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Most scholars of tribal organization among the Bedouin of the eastern Arab world utilize a two-dimensional, hierarchical model of Bedouin kinship that represents only relations of descent and affinity. This model resembles a genealogy and shows how sma…

SUBSTITUTABILITY OF KIN AND THE CROW-OMAHA PROBLEM

Recent imbs_socdyn_sdeas items Published: 2019-11-28 Categories: English

The reasons for the existence of Crow-Omaha terminologies have long been debated because of difficulties in associating them with specific features of social organization or practice. However, by going back to the theories of earlier authorities like J…

Making Invisible Changes Visible: Animal Examples and the Communication of Biodiversity Loss

Marit Ruge Bjærke Published: 2019-11-27 Categories: English

Communicating biodiversity loss and other environmental threats is never only about relating natural science data. How different environmental discourses are presented, how they intertwine, and what concepts of nature are implied, are important parts o…

The Framing of Immigration and Integration in Sweden and Norway:

Nordic Journal of Migration Research Published: 2019-11-26 Categories: English

Journal Name: Nordic Journal of Migration ResearchVolume: -1Issue: ahead-of-print

Historical and Modern Perspectives on Mobile Labour:

Nordic Journal of Migration Research Published: 2019-11-25 Categories: English

Journal Name: Nordic Journal of Migration ResearchVolume: -1Issue: ahead-of-print

“I Never Want to Lose that Key”:

Nordic Journal of Migration Research Published: 2019-11-25 Categories: English

Journal Name: Nordic Journal of Migration ResearchVolume: -1Issue: ahead-of-print

Norwegian Women’s Experiences of 20th-Century Migration to England:

Nordic Journal of Migration Research Published: 2019-11-25 Categories: English

Journal Name: Nordic Journal of Migration ResearchVolume: -1Issue: ahead-of-print

IJAPS Winner of CRÈME 2019

Zulkifli Musa Published: 2019-11-18 Categories: English

The International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies (IJAPS) is once again selected as the recipient of the CRÈME award for year 2019, accorded by the Ministry of Education Malaysia. The award was first introduced in 2015 under CREAM (which has now been rebranded to CRÈME) as a recognition to highly performing scholarly journals in the … Continue reading →

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CHAPTER 8: DWIGHT READ: TOWARDS A NEW PARADIGM: FOLLOWED BY A DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE AUTHOR AND DWIGHT READ

Recent imbs_socdyn_sdeas items Published: 2019-11-14 Categories: English

Here I report on Dwight Read’s theory for a paradigm change in kinship anthropology which entails kinship terminologies being interpreted as symbolic computational systems based on kin-term products. I also report on how Read argues that different conc…

Transforming Teaching towards Empowered Learning: What #MeToo Taught Us about Anthropology

Recent teachinglearninganthro items Published: 2019-11-12 Categories: Uncategorized

This article calls for revisiting how we teach anthropology in light of three mutually reinforcing “moments” – the #MeToo Movement, the development of the American Anthropological Association’s first Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault Policy, and shi…

Spark Joy? Compulsory Happiness and the Feminist Politics of Decluttering

Laurie Ouellette Published: 2019-11-08 Categories: English

This essay analyzes the Marie Kondo brand as a set of neoliberal techniques for managing cultural anxieties around over-consumption, clutter and the family. Drawing from critical discussions of consumer culture and waste, as well as feminist scholarshi…