Walters; The Washington Times, April 11, 1999

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...The question, whats more, is a reminder that "all social anthropologists meddle," if only by being there. At times in the past, the...people whose families have always been there. There are the urban couples who buy homes for weekend use, and in the summer months...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: urban anthropologists

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Civilization

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the river valleys of SW Asia. Writing appeared, as well as urban centers that accommodated administrators, traders, and other...never emerged in central Mexico or the central Andes). Many anthropologists now focus on a political factor the development of hierarchical...

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