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The book offers a fresh look on man, cultures, and societies built on the current advances in the fields of quantum mechanics, quantum philosophy, and quantum consciousness. The authors have developed an inspiring theoretical framework... more
This volume presents the papers of an international colloquium on the archaeology of houses and households in ancient Crete held in Ierapetra in May 2005. The 38 papers presented here range from a discussion of household activities at... more
The present study scrutinizes the outlawry and outlaws that appear in the Icelandic Family Sagas. It provides a thorough description about outlawry on the basis of extant law and saga texts as well as an analysis of referential... more
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In this chapter, I draw on Merleau-Ponty’s philosophy to explore environmental embodiment—the various lived ways, sensorily and motility-wise, that the body in its pre-reflective perceptual presence engages and synchronizes with the world... more
This article examines the conception of the everyday city as presented in the work of architect Christopher Alexander and architectural theorist Bill Hillier: Both thinkers suggest that, in the past, lively urban places arose... more
Considérées comme les « arrière-cours » du paysage urbain israélien, les villes pluriethniques ont surtout été étudiées à la lumière du paradigme de la marginalité. Or ce paradigme omet de reconnaître la dimension sociale de ces espaces,... more
Recenti studi affermano che le attività a reale valore aggiunto in ufficio non superano oggi il 5% delle ore lavorative e che, mediamente, un impiegato subisce più di 70 interruzioni al giorno. L'autore affronta le problematiche... more
Salt domes are geological features that occur when areas of salt deposits are pressured into layers above them, causing dome shaped distortions in horizontal strata. In some instances, the distortions protrude above flat areas of land or... more
Ce texte presente une ethnographie realisee au Bresil, avec trois familles portugaises dont le parcours de vie transnationale est passe par le Portugal, le Mozambique puis le Bresil. Dans leurs parcours, les membres des familles etudiees... more
როგორც ჰენრი ლეფებვრე ამბობდა, ისევე როგორც კაპიტალი, სივრცეც სოციალური პროცესია და სივრცეში, ისევე როგორც უშუალოდ სივრცის მეშვეობით ყოველთვის ხდება ძალაუფლების განხორციელება. ზუსტად სივრცის ათვისების შემდეგ ძალაუფლება იძენს... more
Im Frühsommer 1941 besuchte der Reichsführer-SS, Heinrich Himmler, das nahe Linz gelegene KZ Mauthausen und dessen Steinbrüche. Im Anschluss befahl er, dort und im Außenlager Gusen jeweils ein Bordell für Häftlinge einzurichten. Ihm war... more
This article explores the class politics of inclusion. Drawing from ethnographic fieldwork, I examine a community campaign organized to oppose the closure of a pub to make way for urban redevelopment and the local Council's and property... more
In a compelling mix of literary narrative and ethnography, anthropologist Alma Gottlieb and writer Philip Graham continue the long journey of cultural engagement with the Beng people of Cote d'Ivoire that they first recounted in their... more
Taksim 360, located in the Tarlabaşı neighborhood of Istanbul, is one of the first state-led urban transformation projects in Turkey. Originally scheduled to be finished in 2014, the project is still under construction. Concordant with... more
""Life at Home in the Twenty-First Century cross-cuts the ranks of important books on social history, consumerism, contemporary culture, the meaning of material culture, domestic architecture, and household ethnoarchaeology. Far richer in... more
Num contexto de desequilíbrio entre a oferta e a procura de habitação, de sobrecarga do território e de diminuição do arrojo económico, a reutilização de fogos existentes surge como um caminho inevitável. A compreensão dos mecanismos... more
Resumo: Num Estado de Direito, a luta política entre os vários grupos, que defendem ou atacam interesses de classe, económicos, profissionais, geracionais, de género, ou outros, embora regulada, é uma constante. Governos, empresas e... more
This papers examines Arab migrants' paths in Milan, the way they settled in and dwell in the oldest migration area in Milan, via Padova, space habits that allow them to live in a network of relationships, focussing on women's experience... more
Welche Beziehung besteht zwischen unserem Körper und dem Raum, der ihn umgibt? Reagiert unser Körper auf die verschiedenen architektonischen Formen, mit denen wir in Kontakt kommen? Falls ja, wie? Wie reagiert unser Körper auf Signale der... more
This paper explores the emergence of coworking spaces in Slovenia in the 2010s as a response to economic pressures and youth culture fads and explores the distinction between self-generated and top-down developed coworking spaces. While... more
Hospitals are designed as spaces of improvement. Yet an accumulation of infrastructural projects can lead over time to the emergence of a layered landscape made up of multiple incongruous planned spaces. This article focuses on Madang... more
Resumo Como funciona um mercado no qual os compradores provêm de outro país e onde muitos dos comerciantes e trabalhadores moram do outro lado da fronteira? O artigo analisa a dinâmica comercial de Ciudad del Este, importante centro... more
In Spain, the birth of interest in the nation's industrial heritage dates from the 1980s and occurred alongside the process of deindustrialization. Policies concerning derelict industrial sites have shifted gradually from destruction to... more
Convocatória para inscrições no Grupo de Trabalho: Abordagens etnográficas contemporâneas sobre paisagem: naturezas e culturas na América Latina. XIII Reunião de Antropologia do Mercosul – 22-25 de Julho – UFRGS – Porto Alegre. –––––––... more
Concebido como um guia para um possível percurso de leitura, este pequeno livro foi organizado de forma a tentar responder a três objectivos: primeiro, transmitir aos leitores a informação teórica e etnográfica que constitui o património... more
Back cover text: Real Social Science presents a new, hands-on approach to social inquiry. The theoretical and methodological ideas behind the book, inspired by Aristotelian phronesis, represent an original perspective within the social... more
Back cover text: Real Social Science presents a new, hands-on approach to social inquiry. The theoretical and methodological ideas behind the book, inspired by Aristotelian phronesis, represent an original perspective within the social... more
Back cover text: Real Social Science presents a new, hands-on approach to social inquiry. The theoretical and methodological ideas behind the book, inspired by Aristotelian phronesis, represent an original perspective within the social... more
Although Fourth Ezra and Second Baruch roughly date to the same era (late 1st to mid-2nd century) and respond to the same catastrophe (destruction of the Second Temple), use the same narrative device of pseudepigraphy and narrative foil... more
The Ortiz Basualdo palace was built in Buenos Aires about 1912, by Paul Pater, a French architect which studied at the Ecole of Beaux Arts in Paris. The present paper tries to explain the antecedents and the architectural composition of... more
Documento que reúne as considerações tecidas a propósito dos quatro capítulos em análise, apresentadas em regime de seminário no âmbito da disciplina em epígrafe.