The value of 'Culture': An example from Mongolia
Article Abstract:
Cultural anthropology provides the best perspective for understanding people irrespective of their situation and explains that culture plays an important role in understanding all societies. The example of Mongolia illustrates the power of the anthropological concept of culture that reveals the views of the people on the thinking of people.
Publication Name: Expedition
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0014-4738
Year: 2004
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Shimmering visions
Article Abstract:
Kazakhstan is considered one of several countries that lie within the geographical region of Central Asia. The rock art of Kazakhstan that contains images of petroglyphs covering variety of situations ranging from large concentrations covering several hillsides to small, discrete pockets in exposed rock outcroppings are discussed.
Publication Name: Expedition
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0014-4738
Year: 2004
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
"The culture of reading" in a public school: Ethnography, service-learning, and undergraduate researchers
Article Abstract:
The culture of reading is described by describing both individual and shared ideas about reading. The space, resources, and actual behavior that frame this culture of reading are studied and the ways in which gender operated as a variable is focused.
Publication Name: Expedition
Subject: Anthropology/archeology/folklore
ISSN: 0014-4738
Year: 2004
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
- Abstracts: The guns of Mehrgarh: tribal feuds imperil the future of one of South Asia's most ancient sites. Old Canuck no Kennewick man
- Abstracts: Winning pictures. Prize pictures: winning entries in Archaeology's Fifth Annual Photography Contest. Prize pictures: winning entries in Archaeology's Third Annual Photography Contest
- Abstracts: The romance of ruins. The Trouble with Blood
- Abstracts: Gregory L. Possehl: Curator, Asian section. Eddie Lenihan. Shamanism and spirit