The Resource Cosmologies in the making : a generative approach to cultural variation in inner New Guinea, Fredrik Barth, (electronic resource)
Cosmologies in the making : a generative approach to cultural variation in inner New Guinea, Fredrik Barth, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- All culture, particularly that of non-literate traditions, is constantly being recreated, and in the process also undergoes changes. In this book, Fredrik Barth examines the changes that have taken place in the secret cosmological lore transmitted in male initiation ceremonies among the Mountain Ok of Inner New Guinea, and offers a new way of explaining how cultural change occurs. Professor Barth focuses in particular on accounting for the local variations in cosmological traditions that exist among the Ok people, who otherwise share similar material and ecological conditions, and similar languages. Rejecting existing anthropological theory as inadequate for explaining this, Professor Barth constructs a new model of the mechanisms of change, based on his close empirical observation of the processes of cultural transmission. This model emphasises the role of individual creativity in cultural reproduction and change, and maintains that cosmologies can be adequately understood only if they are regarded as knowledge in the process of communication, embedded in social organization, rather than as fixed bodies of belief. From the model he derives various theoretically grounded hypotheses regarding the probable courses of change that would be generated by such mechanisms. He then goes on to show that these hypotheses fit the actual patterns of variation that are found among the Ok.--
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- eng
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- 1 online resource (xi, 99 pages)
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- 9780521387354
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- Cosmologies in the making : a generative approach to cultural variation in inner New Guinea
- Title
- Cosmologies in the making
- Title remainder
- a generative approach to cultural variation in inner New Guinea
- Statement of responsibility
- Fredrik Barth
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- All culture, particularly that of non-literate traditions, is constantly being recreated, and in the process also undergoes changes. In this book, Fredrik Barth examines the changes that have taken place in the secret cosmological lore transmitted in male initiation ceremonies among the Mountain Ok of Inner New Guinea, and offers a new way of explaining how cultural change occurs. Professor Barth focuses in particular on accounting for the local variations in cosmological traditions that exist among the Ok people, who otherwise share similar material and ecological conditions, and similar languages. Rejecting existing anthropological theory as inadequate for explaining this, Professor Barth constructs a new model of the mechanisms of change, based on his close empirical observation of the processes of cultural transmission. This model emphasises the role of individual creativity in cultural reproduction and change, and maintains that cosmologies can be adequately understood only if they are regarded as knowledge in the process of communication, embedded in social organization, rather than as fixed bodies of belief. From the model he derives various theoretically grounded hypotheses regarding the probable courses of change that would be generated by such mechanisms. He then goes on to show that these hypotheses fit the actual patterns of variation that are found among the Ok.--
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- 1928-
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- Barth, Fredrik
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- Series statement
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- Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology
- Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks
- Series volume
- 64
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- Ok (Papua New Guinean people)
- Ok (Papua New Guinean people)
- Social change
- Culture diffusion
- Papua New Guinea
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- Cosmologies in the making : a generative approach to cultural variation in inner New Guinea, Fredrik Barth, (electronic resource)
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- 1 online resource (xi, 99 pages)
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- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
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- 9780521387354
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- (OCoLC)817994762
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- Cosmologies in the making : a generative approach to cultural variation in inner New Guinea, Fredrik Barth, (electronic resource)
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- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- CR9780511607707
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 99 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
- Isbn
- 9780521387354
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s).
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)817994762
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