When the Bolsheviks seized power in 1917, they set themselves the task of building socialism in the vast landscape of the former Russian Empire, a territory populated by hundreds of different peoples belonging to a multitude of linguistic, religious, and ethnic groups. Before 1917, the Bolsheviks had called for the national self-determination of all peoples and had condemned all forms of colonization as exploitative. After attaining power, however, they began to express concern that it would not be possible for Soviet Russia to survive without the cotton of Turkestan and the oil of the Caucasus. In an effort to reconcile their anti-imperialist position with their desire to hold on to as much territory as possible, the Bolsheviks integrated the national idea into the administrative-territorial structure of the new Soviet state. In Empire of Nations, Francine Hirsch examines the ways in which former imperial ethnographers and local elites provided the Bolsheviks with ethnographic knowledge that shaped the very formation of the new Soviet Union. The ethnographers—who drew inspiration from the Western European colonial context—produced all-union censuses, assisted government commissions charged with delimiting the USSR's internal borders, led expeditions to study "the human being as a productive force," and created ethnographic exhibits about the "Peoples of the USSR." In the 1930s, they would lead the Soviet campaign against Nazi race theories. Hirsch illuminates the pervasive tension between the colonial-economic and ethnographic definitions of Soviet territory; this tension informed Soviet social, economic, and administrative structures. A major contribution to the history of Russia and the Soviet Union, Empire of Nations also offers new insights into the connection between ethnography and empire.
Автор: Lale Yalc?n-Heckmann Название: Moral Economy at Work: Ethnographic Investigations in Eurasia ISBN: 180073235X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781800732353 Издательство: Berghahn Рейтинг: Цена: 16988.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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The idea of a moral economy has been explored and assessed in numerous disciplines. The anthropological studies in this volume provide a new perspective to this idea by showing how the relations of workers, employees and employers, and of firms, families and households are interwoven with local notions of moralities. From concepts of individual autonomy, kinship obligations, to ways of expressing mutuality or creativity, moral values exert an unrealized influence, and these often produce more consent than resistance or outrage.
Автор: Hasbrouck, Jay Название: Ethnographic thinking ISBN: 1629581194 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781629581194 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 5664.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book argues that ‘ethnographic thinking’—the thought processes and patterns ethnographers develop through their practice—offers companies and organizations the cultural insights they need to develop fully-informed strategies. Using real world examples, Hasbrouck demonstrates how shifting the value of ethnography from simply identifying consumer needs to driving a more holistic understanding of a company or organization can help it benefit from a deeper understanding of the dynamic and interactive cultural contexts of its offerings. In doing so, he argues that such an approach can also enhance the strategic value of their work by helping them increase appreciation for openness and exploration, hone interpretive skills, and cultivate holistic thinking, in order to broaden perspectives, challenge assumptions, and cross-pollinate ideas between differing viewpoints.Ethnographic Thinking is key reading for managers and strategists specifically wishing to tap-into the potential that ethnography offers, as well as those searching more broadly for new ways to innovate practice. It is essential reading for students of applied ethnography, and recommended for scholars too.
Описание: While most people associate the term “learning disabilities” with children, or students, research has shown that these problems do not disappear in adulthood. As a result, interest in adults with learning disabilities is increasing. In Speaking for Themselves, nine adults with learning disabilities tell the ""inside story"" of how they deal with a very real handicap that the outside world does not see. Through their interview format, authors Paul J. Gerber and Henry B. Reiff take the reader beyond the usual boundaries of educational research and into the daily lives of fascinating individuals. Their subjects respond to in-depth to questions about careers, education, social and emotional concerns, daily living, and their own keys to success. Faced with a variety of challenges—from problems with processing language to difficulties in organizing daily routines—they describe their own strategies for coping with them, which are often amusing, sometimes sorrowful, and always intriguing. The subjects go on to offer their own first-hand definitions of learning disabilities and to give suggestions and advice not only to other adults who share their difficulties, but also to all of us who will come into contact with them. Their contributions produce a book that extends its interest not only to professionals in the field of learning disabilities, but to family members, friends, employers, educators, and psychologists. The interviews in this unique volume demonstrate that, for many individuals, learning disabilities do not preclude successful adjustment to adult life.
