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Reading another anthropological “classic” by Evans Pritchard. It has been criticized for the lack of analysis of the con...
11/14/2021

Reading another anthropological “classic” by Evans Pritchard. It has been criticized for the lack of analysis of the context of colonialism in which the research took place. Despite the criticism it is a one of the important work in anthropology and has been extensively discussed.

Pritchard notes that the Azande use witchcraft to explain unfortunate events. The beliefs in witchcraft coordinate the A...
10/14/2021

Pritchard notes that the Azande use witchcraft to explain unfortunate events. The beliefs in witchcraft coordinate the Azande social structure.

Another anthropological “classic” book by Evans-Pritchard. Pritchard’s writing is always very clear and has brilliant ar...
10/13/2021

Another anthropological “classic” book by Evans-Pritchard. Pritchard’s writing is always very clear and has brilliant arguments. In this book he explains how the Azande of South Sudan use magic to explain the events that are beyond explanations or understanding. If you are into magic and want to know more about its social role and its connection with religion and culture, this book will help you to understand these issues more clearly.

Colourful fall
10/11/2021

Colourful fall

It’s good to have Monday off. Happy Thanksgiving! Don’t forget to give a lot of thanks:)
10/11/2021

It’s good to have Monday off. Happy Thanksgiving! Don’t forget to give a lot of thanks:)

Here are some of the objects in Kula gift exchange photographed by Malinowski. He notes that this exchange of objects th...
10/11/2021

Here are some of the objects in Kula gift exchange photographed by Malinowski. He notes that this exchange of objects that seem to have no value functions to maintain and strengthen the social status and social prestige of the participants. Therefore, they travel long distances risking their lives to exchange these objects.

Continuing rereading parts of Malinowski’s ‘Argonauts of the Western Pacific’. His research is based on his fieldwork in...
10/10/2021

Continuing rereading parts of Malinowski’s ‘Argonauts of the Western Pacific’. His research is based on his fieldwork in the Trobriand Islands. He describes in details the exchange of trinkets by the local people called Kula exchange. In that sense, Marcel Mauss book The Gift is kind of response to Malinowski’s analysis of the Kula exchange. This anthropological debate about the nature of gift giving and “gift-economy” continues to the present day.

Revisiting Malinowski’s ‘Argonauts of the Western Pacific over the weekend’. This work had a great influence on the late...
10/10/2021

Revisiting Malinowski’s ‘Argonauts of the Western Pacific over the weekend’. This work had a great influence on the later ethnographic research.

Happy long weekend to everyone in Canada.
10/09/2021

Happy long weekend to everyone in Canada.

Working hard or hardly working:)?
10/07/2021

Working hard or hardly working:)?

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