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The Franz Boas Enigma
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 186

The Franz Boas Enigma

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2014
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Addressing, for the first time, the enigma of how Franz Boas came to be the central founder of anthropology and a driving force in the acceptance of science as part of societal life in North America, this exploration breaks through the linguistic and cultural barriers that have prevented scholars from grasping the importance of Boas's personal background and academic activities as a German Jew. Muller-Wille argues that to fully appreciate Boas's complete scientific and literary opus and deep emotional and intellectual attachment to the upbringing that shaped his life, it is crucial to become familiar with his publications in German on Inuit and the Arctic as related to environmental, geograp...

Franz Boas among the Inuit of Baffin Island, 1883-1884
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 330

Franz Boas among the Inuit of Baffin Island, 1883-1884

In the summer of 1883, Franz Boas, widely regarded as one of the fathers of Inuit anthropology, sailed from Germany to Baffin Island to spend a year among the Inuit of Cumberland Sound. This was his introduction to the Arctic and to anthropological fieldwork. This book presents, for the first time, his letters and journal entries from the year that he spent among the Inuit, providing not only an insightful background to his numerous scientific articles about Inuit culture, but a comprehensive and engaging narrative as well. Using a Scottish whaling station as his base, Boas travelled widely with the Inuit, learning their language, living in their tents and snow houses, sharing their food, an...

Naujaa
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 31

Naujaa

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1975
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Authors' description of Eskimo community at Repulse Bay, NWT which they visited in 1973. Contains black and white photographs with captions.

Franz Boas Among the Inuit of Baffin Island, 1883-1884
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 140

Franz Boas Among the Inuit of Baffin Island, 1883-1884

In the summer of 1883, fledgling anthropologist Franz Boas spent a year among the Inuit of Cumberland Sound, Baffin Island. This book presents in English his letters and journal entries from the year that he spent among the Inuit.

Transformations in a Subarctic Community, Utsjoki (Ohcejohka), Finland
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 174

Transformations in a Subarctic Community, Utsjoki (Ohcejohka), Finland

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1981
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Reindeer Management in Northernmost Europe
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 405

Reindeer Management in Northernmost Europe

The findings presented in this volume represent a concerted effort to develop a more inclusive form of reindeer management for northernmost Europe. Our guiding principle has been to foster a new paradigm of participatory research. We wish to move beyond the historical reliance on western approaches to basic and applied science. These have been concerned prim- ily with interactions between herded animals and the various components of their biophysical environment, e. g. , plants, insects, predators, climate, and others. In our view,sociocultural and economic drivers,along with herders’ experience-based knowledge,gain equal currency in the effort to understand how management may mitigate aga...

Wilhelm Müller-Wille
  • Language: de
  • Pages: 37

Wilhelm Müller-Wille

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1971
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Inuit and Whalers on Baffin Island Through German Eyes
  • Language: en

Inuit and Whalers on Baffin Island Through German Eyes

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2011
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Told from an ordinary man's perspective, these are the journal and letters of Wilhelm Weike as he accompanied Franz Boas--the father of modern anthropology--on his journey to the arctic from 1883 to 1884. This extraordinary document of early arctic history provides a plain, direct view of the Inuit and the whalers in their arctic environment at the end of the 19th century. With invaluable contextual and complementary information, this book contributes key insights during the recent wave of scientific assessment of Franz Boas's legacy in all social sciences.