Distance and proximity: social sciences and their approach to ‘other cultures’

In this farewell lecture, some topics related to the question of culture contact are addressed. These include the various ways in which other cultures are observed and judged, with special attention paid to the approach taken by the social sciences; practices of anthropological fieldwork; and the va...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Schouten, Maria Johanna Christina (author)
Formato: lecture
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2019
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/7826
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:ubibliorum.ubi.pt:10400.6/7826
Descrição
Resumo:In this farewell lecture, some topics related to the question of culture contact are addressed. These include the various ways in which other cultures are observed and judged, with special attention paid to the approach taken by the social sciences; practices of anthropological fieldwork; and the various, historically changing attitudes and practices adopted by the so-called Western world towards other cultures, in particular those in Asia. The text is an English version of the Portuguese original.