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The Children of Gregoria

Dogme Ethnography of a Mexican Family

Now available, THE CHILDREN OF GREGORIA: DOGME ETHNOGRAPHY OF A MEXICAN FAMILY, by Regnar Kristensen and Claudia Adeath Villamil, is the latest volume in the ETHNOGRAPHY, THEORY, EXPERIMENT series. It portrays a struggling Mexico told through the story of the Rosales family. Regnar Kristensen expands on the authors’ process of dogme ethnography below.

¶ Posted 09 March 2020 † Berghahn Books § Blog § Field Encounters § From Idea to Book § Meet the Author § New Book Releases ‡ Tagged: academic professionalism, anthropology, dogme, ethnography, fieldnotes, fieldwork, meet the authors, monographs, Theory & Methodology in Anthropology

World Anthropology Day

All Anthropology titles are discounted 25% from now until March 1st!

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Meet the Editor: Thomas F. King

Heritage/CRM extraordinaire Thomas F. King discusses the allure of archaeology, the evolution of the Cultural Resource Management and Heritage Studies fields, and what it’s like to collaborate with fourteen contributors.

¶ Posted 18 February 2020 † Berghahn Author § Blog § In Their Own Words § Meet the Author ‡ Tagged: archaeology, Berghahn Author, berghahn books, cultural resource management, heritage studies

MINDS: THE ORIGINS OF MIXED HARVEST BY ROB SWIGART

The Origins of
Mixed Harvest

Listen to Mixed Harvest Chapter 2 here.

The recently published Mixed Harvest by Rob Swigart is Berghahn’s latest feat of historical fiction, digging into the deep past of human development and its consequences through a combination of storytelling and dialogue. From the first encounter between a Neanderthal woman and a Modern Human she called Traveler to the emergence and destruction of the world’s first cities, Mixed Harvest tells the tale of the Sedentary Divide, the most significant event since modern humans emerged.

¶ Posted 13 February 2020 † Berghahn Author § Blog § Free Chapter § From Idea to Book § In Their Own Words § Meet the Author ‡ Tagged: alien, anthropology, archaeology, Cephalopods, Historical Archaeology, historical fiction, Neanderthal, octopus, prehistory, Rob Swigart, science fiction, Sedentary Divide

The Emotional Language of Flowers

The following is an excerpt from Ute Frevert’s “The Emotional Language of Flowers,” a chapter found in FEELINGS MATERIALIZED: Emotions, Bodies, and Things in Germany, 1500–1950, edited by Derek Hillard, Heikki Lempa, and Russell Spinney. Learn more about the book here.

¶ Posted 13 February 2020 † Berghahn Author § Blog § Events § New Book Releases ‡ Tagged: aesthetics, communication, Emotion, Feelings, Flower Industry, Flowers, gender, German culture, german studies, holidays, Mothers Day, politics, romanticism, symbolism, Valentines Day

Meet the Author: Venetia Johannes

Dr. Venetia Johannes’s recent ethnographic monograph Nourishing the Nation: Food as National Identity in Catalonia explores the everyday experience of national identity in Catalonia through the lens of food.

¶ Posted 07 February 2020 † Berghahn Author § Blog § From Idea to Book § Meet the Author ‡ Tagged: anthropology, Catalonia, food & Society, Food and Nutrition, food culture, food studies, New Directions in Anthropology

Action Research, Ethnography, and Intercultural Learning: The CASA-Sevilla Program

by Davydd Greenwood, editorial board member of Learning and Teaching

Banks of Guadalquivir river, Spring 2017

¶ Posted 04 February 2020 † Berghahn Journals § Blog § Field Encounters § Journals § Meet the Editors § New Journal Issues ‡ Tagged: education, educational studies, higher education, learning and teaching, study abroad, study abroad programs

Remembering the Holocaust

The **Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe**, a memorial in Berlin to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust designed by architect Peter Eisenman and engineer Buro Happold

The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27—the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau—as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

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Disobedience in Paradise: can we extend a loving frame of mind in time for the Amazon?

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Over forty titles you can read for free right now

The Children of Gregoria

Dogme Ethnography of a Mexican Family

World Anthropology Day

Meet the Editor: Thomas F. King

Heritage/CRM extraordinaire Thomas F. King discusses the allure of archaeology, the evolution of the Cultural Resource Management and Heritage Studies fields, and what it’s like to collaborate with fourteen contributors.

MINDS: THE ORIGINS OF MIXED HARVEST BY ROB SWIGART

The Origins of
Mixed Harvest

The Emotional Language of Flowers

The following is an excerpt from Ute Frevert’s “The Emotional Language of Flowers,” a chapter found in FEELINGS MATERIALIZED: Emotions, Bodies, and Things in Germany, 1500–1950, edited by Derek Hillard, Heikki Lempa, and Russell Spinney. Learn more about the book here.

Meet the Author: Venetia Johannes

Dr. Venetia Johannes’s recent ethnographic monograph Nourishing the Nation: Food as National Identity in Catalonia explores the everyday experience of national identity in Catalonia through the lens of food.

Action Research, Ethnography, and Intercultural Learning: The CASA-Sevilla Program

Remembering the Holocaust

Disobedience in Paradise: can we extend a loving frame of mind in time for the Amazon?

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Dogme Ethnography of a Mexican Family

Heritage/CRM extraordinaire Thomas F. King discusses the allure of archaeology, the evolution of the Cultural Resource Management and Heritage Studies fields, and what it’s like to collaborate with fourteen contributors.

The Origins of Mixed Harvest

The following is an excerpt from Ute Frevert’s “The Emotional Language of Flowers,” a chapter found in FEELINGS MATERIALIZED: Emotions, Bodies, and Things in Germany, 1500–1950, edited by Derek Hillard, Heikki Lempa, and Russell Spinney. Learn more about the book here.

Dr. Venetia Johannes’s recent ethnographic monograph Nourishing the Nation: Food as National Identity in Catalonia explores the everyday experience of national identity in Catalonia through the lens of food.

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The Origins of
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