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Anmeldelse af Karpatschof, B. (2000): Human Activity. Contributions to the Anthropological Sciences from a Perspective of Activity Theory. Dansk psykologisk Forlag, 513 sider, 350 kr. Doktorafhandling, forsvaret 1.12.2000. KĂžbenhavns Universite
Entrepreneurship and regional development in Europe: a comparative, socio-anthropological case study in Germany and Spain
This paper summarises the design, data and results of our research on the emergence and
consolidation of forms of institutionalisation based on innovative entrepreneurial action
in rural European territorial contexts. The investigation was conducted between the years
2006 and 2010. We present data obtained in two territorial references, the regions of Los
Pedroches in Andalusia, Spain and MĂŒhldorf in Bavaria, Germany. The paper explores
the contributions of social anthropology to prevailing economic entrepreneurship theory
by focusing on intangible, cultural variables that influence the implementation of local
entrepreneurial initiatives. Presenting data from a case study of two European rural areas
of different levels of economic development, the text argues that entrepreneurial research
needs to incorporate qualitative data on the sociocultural preconditions of emerging innovative
institutions. The research emphasises the need for a broader concept of entrepreneurial
behaviour that is able to overcome the reductionist idea of firm creation, and
presents a theoretical model for actor-based territorial development studies founded on
the combined social theories of Niklas Luhmann and Pierre Bourdieu.Prispevek predstavlja zasnovo, podatke in rezultate naĆĄega raziskovanja pojava ter konsolidacije
oblik institucionalizacije, ki temeljijo na inovativnih podjetniĆĄkih akcijah v
ruralnih evropskih kontekstih. Zbiranje podatkov je potekalo med letoma 2006 in 2010, v
prispevku pa so predstavljeni podatki dveh regij, Los Pedroches v Andaluziji, Ć panija ter
MĂŒhldorf na Bavarskem, NemÄija. Prispevek prouÄuje doprinose socialne antropologije
k prevladujoÄim teorijam gospodarskega podjetniĆĄtva, s tem, da se osredotoÄa na neoprijemljive,
kulturne spremenljivke, ki vplivajo na implementacijo lokalnih podjetniĆĄkih
iniciativ. S predstavitvijo podatkov dveh evropskih ruralnih regij na razliÄnih stopnjah
ekonomskega razvoja, ĆŸelimo pokazati, da preuÄevanje podjetniĆĄtva zahteva vkljuÄitev
kvalitativnih podatkov o druĆŸbeno-kulturnih predpogojih vzhajajoÄih inovativnih institucij.
Raziskava poudarja potrebo po ĆĄirĆĄem konceptu podjetniĆĄkega vedenja, s katerim je
mogoÄe preseÄi zgolj redukcionistiÄno idejo ustanovitve podjetja ter predstaviti teoretski
model ĆĄtudij razvoja regij, ki se osredotoÄa na akterje in temelji na kombinaciji druĆŸbenih
teorij Niklasa Luhmanna ter Pierra Bourdieuja
Households without Houses : Mobility and Moorings on the Eurasian Steppe
The research that provided the basis for this paper was carried out in collaboration with the Institutes of History and Archaeology of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences and would not have been possible without my colleagues Chunag Amartuvshin, William Honeychurch, and D. Molor and the hospitality of the people of Egiin Gol and Baga Gazaryn Chuluu. The work was supported by the Center for the Study of Eurasian Nomads, the Wenner-Gren Foundation, the National Geographic Society, the Institute of Archaeology of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, the National Science Foundation, Gettysburg College, Yale University, the Smithsonian Museumâs National Museum of Natural History, the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University, the American School for Prehistoric Research, and the Gerda Henkel Stiftung.Peer reviewedPublisher PD
Psychoanalysis and neurosciences: fuzzy outlines? Notes on the notion of cerebral plasticity
âPsychoanalysis versus psychiatryâ and âunconscious versus brainâ are classic oppositions between different perspectives on the human being and mental suffering. This article draws on certain elements of this discussion and reflects on how new ideas about the brain and biology favor closer interaction between psychoanalysis and the neurosciences. These questions are redefined through the notion of cerebral plasticity, by which the brain is open to interaction with the social environment and the influence of psychoanalytical therapy. Conceiving of the brain as a plastic organ allows for the possibility of interchange between psychoanalysis and the neurosciences.Fil: Mantilla, Maria Jimena. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Instituto de Investigaciones ; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones CientĂficas y TĂ©cnicas; Argentin
Economics, Biology, and Culture: Hodgson on History
