Sentences with phrase «studies in cultural anthropology»

Studies in cultural anthropology have, become most useful to us in understanding ritual behavior, and theologians in the past decade have been discussing these studies more than ever before.

Not exact matches

Now communication scholars have integrated insights from the fields of anthropology and cultural studies and are conscious of the significance of myth, symbol, story telling and ritual in media / audience analysis.

Nevertheless, it takes seriously the developments in critical Bible studies, the new insights gained from the social sciences of cultural anthropology and sociology, the impact of technology and political theory in rapid cultural change and the issues raised by cross-cultural communication on a global scale.

But today in our Third World contexts, for obvious reasons, theological enterprise needs to be nurtured by other disciplines such as social sciences, cultural anthropology, study of religions, political sciences, economy, etc..

Alternatively stated, this cultural anthropology is susceptible to descriptive generalization in terms of the process paradigm and can be studied in terms of its applicability to the structure of spiritual quests cross-culturally.

She attained her B.A in cultural anthropology with a minor in religious studies at Louisiana State University.

Forget dolls stuck full of pins, New Orleans tourist traps and blood - soaked Hollywood stereotypes: The Field Museum's new exhibit skips myths and misconceptions in favor of a rich cultural anthropology case study.

Yet the vast majority of studies in the human - related sciences are not based on field research, and the most field - oriented disciplines, such as sociology and cultural anthropology, have been least receptive to the modern evolutionary perspective.

Her studies in anthropology inform her view on relationships and family dynamics, giving her a broad cultural awareness so she can connect with clients of all backgrounds.

She studied cultural anthropology and has years of field experience in development cooperation.

Of Guatemalan - American descent, Benjamin witnessed the effects of transnational processes such as NAFTA, the drug war and deportations from both sides of the border, motivating him to join Americorps as a Community Health Instructor and to study political thinking and photography at Bard College before transferring and receiving his B.A in socio - cultural anthropology with an Honors Thesis at Columbia University.

In the pursuit of her creative and scholarly interventions she employs the methods and languages of a variety of disciplines including fine arts, art history, critical theory, cultural studies, geography, and anthropology.

Also informed by studies in visual literacy at New York University and cultural anthropology at the University of Chicago, the simultaneous viewpoints presented in his grids of photo imagery - sourced from the environment, movies, Internet and print media - point to insights beyond any given framing device.

Her fantastical and elaborate artwork is rooted in the disciplines of anthropology, mythology and cultural studies.

Titled Play, Concentrate, Remember: The Interwoven Histories of Latinos and Mainstream USA, the symposium presented a broad range of distinguished scholars in the fields of art history, anthropology, cultural studies, political science, and sociology engaging in an interdisciplinary dialogue about a number of the themes and issues raised in Memoria (Memory).

IPBES is particularly looking for fellows with a scientific and / or practical background in: ecological and environmental economics, environmental and sustainability sciences, environmental ethics and philosophy, environmental sociology and anthropology, environmental psychology and behavioral science, environmental history, science and technology studies, political ecology, human geography, human ecology, cultural ecology, environmental policy and law, political sciences and trade, and from other fields related to integrative approaches to human - nature relations and linking knowledge to policy and practice.

Nasser Abufarha first came across the concept of fair trade in 1999 whilst studying for his PHD in cultural anthropology and international development at the University of Wisconsin.

Michael Wesch, who teaches cultural anthropology at Kansas State University, spent two years living with a tribe in Papua New Guinea, studying how people forge social relationships in a purely oral culture.