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Taking culture seriously: Making the Social survey Ethnographic
(University of Chicago Press, 2005)
Tamang Conversions: Culture, Politics, and the Christian Conversion Narrative in Nepal
(Center for Nepal and Asian Studies, Tribhuvan University, 2008-01)
In 1990 the Buddhist people of Timling, on Nepal's northern borderland, converted en masse to evangelical Christianity and later to Roman Catholicism. While the process implies a profound cultural rupture, this essay takes ...
Time, Space, and Image Making: Rock Art from the Dhar Tichitt (Mauritania)
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2002-06)
Prehistoric images are particularly versatile and difficult to grasp. In a few cases of historical continuity, local cultural glosses provide researchers with a rich corpus of data and help in the interpretation of the ...
Culture and Causality: An Anthropological Comment
(The Population Council, 2003-09)
This comment discusses the role of Anthropology and cultural models for explanation and understanding of demographic processes. It reflects on mixed method approaches in demography with a sympathetic eye to survey methods ...
Tamang Conversions: Culture, Politics, and the Christian Conversion Narrative in Nepal
(2008-08)
In 1990 the Buddhist people of Timling, on Nepal's northern borderland, converted en masse to evangelical Christianity and later to Roman Catholicism. While the process implies a profound cultural rupture, in this talk I ...
Mystery and Manners: A Conversation with Robert Coles
(University of Michigan, 2006)
Transcript of an interview with and profile of Robert Coles discussing writing, documentary, and views on contemporary America.
Studying West River: North Dakota Field Letters
(Center for Ethnography of Everyday Life, University of Michigan, 2001-06)
A series of vignettes detailing everyday life among farmers and ranchers in western North Dakota. From ethnographic fieldwork conducted in 2000. Detailing ranching and farming life.
Working Selves, Moral Selves: Crafting the Good person in the Northern Plains
(2008-01)
This paper explores transformations in ideas of the good person as family member and worker, across generations and in the context of certain loss. The themes addressed include the moral sources of personhood in place, ...