This book addresses what the author claims, with considerable justification, to be the foremost challenge confronting the social and behavioral sciences today: the problem of historical specificity. Hodgson poses the question by asking whether we need different theories to understand social and economic behavior in different societies at different stages of their development. He answers the question in the affirmative, and criticizes the economics profession for suggesting that there is one universal model or theory equally suited to all economies and societies at all times. He faults the profession further for no longer worrying much or conducting serious debate about this issue, a development he attributes to the eclipse and eventual demise of institutionalism and historical economics in England, Germany, and the United States
âNot Like a Big Gap, Something We Could Handleâ: Facilitating Shifts in Paradigm in the Supervision of Mathematics Graduates upon Entry into Mathematics Education
Mathematics is the discipline that a significant majority of most incoming researchers in mathematics education have prior qualifications and experience in. Upon entry into the field of mathematics education research, these newcomersâoften students on a postgraduate programme in mathematics educationâneed a broadened understanding on how to read, converse, write and conduct research in the largely unfamiliar territory of mathematics education. The intervention into the practices of post-graduate teaching and supervision in the field of mathematics education that I describe here aims at fostering this broadened understanding and thus facilitating newcomersâ participation in the practices of the mathematics education research community. Here I outline the theoretical underpinnings of the intervention and exemplify one of its parts (an Activity Set designed to facilitate incoming studentsâ engagement with the mathematics education research literature). I supplement the discussion of the intervention with comments sampled from student interview and student written evaluation data as well as observations of the activitiesâ implementation. The main themes touched upon include: learning how to identify appropriate mathematics education literature; reading increasingly more complex writings in mathematics education; coping with the complexity of literate mathematics education discourse; working towards a contextualised understanding of literate mathematics education discourse. I conclude with indicating the directions that the intervention, and its evaluation, is currently taking and a brief discussion of broader implications, theoretical as well as concerning the supervision and teaching of post-graduate students in mathematics education
Explorations between ethnomathematics and anthropology in relation to mathematics education
ConferĂȘncia realizada em Monterrey, MĂ©xico de 6 -13 de julho de 2008.Mathematical activity has flourished all over the world. Such activity is organized either in formal systems of knowledge, or embedded in daily life, emerging in work, educational, leisure practices, professions, norms and artifacts. Several fields of study have contributed to uncovering the human diversity of mathematical ideas and practices, including the history of mathematics, psychology, theology, anthropology and ethnomathematics.
Addressing the question, âWhat is ethnomathematics (how is it related to mathematics, anthropology and the politics of mathematics education?)â posed by Discussion Group18 - the role of ethnomathematics in mathematics education, this paper focuses on the relationship between anthropology and ethnomathematics, explored from the view point of their connection to the field of mathematics education.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Ancient Wisdom and the Modern Temper. On the Role of Greek Philosophy and the Jewish Tradition in Hans Jonasâs Philosophical Anthropology
The question on the essence of man and his relationship to nature is certainly one of the most important themes in the philosophy of Hans Jonas. One of the ways by which Jonas approaches the issue consists in a comparison between the contemporary interpretation of man and forms of wisdom such as those conveyed by ancient Greek philosophy and the Jewish tradition. The reconstruction and discussion of these frameworks play a fundamental role in Jonasâs critique of the modern mind. In the first section I introduce the anthropological problem in Hans Jonasâs oeuvre. Moreover, I clarify why it becomes essential for Jonas to resort to different forms of traditional wisdom. In the second and third sections I try to give an account (as complete as possible) of the two generalisations which Jonas shapes in order to criticise the modern concepts of man and nature. In the last section I show how Jonas links these generalisations to his own philosophical assessment of modernity. Finally, I focus on his methodology, which exemplifies how critical thinking may arise from a reconsideration of traditional contents
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