Download or read book Critical Survey of Studies on the Anthropology of Nias Mentawei and Enggano written by Peter T. Suzuki and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this bibliography is to serve as a medium for informing those interested about the contents of books and articles which have thus far appeared dealing with the above-mentioned three cultures. Anthropology here is used in its widest sense: Physical anthropology, ethnology, cultural anthropology, archaeology and ethno history. l In view of the fact that Kennedy's bibliography has recently been brought up to date,2 a few words of explanation to justify this bibliography are necessary. This work attempts at completeness, that is to say, the items (especially found in missionary journals) which have been overlooked by those who did the splendid job of revising Ken nedy's bibliography, have been included here. Only those items which the present compiler was not able to get hold of have been left unannotated. In other words nearly every item listed here has been read or skimmed through. Moreover those pieces which have hardly any value or relevance to these cultures but which, none the less, are found listed in Kennedy (e. g. Buys under Nias) have been precluded from consideration here. Likewise those (few) articles dealing with modern developments which were uncovered have been listed here as well, contrary to the policy taken by the compilers of Kennedy's revised edition. Needless to say the debt one owes to these compilers for such a work as this - indeed for almost any research which one undertakes dealing with Indonesia - is untold.
Download or read book The Leiden Tradition in Structural Anthropology written by Rob de Ridder and published by Brill Archive. This book was released on 1987 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Annotated Bibliography of Bibliographies on Indonesia written by H Kemp and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1990 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Leiden Tradition in Structural Anthropology written by de Ridder and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-07-31 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mentawai Art written by Jerome Feldman and published by Archipelago Press (SG). This book was released on 1999 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Abstracts in German Anthropology written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English abstracts of anthropological publications in German, and of publications by German, Austrian and Swiss authors in languages other than German.
Download or read book Primate Ecology and Conservation Volume 2 written by International Primatological Society. Congress and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1986-08-21 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The survival of primates in their natural habitats is of growing concern to primatologists, ecologists and conservationists. In this volume, research on feeding behaviour, nutrition and digestive physiology from captive and wild primates is presented. Correlates of the habitat and social organisation are discussed, and then integrated with the pressing problem of how to conserve primates. Broad issues of confrontation between human and non-human primate populations are considered in the light of conflicting priorities for land-use and development. The increased knowledge of what primates require for their survival is applied to problems of captive propagation as a means of reducing dependence on exploiting wild populations. The papers presented in this volume will stimulate discussion between ecologists, conservationists and those concerned with land-use management to establish realistic policies for primate conservation.
Download or read book Anthropologica written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes reports of meetings of the institute.
Download or read book Sumatra Research Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Anthropos written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 814 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bulletin of the International Committee on Urgent Anthropological and Ethnological Research written by and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Newsletter of the Association for Asian Studies written by Association for Asian Studies and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reference Publication written by University of British Columbia. Library and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bijdragen tot de taal land en volkenkunde van Nederlandsch Indi written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Literatur-overzicht" issued with v. 95.
Download or read book Society and Exchange in Nias written by Andrew Beatty and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1992 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The island of Nias in Indonesia is renowned for its 'feasts of merit'. In pursuit of prestige and a noble title, a Nias chief must slaughter scores of pigs and give away a lifetime's wealth. Based on two years' field research, this book gives an account of kinship and ceremonial exchange in a village of the interior. The first part introduces a unique form of marriage alliance which represents, arguably, a link between elementary and complex social systems and has important implications for kinship theory. The second part contains perhaps the fullest account to date of the feast of merit, a widely-occurring Southeast Asian institution. Andrew Beatty's analysis sheds new light on the relation between gift exchange, status, and power, and he gives equal attention to the pragmatic and ideological concerns of the participants. Through case histories and ethnographic description he shows how exchange is involved in all that is most fundamental to life in Nias: the acquisition of prosperity, the creation of alliances and networks of support, the promotion of rank and prestige, and the assurance of salvation.
Download or read book European Directory of South east Asian Studies written by Cornelis Dijk and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Condensed Reality written by Pieter ter Keurs and published by Leiden University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1980s, the study of material culture has become a central focus in cultural anthropology. This book explores the philosophical roots and reviews recent studies of this anthropological discourse. Based on his own experience of working intensively with museum collections throughout the world, Pieter ter Keurs proposes a new approach towards material objects. It is now generally acknowledged that material objects are dynamic entities in culture. In this study the author suggests that this flexible approach towards form and meaning is, however, not useful without fully recognizing the materiality of the object. He argues that the inherent static nature of matter is crucial in shaping cultural realities. Objects are best seen as items in which reality is materialized, or condensed . Apart from condensation he looks at the opposite process of evaporation, namely of extracting meanings from their material bases when viewed in different contexts. The concrete ethnographic examples illustrating this model come from Papua New Guinea (the Siassi Islands) and Indonesia (Enggano Island). On the Siassi Islands extensively decorated wooden bowls play a major role in local ritual life and in the trade with neighbouring people. The designs on the bowls can be interpreted as being part of the mariam complex: a system of mythical beings that was of crucial importance in pre-Christian Siassi. The mariam beings no longer appear during rituals, but their presence is secured (condensed) in the carvings the Siassi people still make. On Enggano Island the main designs used in the woodcarvings represent images of slain enemies. In former ritual life the carvings were meant to secure the welfare of society and to stimulate fertility of the people and the soil. Nowadays the people of Enggano no longer remember much of their old culture. In Jakarta their woodcarvings have acquired a new meaning, in the sense that they are found for sale as tourist items representing indigenous "primitive" objects. The author introduces the concept evaporation to indicate that although the materiality of the objects is similar (they "look" the same), their meanings have completely changed.
