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Anthropological Abstracts Anthropological Abstracts Cultural/Social Anthropology from German-speaking countries edited by Ulrich Oberdiek 13. Abstracts of 2012 Contents Editorial 7 General/Theoretical/Historical Studies 9 Regional Studies Africa 73 The Americas 101 Asia 109 Australia & Oceania 133 Europe 141 Periodicals Scanned 161 Author Index 163 Subject Index 171 Editorial This reference journal is published once a year and announces - in English language – most new publications in the field of cultural/social anthropology published in the German language area (Austria, Germany, Switzerland). Since many of these publications have been written in German, and most of these publications in the field of anthropology are not included in major, English language abstracting services, Anthropological Abstracts (AA) offers an opportunity and convenient source of information for scholars who do not read German, to become aware of socio-cultural anthropological research and publications in German-speaking countries. Included are journal articles, monographs, edited volumes, exhibition catalogs, yearbooks, etc. Occasionally, publications in English, or French, are included as well if the publisher is less well-known internationally and if it is likely that such publications will not be noticed abroad. Additionally, a printed version of Anthropological Abstracts is published with Lit Publishers, Muenster, Germany. Some technical remarks This reference journal uses a flexible approach: While publications are represented in the form of abstracts in most cases, for edited volumes the Current Contents method is applied, i.e. only authors and titles appear. So technically, this is a combined approach of an Abstracting Reference Journal and the Current Contents method of listing names and titles only. Abstracts supplied by authors are marked by ## before and after the abstract. Due to space limitations they may be abbreviated. Up to three editors of an anthology will be listed; if there are more, only the first will appear (added by ‚et al.’). Only those papers in journals will be abstracted that are relevant to cultural/social anthropology - which mainly applies in the case of interdisciplinary, or predominantly sociological journals. AA also tries to cover subjects related to, or influencing, anthropology, i.e. if texts are relevant for present discourses. Thus, there may be material from history, folklore studies, linguistics, sociology, philosophy, etc., if there is an intersection with present debates in anthropology. Keywords serve as an "abstract of the abstract" - for a quick assessment of the contents. Page numbers in the Subject Index refer to the page where the Keywords listings appear. The Subject Index – consisting of the Keywords of abstracts in alphabetical order – do not follow the Thesaurus principle but are chosen rather loosely and generously, according to need, and there is no strict formal rule or ‚normalization’ to limit their number. In many cases, Subject Index terms try to be specific rather than general, in order to reduce the time of searching. Thus, if there is a topic relating to ‚history’, it will be specified: like ‚history (Guinea)’, or ‚history and literacy’, so that users do not have to check all ‚history’ entries. Regarding alphabetical order, the German Umlaut (ä, ö, ü) will be broken up into ae, oe, ue in the text, but is disregarded in the indexes. The publishers, museums and research institutions must be thanked for their generally prompt deliveries of the books requested for Anthropological Abstracts. PD Dr. Ulrich Oberdiek Privatdozent (Reader), Institut für Ethnologie, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany Contact: Quäkerst. 7 79102 Freiburg/Germany Phone+Fax: Germany: 0761/70 72 344 e-mail: [email protected] GENERAL/THEORETICAL/HISTORICAL STUDIES AULENBACHER, BRIGITTE, MICHAEL MEUSER & BIRGIT RIEGRAF Geschlecht, Ethnie, Klasse im Kapitalismus – Über die Verschränkung sozialer Verhältnisse und hegemonialer Deutungen im gesellschaftlichen Reproduktionsprozess Berliner Journal für Soziologie 22.2012:5-27 Keywords: androcentrism, capitalism, class ethnicity, Eurocentrism, feminist theory, gender ##Gender, ethnicity, class in capitalism: About the intersection of social relations and hegemonic constructions in processes of societal repro- duction This article asks how far social differentiation referring to gender and ethnicity as well as related inequalities are not only a result of capitalist economy but a structural feature of capitalism. The intersection of social relations and hegemonic constructions are the subject of analysis. Arguments and insights of regulation theory, feminist theory and men’s studies are discussed and continued. It is shown how andro- and eurocentric orientations were