Grand Valley Dani, Peaceful Warriors
Author | : Karl G. Heider |
Publisher | : Holt McDougal |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780030426414 |
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Author | : Karl G. Heider |
Publisher | : Holt McDougal |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780030426414 |
Author | : Fonny Laupada Alomau |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Karl G. Heider |
Publisher | : Cengage Learning |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
This case study examines an isolated tribe in Indonesia, West New Guinea, when tribe members were still using stone axes, bows, arrows and spears, up to more present times spanning 34 years (1961-1995). The author's long engagement with the Dani results in a wide range of engaging topics as well as coverage of the ethical dilemma he faced as an anthropologist. One immediately acquires a sense of the limitations and strengths of the anthropologist's role in the field. Heider's 1995 visit to the Dugnm Dani left him less optimistic about the future of the Dani than his 1988 visit. Indonesian Independence Day was celebrated during Heider's stay. The Dani presence was barely acknowledged, while the Indonesian presence was colorfully represented. The past mistakes of foreign occupation of indigenous territory, committed mostly by Western powers, now seem repeated by the Indonesian authorities.
Author | : H. Myron Bromley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1270 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Dani language |
ISBN | : |
Author | : H. Myron Bromley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 116 |
Release | : 2014-09-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9789401759175 |
Author | : Karl G. Heider |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 426 |
Release | : 2017-07-12 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1351483366 |
For many years anthropologists have speculated about primitive warfare, its place in a particular culture, its form, and its consequences on other tribes. This full-scale ethnography of the Dugum Dani centers on the issue of hostility between groups of human beings and the place and function of violence. Warfare, like rituals and kinship alliances, is part of a total culture, and for this reason Professor Heider has approached the Dani from a holistic point of view. Other aspects of Dani life and organization are shown in interrelationship with the institution of warfare, such as the social, ecological, and technological elements in the Dani way of life. Professor Heider examines particularly the role of warfare itself in terms of the particular needs, and lack of them. The first section of this book documents the Dani and their warfare and provides one of the most detailed accounts of tribal life available. The second section focuses on the material aspects of Dani culture, to explore the interrelationships of the material objects with the other aspects of Dani culture; this analysis is especially interesting since the Dani moved from a stone-age culture to steel tools during the period of study itself. Professor Heider also notes the distinctive aspects of Dani culture; the paucity of color, number, and other attribute terms, the near absence of art; their five-year post-partum sexual abstinence, and other traits that seem to suggest that the Dani have little interest in intellectual elaboration or sex, and that despite their warfare, they are not a particularly aggressive people. Including previously unpublished photographs and descriptions of tribal life and warfare, this book provides anthropologists with a full and vivid account of Dani culture and with new insights into the general problems of human aggression.
Author | : H. Myron Bromley |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
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Author | : Art Wolfe |
Publisher | : Mandala Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017-10-31 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 9781683831310 |
Art Wolfe’s definitive opus, Earth Is My Witness represents forty years of expeditionary photography. For the first time, Wolfe presents the three subjects at the heart of his work—landscapes, wildlife, and cultures on the edge of extinction—in a single masterpiece that takes us through the world’s ecosystems and geographical regions in a vivid display of the fragility and interconnectivity of life on Earth, while simultaneously exploring his evolution as an artist and the techniques he uses to capture the nuances and rhythms of nature. Earth Is My Witness is the most extensive collection of Art Wolfe photography ever compiled. This lavishly produced work spans the globe, bringing the beauty of the planet’s fast-disappearing landscapes, wildlife, and cultures into stunning focus. Containing unpublished work from throughout Wolfe’s widely celebrated career, Earth Is My Witness offers a riveting and comprehensive look at the world’s ecosystems and geographical regions. Here Wolfe presents an encyclopedic selection of his photography along with intimate stories that exemplify his boundless curiosity. From the rich sights and smells of the Pushkar Camel Fair to the exact moment when a polar bear and her cubs leave their Arctic den, these images represent what Wolfe has lived for: moments when circumstance, light, and subject miraculously collide to form an iconic image. These photographs and the stories behind them explore the delicate interconnectivity of life across our planet. Setting the stage for this fascinating journey is award-winning author Wade Davis. Together, photographer and author present a world that borders on the fantastic but is all the more precious for its fragility. At the heart of Wolfe’s work is the appeal for environmental, cultural, and wildlife preservation, which he makes with beautiful, far-reaching precision in this definitive opus.
Author | : H. Myron Bromley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 466 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : |
Author | : O. W. Hampton |
Publisher | : Texas A&M University Press |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780890968703 |
In this unique study, Hampton describes the complete cultural inventory of both secular and sacred stones, ranging from utilitarian stone tools and profane symbolic stones to symbolic spirit stones, power stones with multiple functions, and medicinal power stone tools.