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Die Erfassung, Beschreibung und Publikation manueller Praktiken ist dezidierter Bestandteil von ‚Aufklärung‘. Hinzu kommen analoge Kompendien zu Körpertechniken und popularisierende Darstellungen gelehrter oder adeliger Sonderkenntnisse. Das...
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J.B. Metzler
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2026-04-12
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This book is based on the author's work concerning the academic mission of anthropology, the discipline's way of reasoning and how it reflects on the global system. The content is divided into four parts: "Disciplinary Construction and Academic Self-Consciousness,"...
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Springer
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2026-04-08
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In late 2019, the Corona virus caused a worldwide outbreak of the infections disease COVID-19. Lockdowns, quarantine and mandatory masks were only some of the drastic consequences on the everyday life of societies. This volume contains essays examining various aspects...
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Springer VS
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2026-04-05
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This book examines the role of composers' unions in shaping cultural life under state socialism in Central and Eastern Europe. Against the backdrop of shifting political regimes, it traces how these organisations navigated ideological demands, censorship, and artistic...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2026-04-02
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Everyday Justice in India's Coal Transition reimagines the concept of justice by exploring what a 'just transition' away from coal could look like in the Indian context. It defines 'everyday justice' more broadly to include informal economies and labour and the...
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OUP Oxford
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2026-03-31
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Bridges culture, nature, and sustainability through an anthropological lens on global environmental challenges Environmental anthropology offers powerful tools for making sense of today’s pressing sustainability challenges, from climate change and biodiversity loss to...
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Wiley
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2026-03-30
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This book is an open access.
In an era of rapid technological developments and unprecedented burgeoning global challenges, the conventional bounds that once defined our creative and problem-solving abilities are blurring. While it is evident that technological...
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Atlantis Press
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2026-03-13
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Albert Piette chose to “note”, regretting that he was not an artist who could express “time”. As an anthropologist, he has transformed his fear of time into acts of noting that have become central to his own work. His father, his daughters’ childhoods, the moments of a...
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Mimesis International
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2026-02-25
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This book presents visual ethnography as a transformative approach to understanding, documenting, and representing the layered realities of marginalized communities and often-overlooked institutional contexts. It demonstrates how visual storytelling tools ranging...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-02-24
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Das Thema des Buches bildet der Toyotismus als im globalen Maßstab dominantes Produktionsmodell. Infolge seines weltweiten Transfers unter dem Etikett der „schlanken Produktion“ kommt es sowohl im verarbeitenden als auch im Dienstleistungssektor zur...
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Springer VS
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2026-02-23
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The ecological crisis at a planetary scale has heightened our awareness of the geological impact of human activities and the possibility of human species extinction. Within the heightened consciousness of hubris and vulnerability encoded in the Anthropocene discourse,...
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OUP Oxford
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2026-02-18
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This Open Access book explores the role and agency of stories and storytelling in understanding places and in revealing how places tell stories. It addresses themes of colonialism, more-than-human agency, environment, atmospheres, borders, dwelling, enchantment,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-02-18
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This book unpacks the multifaceted ways of living with heritage in contemporary Vietnam. It shows how heritage shapes our community and shines possible directions of pathways to the future(s). It also shows that heritage is something being reconfigured, recombined, or...
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Springer
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2026-02-16
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Why do we love who we love?Why do we stay in unfulfilling relationships, or stray from rewarding ones?Why do some couples crash and burn while others stay madly in love?In The Intimate Animal, Dr Justin Garcia - one of the world’s leading experts on the science of love...
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Penguin
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2026-02-12
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Drawing on historical and contemporary ethnographic research, this edited collection addresses tangible and intangible forms of urban heritage, their impact on urban policies, and their consequences for urban life, both at individual and social levels. The chapters look...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-02-11
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“A riveting and thoroughly researched chronicle...reminiscent of Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood.” —The New York Times Book ReviewThe gripping story of the Ruby Ridge siege, showing how the historic standoff between federal agents and a...
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Little, Brown and Company
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2026-02-10
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Anthropologists of religion study themes central to the understanding of humanity, such as the power of ritual, the authority of language, and the exemplary character of myth. This Handbook brings together leading specialists to explain the historical and intellectual...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2026-02-07
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Anthropologists of religion study themes central to the understanding of humanity, such as the power of ritual, the authority of language, and the exemplary character of myth. This Handbook brings together leading specialists to explain the historical and intellectual...
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OUP Oxford
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2026-02-04
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Combines anthropology’s four subfields to explore what it means to be human Introduction to Holistic Anthropology invites students to rediscover anthropology as Franz Boas once envisioned it — a unified discipline that integrates biological, historical, linguistic, and...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2026-02-02
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Starting from the paradox that undocumented migrants—known as sans-papiers inFrench—often have pockets, backpacks, and drawers full of papers, this book explores the role of documentation in how migration is governed and experienced. Drawing on...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-02-01
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