Автор: Varzi Roxanne, Roxanne Varzi Название: Last Scene Underground: An Ethnographic Novel of Iran ISBN: 0804796882 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780804796880 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 3135.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Leili could not have imagined that arriving late to Islamic morals class would change the course of her life. But her arrival catches the eye of a young man, and a chance meeting soon draws Leili into a new circle of friends and artists. Gathering in the cafes of Tehran, these young college students come together to create an underground play that will wake up their generation. They play with fire, literally and figuratively, igniting a drama both personal and political to perform their play—just once.
From the wealthy suburbs and chic coffee shops of Tehran to subterranean spaces teeming with drugs and prostitution to spiritual lodges and saints' tombs in the mountains high above the city, Last Scene Underground presents an Iran rarely seen. Young Tehranis navigate their way through politics, art, and the meaning of home and in the process learn hard lessons about censorship, creativity, and love. Their dangerous discoveries ultimately lead to finding themselves.
Written in the hopeful wake of Iran's Green Movement and against the long shadow of the Iran-Iraq war, this unique novel deepens our understanding of an elusive country that is full of misunderstood contradictions and wonder.
Seniority-based hierarchy (jouge kankei) is omnipresent in Japanese group dynamics. How one comports, depends on one’s status and position vis-a-vis others. To-date, no study shows what constitutes this hierarchy, where and when individuals growing up in Japan first come into contact with it, as well as how they learn to function in it.
This book fills in the lacunae. Considering jouge kankei as a social institution and adopting a discourse analytic approach, this volume examines the ways in which institutional jouge kankei as an enduring feature of Japanese social life are created and reproduced. The monograph analyses how seniority-based relations are enacted, legitimised, transmitted, and reified by social actors through language use and paralinguistic discursive practices, such as the use of space, objects, signs, and symbols. It also looks at how established rules could be challenged. The empirical data on which findings are based are gathered through 10 months of ethnographic fieldwork from 2015 to 2018 in Japanese schools, with certain types of data (school club etiquette books and uniforms) being presented and analysed for the first time. This volume also shows continuity and change of jouge kankei from school to work.
Описание: Israel is a place of paradoxes, a small country with a diverse population and complicated social terrain. Studying its culture and social life means confronting a multitude of ethical dilemmas and methodological challenges. The first-person accounts by anthropologists engage contradictions of religion, politics, identity, kinship, racialization, and globalization to reveal fascinating and often vexing dimensions of the Israeli experience. Caught up in pressing existential questions of war and peace, social justice, and national boundaries, the contributors explore the contours of Israeli society as insiders and outsiders, natives and strangers, as well as critics and friends.
Seniority-based hierarchy (jouge kankei) is omnipresent in Japanese group dynamics. How one comports, depends on one’s status and position vis-a-vis others. To-date, no study shows what constitutes this hierarchy, where and when individuals growing up in Japan first come into contact with it, as well as how they learn to function in it.
This book fills in the lacunae. Considering jouge kankei as a social institution and adopting a discourse analytic approach, this volume examines the ways in which institutional jouge kankei as an enduring feature of Japanese social life are created and reproduced. The monograph analyses how seniority-based relations are enacted, legitimised, transmitted, and reified by social actors through language use and paralinguistic discursive practices, such as the use of space, objects, signs, and symbols. It also looks at how established rules could be challenged. The empirical data on which findings are based are gathered through 10 months of ethnographic fieldwork from 2015 to 2018 in Japanese schools, with certain types of data (school club etiquette books and uniforms) being presented and analysed for the first time. This volume also shows continuity and change of jouge kankei from school to work.
