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View book details for Profiles of Anthropological Praxis
An International Casebook
The book Profiles of Anthropological Praxis is something of a sequel to Anthropological Praxis: Translating Knowledge into Action, published in 1987 (Westview Press). As a casebook of anthropological projects, the new version shares a fascinating breadth of award-winning projects undertaken …
View book details for A European Memory?
Contested Histories and Politics of Remembrance
Berghahn Books
An examination of the role of history and memory is vital in order to better understand why the grand design of a United Europewith a common foreign policy and market yet enough diversity to allow for cultural and social differenceswas …
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The Second World War in Europe
Berghahn Books
Modern military history, inspired by social and cultural historical approaches, increasingly puts the national histories of the Second World War to the test. New questions and methods are focusing on aspects of war and violence that have long been neglected. …
View book details for Eastern Europe Unmapped
Beyond Borders and Peripheries
Berghahn Books
Arguably more than any other region, the area known as Eastern Europe has been defined by its location on the map. Yet its inhabitants, from statesmen to literati and from cultural-economic elites to the poorest emigrants, have consistently forged or …
View book details for The Best We Share
Nation, Culture and World-Making in the UNESCO World Heritage Arena
The UNESCO World Heritage Convention is one of the most widely ratified international treaties, and a place on the World Heritage List is a widely coveted mark of distinction. Building on ethnographic fieldwork at Committee sessions, interviews and documentary study, …
Berghahn Books
What happens when people achieve? Why do reactions to achievement vary so profoundly? And how might an anthropological study of achievement and its consequences allow us to develop a more nuanced model of the motivated agency that operates in the …
View book details for Rethinking the Age of Emancipation
Comparative and Transnational Perspectives on Gender, Family, and Religion in Italy and Germany, 18001918
Since the end of the nineteenth century, traditional historiography has emphasized the similarities between Italy and Germany as late nations, including the parallel roles of great men such as Bismarck and Cavour. Rethinking the Age of Emancipation aims at a …
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Madness in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea
Berghahn Books
The Kakoli of the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea (PNG), the focus of this study, did not traditionally have a concept of mental illness. They classified madness according to social behaviour, not mental pathology. Moreover, their conception of the …
View book details for Under the Sign of the Cross
The Peoples Salvation Cathedral and the Church-Building Industry in Postsocialist Romania
Based on extensive ethnographic research, this book delves into the thriving industry of religious infrastructure in Romania, where 4,000 Orthodox churches and cathedrals have been built in three decades. Following the construction of the worlds highest Orthodox cathedral in Bucharest, …
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Making and Unmaking Heritage in Cyprus
Berghahn Books
On the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, rural villages, traditional artefacts, even atmospheres and experiences are considered heritage. Heritage making not only protects, but also produces, things, people, and places. Since the Republic of Cyprus joined the European Union in 2004, …
View book details for The Ethos of History
Time and Responsibility
Berghahn Books
At a time when rapidly evolving technologies, political turmoil, and the tensions inherent in multiculturalism and globalization are reshaping historical consciousness, what is the proper role for historians and their work? By way of an answer, the contributors to this …
View book details for New Perspectives on Moral Change
Anthropologists and Philosophers Engage with Transformations of Life Worlds
The world we live in is constantly changing. Climate change, transforming gender conceptions, emerging issues of food consumption, novel forms of family life and technological developments are altering central areas of our forms of life. This raises questions of how …
View book details for Borders across Healthcare
Moral Economies of Healthcare and Migration in Europe
Examining which actors determine undocumented migrants access to healthcare on the ground, this volume looks at what happens in the daily interactions between administrative personnel, healthcare professionals and migrant patients in healthcare institutions across Europe. Borders across Healthcare explores contemporary …
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View book details for The Politics of German Defence and Security
Policy Leadership and Military Reform in the post-Cold War Era
Berghahn Books
The post-Cold War era has witnessed a dramatic transformation in the German political consensus about the legitimacy of the use of force. However, in comparison with its EU and NATO partners, Germany has been reticent to transform its military to …
View book details for What Is History For?
Johann Gustav Droysen and the Functions of Historiography
Berghahn Books
A scholar of Hellenistic and Prussian history, Droysen developed a historical theory that at the time was unprecedented in range and depth, and which remains to the present day a valuable key for understanding history as both an idea and …
View book details for Negotiating Identity in Scandinavia
Women, Migration, and the Diaspora
Berghahn Books
Gender has a profound impact on the discourse on migration as well as various aspects of integration, social and political life, public debate, and art. This volume focuses on immigration and the concept of diaspora through the experiences of women …
View book details for Heritage Movements in Asia
Cultural Heritage Activism, Politics, and Identity
Heritage processes vary according to cultural, national, geographical, and historical contexts. This volume is unique in that it is dedicated to approaching the analysis of heritage through the concepts of social movements. Adapting the latest developments in the field of …
View book details for Sustaining Indigenous Songs
Contemporary Warlpiri Ceremonial Life in Central Australia
As an ethnography of Central Australian singing traditions and ceremonial contexts, this book asks questions about the vitality of the cultural knowledge and practices highly valued by Warlpiri people and fundamental to their cultural heritage. Set against a discussion of …
Berghahn Books
Money is more than just a medium of financial exchange: across time and place, it has performed all sorts of cultural, political, and social functions. This volume traces money in German-speaking Europe from the late Renaissance until the close of …
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Integral Ecology, Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainability in Guyana
Berghahn Books
Based on an ethnographic account of subsistence use of Amazonian forests by Wapishana people in Guyana, Edges, Frontiers, Fringes examines the social, cultural and behavioral bases for sustainability and resilience in indigenous resource use. Developing an original framework for holistic …
View book details for Nationalism and the Cinema in France
Political Mythologies and Film Events, 1945-1995
Berghahn Books
It is often taken for granted that French cinema is intimately connected to the nations sense of identity and self-confidence. But what do we really know about that relationship? What are the nuances, insider codes, and hidden history of the …
View book details for Investigating Srebrenica
Institutions, Facts, Responsibilities
Berghahn Books
In July 1995, the Bosnian Serb Army commanded by General Ratko Mladic attacked the enclave of Srebrenica, a UN safe area since 1993, and massacred about 8,000 Bosniac men. While the responsibility for the massacre itself lays clearly with the …
View book details for The Engaged Historian
Perspectives on the Intersections of Politics, Activism and the Historical Profession
Berghahn Books
On the surface, historical scholarship might seem thoroughly incompatible with political engagement: the ideal historian, many imagine, is a disinterested observer focused exclusively on the past. In truth, however, political action and historical research have been deeply intertwined for as …
View book details for State, Sovereignty, War
Civil Violence in Emerging Global Realities
Berghahn Books
The very institution of the state is widely conceived of as inseparable from war. If it constitutes peace within the borders or order of its sovereignty, this very peace may be the condition for its potential for war with those …
View book details for Deconstructing Dolls
Girlhoods and the Meanings of Play
In recent decades, emerging scholarship in the field of girlhood studies has led to a particular interest in dolls as sources of documentary evidence. Deconstructing Dolls pushes the boundaries of doll studies by expanding the definition of dolls, ages of …
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