Nostalgia is intimately connected to the history of the social sciences in general and anthropology in particular, though finely grained ethnographies of nostalgia and loss are still scarce. Today, anthropologists have realized that nostalgia constitutes a fascinating object of study for exploring contemporary issues of the formation of identity in politics and history. Contributors to this volume consider the fabric of nostalgia in the fields of heritage and tourism, exile and diasporas,...
What can anthropology and political science learn from each other? The authors argue that collaboration, particularly in the area of concepts and methodologies, is tremendously beneficial for both disciplines, though they also deal with some troubling aspects of the relationship. Focusing on the influence of anthropology on political science, the book examines the basic assumptions the practitioners of each discipline make about the nature of social and political reality, compares some of the...
Antologia przekładów kilkudziesięciu tekstów dotyczących rozmaitych aspektów badań nad pamięcią. Redaktorzy i tłumacze dobrali je w taki sposób, by publikacja w pełni odzwierciedlała różnorodność zagadnień podejmowanych w ramach memory studies. Materiały zostały zgrupowane w dziewięciu działach tematycznych, ukazujących problem pamięci kulturowej w kontekście antropologii ciała, rzeczy, mediów, przestrzeni, a także różnych odmian antropologii społecznej i historycznej. Wybrano teksty autorstwa...
The events of the Arab Spring presented a dramatic reconstitution of politics and the public sphere through their aesthetic and performative uses of public space. Mass demonstrations have become a new global political form, grounded in the localization of globalizing processes, institutions, and relationships. This volume delves beneath the seemingly chaotic nature of events to explore the structural dynamics underpinning popular resistance and their support or suppression. It moves beyond what...
В 1971 году чета американских славистов Карл и Эллендея Профферы основали издательство «Ардис». Иосиф Бродский позднее сравнил их труд с переворотом, который некогда совершил Гутенберг. Скромному издательскому дому Профферов русская культура обязана очень многим: и восстановлением прерванной связи с серебряным веком, и спасением от забвения замалчиваемой литературы 1920–1930-х годов, и публикацией запрещенных в СССР актуальных писателей. Фактически «Ардис» – в противовес советскому литературному...
Behind the scenes at a creationist theme park with a mission to convert visitors through entertainment [b][/b]Opened to the public in July 2016, Ark Encounter is a creationist theme park in Kentucky. The park features an all-timber re-creation of Noah's ark, built full scale to creationist specifications drawn from the text of Genesis, as well as exhibits that imagine the Bible’s account of life before the flood. More than merely religious spectacle, Ark Encounter offers important insights...
Going beyond the frameworks of the anthropology of death, Articulate Necrographies offers a dramatic new way of studying the dead and their interactions with the living. Traditional anthropology has tended to dichotomize societies where death “speaks” from those where death is “silent” – the latter is deemed “scientific” and the former “religious” or “magical”. The collection introduces the concept of “necrography” to describe the way death and the dead create their own kinds of biographies in...
What can we learn about nationalism by looking at a country’s cultural institutions? How do the history and culture of particular cities help explain how museums represent diversity? <I>Artifacts and Allegiances</I> takes us around the world to tell the compelling story of how museums today are making sense of immigration and globalization. Based on firsthand conversations with museum directors, curators, and policymakers; descriptions of current and future exhibitions; and inside...
In Vanuatu, commoditization and revitalization of culture and the arts do not necessarily work against each other; both revolve around value formation and the authentication of things. This book investigates the meaning and value of (art) objects as commodities in differing states of transit and transition: in the local place, on the market, in the museum. It provides an ethnographic account of commoditization in a context of revitalization of culture and the arts in Vanuatu, and the issues this...