Consensus, clines, and edges in Celtic cultures

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This article investigates patterns of continuous cultural variation among Celts living in the British Isles. Data on local cultural practices from four divergent locations provide insight into cultural clines, or incremental cultural changes and edges, or areas of dramatic cultural change, in the British Isles.

United Kingdom, Social aspects, Culture diffusion, Celts

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Discovery-mode teaching using the electronic Human Relations Arena Files for cross-cultural comparison

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The authors offer a method to design cultural studies courses using one or both of the Human Relations Area Files and the Probability Sample Files of 60 cultures. The challenges and benefits of using this learning by discovery method are discussed.

Study and teaching, Interpersonal relations, Learning by discovery

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Is Mary Douglas's grid/group analysis useful for cross-cultural research?

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This article critiques anthropologist Mary Douglas's framework for cultural comparisons involving the theories of grid and group. Topics discussed include the testing of this framework in a cross-cultural context.

International, Models, Criticism and interpretation, Anthropologists, Cross-cultural studies, Cross cultural studies, Critical Essay, Douglas, Mary

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