The digital revolution has dramatically increased the ability of individuals and corporations
to appropriate and profit from the cultural knowledge of indigenous peoples, which is largely …

This article seeks to complicate the picture of a simple anthropological tradition emanating
from the West that defines anthropology as a modern form of expert knowledge. It introduces …

This essay is an attempt to use the concept of fetish for an inquiry—begun elsewhere (Pels
nd; Van Dijk and Pels 1996)—into the place of materiality in present-day cultural and social …

This book looks at the multiple relations between the ethnographic representations of the
Montagnard ethnic groups in the Central Highlands of Vietnam and the changing historical …

An exploration of headhunting and the collection of heads for European museums in the
context of colonial wars, from the 1870s to the 1930s. The book offers a new understanding …

This book is the result of a conference with the title" Border Fetishisms" that was held in
December 1995 at the Research Centre Reli gion and Society at the University of …

Richly illustrated with black and white photographs, this book brings together provocative
and exciting new material on Namibia's colonial past. An eight-page colour section looks at …

Management scholars increasingly conduct qualitative research in low‐income settings in
emerging markets. These large communities, which often operate in the informal economy …

This book argues that the history and character of modern anthropology has been
egregiously distorted to the detriment of this intellectual pursuit and academic discipline …

This first full-length study of the history of Iranian anthropology charts the formation and
development of anthropology in Iran in the twentieth century. The text examines how and …