A recent National Academy of Sciences inductee, Conrad Phillip Kottak offers an up-to-date holistic introduction to cultural anthropology. Kottak emphasizes why anthropology should matter to students and how students can use anthropology to better understand themselves. "Bringing It All Together" essays found on the online learning center demonstrate the integrated and comparative nature of anthropology. New "Through the Eyes of Others" essays offer the perspectives of foreign students and recent graduates who present their own cultures of origin in contrast with contemporary American culture. Thought-provoking questions now begin each chapter to highlight key themes and spark discussions and critical thinking.
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Conrad Phillip Kottak (A.B. Columbia, 1963; Ph.D. Columbia, 1966) is the Julian H. Steward Collegiate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan, where he has taught since 1968. He served as Anthropology Department chair from 1996 to 2006. In 1991 he was honored for his teaching by the University and the state of Michigan. In 1992 he received an excellence in teaching award from the College of Literature, Sciences, and the Arts of the University of Michigan. In 1999 the America Anthropological Association awarded Professor Kottak the AAA/Mayfield Award for Excellence in the Undergraduate Teaching of Anthropology.
Professor Kottak has done ethnographic fieldwork in cultural anthropology in Brazil (since 1962), Madagascar (since 1966), and the United States. Conrad Kottak's articles have appeared in academic journals including American Anthropologist, Journal of Anthropological Research, American Ethnologist, Ethnology, Human Organization, and Luso-Brazilian Review. He has also written for more popular journals, including Transaction/SOCIETY, Natural History, Psychology Today, and General Anthropology.
In recent research projects, Kottak and his colleagues have investigated the emergence of ecological awareness in Brazil, the social context of deforestation in Madagascar, and popular participation in economic development planning in northeastern Brazil.
Recently, Kottak was inducted to The National Academy of Sciences. This is a private organization of scientists and engineers dedicated to the furtherance of science and its use for the general welfare.
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Although this was a requirement for my Anthropology Class (which it turn out, was one of my favorite classes,)I really enjoyed it! It was very interesting, well written, and I would highly recommend it for someone who's interested in learning about numerous other cultures. An easy read that will surely keep your attention.
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pretty good for an overview,
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I had this as a text in college. It is a good overview, for what it is. I don't understand why academic books have to cost over $100, though. I have since gone on, to learn other things. Journey to the Ancestral Self: The Native Lifeway Guide to Living in Harmony With Earth Mother, Book 1 (Bk.1) and Lost Secrets of Ancient Hawaiian Huna, Volume 1 were a nice introduction to the deeper parts of indigenous culture. Calisthenics were designed based on Jesuit monks describing Chi Kung and Tai Chi exercises. However, the Jesuits had no idea of the internal work of Chi Kung, and so couldn't describe it. The internal work is 95% of Chi Kung. I do so love Anthropology, however unfortunately most maintain that Cartesian objectivity, and never dive into their subject cultures, just as the Jesuits observed and took notes, but didn't seem to participate. I remember reading Anthropological articles on flintknapping. It sounded incredibly technical, very difficult. Then I went to a class, and turned out a usable arrowhead in about 5 minutes. Now that was fun. I went on to make my own bow, Bows & Arrows of the Native Americans: A Step-by-Step Guide to Wooden Bows, Sinew-backed Bows, Composite Bows, Strings, Arrows & Quivers from Osage Orange. As Tom Brown Jr notes, Tom Brown's Field Guide to Wilderness Survival a bow in the store is a commodity. A bow made with metal tools is alive, and a bow made with stone tools is an extension of your arm. The more I studied native culture, especially when written by members of indigenous groups House of Shattering Light: Life as an American Indian Mystic, the more I wanted of it. I did my first Sweat Lodge at Brown's Tracker School. Wow. I can't put that in words. I did a VisionQuest, following the usual guidance, and that was truly incredible, most of it I can't put in words. Indigenous people tend to be Systems Thinkers, viscerally, and they seem to use awareness from Quantum Mechanics in daily life, at the human scale. I didn't see a good description of this till I found Matrix Energetics: The Science and Art of Transformation [...] has a bibliography of books on indigenous cultures at their website. I had no idea there were so many books on this subject. Anthropology can be the doorway out of the limitations of Whitefella culture, and for that alone, it is very valuable. Kottak's book was my start.
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