an essential feature of capitalism from its origin, and how they determined its historic specific societal structures, societal orders and dynamics. This is discussed focusing on the functional differentiation and the division of labour, inter- and intra-societal relations and hegemonic constructions, and referring to globalization and gender relations. It appears that historically capitalist formation inevitably must be seen as based on gendered and ethnic domination, but that there are also contingencies beside relations of subordination. New arrangements of domination as well as tendencies towards equity emerge. In conclusion, an epistemological outlook opens up for an analytical view in favor of perspectives which transcend the critical reflection on the western capitalist standpoint.## AYAß, RUTH & CHRISTIAN MEYER (Eds.) Sozialität in slow motion. Theoretische und empirische Perspektiven. Festschrift für Jörg Bergmann Wiesbaden: Springer VS Verlag 2012 703 pp., Euro 89,95; ISBN 3-531-18346-6 Keywords: sociality, festschrift J. Bergmann, Bergmann, J., ethnomethodology, conversational analysis, practice, ‚slow motion’ Sociality in slow motion. Theoretical and empirical perspectives. Festschrift for Jörg Bergmann The thirty papers in this festschrift, ten classical ones are reprints, are dedicated to Jörg Bergmann, protagonist of ethnomethodology and conversational analysis. The editors state that the two approaches have become increasingly important in science and technology studies (ethnomethodology) and interactional linguistics (conversational analysis) since the 1990s, and in Germany this increase is attributed to Bergmann. The papers are grouped under six headings – theoretical and historical perspectives, the social practice of knowledge, interactive subtle structures in slow motion, interaction and the integrity of body and soul, conversational practice and the micropolitics of state power, and finally, what can be said and the unmentionable at the borders of sociality. BECK, STEFAN, JÖRG NIEWÖHNER & ESTRID SØRENSEN (Eds:) Science and technology studies. Eine sozialanthropologische Einführung (VerKörperungen/MatteRealities. Perspektiven empirischer Wissenschafts-forschung 17) Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag 2012 355 pp., Euro 29.80; ISBN 3-8376-2100-8 Keywords: Science + technology studies, theory of science, sociology of science, scientific knowledge, laboratory studies, Actor Network Theory, autopoiesis Science and technology studies. A social-anthropological introduction This volume is the first social-anthropological introduction to the field of the Science and technology studies in German language, discussing – besides basic theoretical and methodological aspects – classical and recent ethnographic contributions and the importance of materiality, knowledge and practice and infrastructures and classifications for understanding science and technology. NIEWÖHNER, JÖRG, ESTRID SØRENSEN & STEFAN BECK: Einleitung [Introduction] NIEWÖHNER, JÖRG: Von der Wissenschaftstheorie zur Soziologie der Wissenschaft [From the theory of science to sociology of science] NIEWÖHNER, JÖRG: Von der Wissenschaftssoziologie zur Soziologie wissenschaftlichen Wissens [From the sociology of science to the sociology of scientific knowledge] KEHL, CHRISTOPH & TOM MATHAR: Eine neue Wissenschafts- soziologie: Die Sociology of Scientific Knowledge und das Strong Programme [A new sociology of science: The Sociology of Scientific Knowledge and the Strong Programme ] SØRENSEN, ESTRID: Die soziale Konstruktion von Technologie (SCOT) [The social construction of technology] AMELANG, KATRIN: Laborstudien [Laboratory studies] MATHAR, TOM: Akteur-Netzwerk Theorie [Actor Network Theory] SØRENSEN, ESTRID: STS und Politik [STS and politics] BECK, STEFAN: Rationalität – Wissenschaft – Technik [Rationality – Science - Technology] KNECHT, MICHI: Ethnographische Praxis im Feld der Wissenschafts-, Medizin- und Technikanthropologie [Ethnographic practice in the field of scientific, medical, and technology anthropology] KLAUSNER, MARTINA: Klassifikationen und Rückkopplungseffekte [Classifications and feedback effects] BECK, STEFAN: Transnationale Infrastrukturen des Humanen: Technolo- gien als Mittel der gesellschaftlichen Autopoiesis [Transnational infrastructures of the Human: Technologies as means of societal autopoiesis] SØRENSEN, ESTRID: Post-Akteur-Netzwerk Theorie [Post Actor Net- work Theory] BERNER, ULRICH & JOHANNES QUACK (Eds.) Religion und Kritik in der Moderne (Religionen in der pluralen Welt. Religionswissenschaftliche Studien 9) Berlin: Lit Verlag 2012 245 pp., Euro 24,90; ISBN 3-643-10548-6 Keywords: religion and modernity, modernity and religion, critique of religion, Nietzsche, F., Rousseau, J.-J. Religion and criticism in modernity
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