1. Disability and Inclusion: Current Challenges; Santoshi Halder, Lori Assaf and Mary Keeffe. Section 1: Deconstructing Disability Identities.- 2. Disability, Culture, and Identity in India and USA; Christopher J. Johnstone, Sandhya Limaye and Misa Kayama.- 3. Disability: A Result of Cultural Ostracism; Samidha Sikha.- 4. Perseverance Pays: From Impairment to Disability; Satendra Singh.- 5. "Not everybody can take trips like this" A Paralympian's Perspective on Educating about Disability Around the world; Anjali J. Forber-Pratt.- 6. When Gucci Make Hearing Aids, I'll Be Deaf: Sensory Impairment in Later Life and a Need to Define it According to Identity; Simon Hayhoe.- 7. Looking Back Over My Shoulder: Through The Disability's Mirror; Bernardo Carlos de Oliveira.- 8. When Stigma Resonates Inside - How A Misleading Perspective on Impairment Interferes in the Way People with Disabilities Perceive Themselves; Flavia Mayer.- 9. There Is No "Dis" In Our Abilities: Acknowledging the Experience of the Differently-Abled Community; Caroline Muster.- Section 2: Exploring the Complexities of Communication with Differently Abled Persons.- 10. Communication with Persons with Disabilities vs. Communication with Differently Abled Persons; Ivana Bilic.- 11. Empathic Communication: Bridging Differences in a Global Context; Erna Alant, Beth Lewis Samuelson and Lindsey Ogle.- 12. Severe Communication Disabilities in South Africa: Challenges and Enablers; Shakila Dada, Harsha Kathard, Kerstin Tцnsing and Michal Harty.- 13. Enriched Audio Description: Working towards an inclusive museum Experience; Alison F. Eardley, Louise Fryer, Rachel Hutchinson, Matthew Cock, Peter Ride and Joselia Neves.- Section 3: Inclusive Policies, Practices and Interventions.- 14. Inclusive Practices in Mainstream Schools: An Australian Perspective; Poulomee Datta, Christine Grima-Farrell and Mitchell Graeme Coates.- 15. Gifted and Talented Students: A Review of the Concept from Indian Experience; Partha Pratim Roy.- 16. Sociocultural Construction of Disability in Sri Lanka: Challenges towards Charity Perspective to Rights-based Approach; Chandani Liyanage.- 17. More than a Ramp: Accessibility as Interpreted by Modernist Architecture in Latin America; Norma Isa Figueroa.- 18. Individualized approach for inclusion of children with diverse behavioural needs; Santoshi Halder.- 19. Employment and Autism: Personal, Social and Economic Impact; Darren Hedley, Mirko Uljarevic, and David F. E. Hedley.- 20. Legislation, case law and current issues in inclusion for the United States, Australia and India; Mary Keeffe and Rittika Ghosh.- Section 4: Insights from Caregivers.- 21. Meeting the Needs of Children with Complex Academic, Mental Health, and Health Needs: Lessons Learned from Families and Teachers; Elizabeth Anderson.- 22. Great Expectations for the Modern Day Dispossessed - An Individual's Journey of Changes in Beliefs and Attitudes; Natalya Panteleyeva.- 23. Growing With 'Zico' and Autism: A Parents' Perspective; Lily Chakraborty.- 24. Concluding Chapter: Global Diversity and Inclusion: Critical reflections and Future Directions; Santoshi Halder and Lori Assaf.
Looking at anthropologists at work, this book investigates what kind of morality they perform in their occupations and what the impact of this morality is. The book includes ethnographic studies in four professional arenas: health care, business, management and interdisciplinary research. The discussion is positioned at the intersection of ‘applied or public anthropology’ and ‘the anthropology of ethics’ and analyses the ways in which anthropologists can carry out ‘moral work’ both inside and outside of academia.
