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Anthropology studies the phenomenon of man, not simply man's mind, his body, evolution, origins, tools, art, or groups alone, but as parts or aspects of a general pattern, or whole. To emphasize this fact and make it a part of their ongoing effort, anthropologists have brought a general word into widespread use to stand for the phenomenon, and that word is culture.
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― The Invention of Culture
― The Invention of Culture
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Too often, the anthropologist takes on the role of police detective, discovering what is "hidden," assembling "evidence" to make a strong "case"... But sometimes what is called for is not an "investigator" at all, but an attentive listener.
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― Purity and Exile: Violence, Memory, and National Cosmology among Hutu Refugees in Tanzania
― Purity and Exile: Violence, Memory, and National Cosmology among Hutu Refugees in Tanzania
