A Companion to Cognitive Anthropology

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4051-8778-7
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 624 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1270 g

Reihe: Blackwell Companions to Anthropology

Companion to Cognitive Anthropology offers a comprehensive overview of the development of cognitive anthropology from its inception to the present day and presents recent findings in the areas of theory, methodology, and field research in twenty-nine key essays by leading scholars.
* Demonstrates the importance of cognitive anthropology as an early constituent of the cognitive sciences
* Examines how culturally shared and complex cognitive systems work, how they are structured, how they differ from one culture to another, how they are learned and passed on
* Explains how cultural (or collective) vs. individual knowledge distinguishes cognitive anthropology from cognitive psychology
* Examines recent theories and methods for studying cognition in real-world scenarios
* Contains twenty-nine key essays by leading names in the field

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kronenfeld, David B.

Bennardo, Giovanni

de Munck, Victor C.

Fischer, Michael D.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Neurowissenschaften, Kognitionswissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie Kulturpsychologie, Ethnopsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Part I: History of Cognitive Anthropology and the nature and types of Cultural Knowledge Structures

Part II: Methodologies

Part III: Cognitive Structures of Cultural Domains

Part IV: Cognitive Anthropology and other Disciplines

PART V: Some Examples of Contemporary Research

Afterward: One Cognitive View of Culture

Über Autor(innen)

David B. Kronenfeld is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at University of California, Riverside and is the author of numerous books, including Culture, Society, and Cognition: Collective Goals, Values, Action, and Knowledge (2008).

Giovanni Bennardo is Associate Professor at Northern Illinois University. He is the author of three books, most recently Language, Space, and Social Relationships: A Foundational Cultural Model in Polynesia (2009).

Michael D. Fischer is Professor of Anthropological Sciences at the University of Kent and has written Applications in Computing for Social Anthropologists (1994).

Victor de Munck is Associate Professor of Anthropology at State University New York, New Paltz, and is the author of numerous publications, including Research Design and Methods for Studying Cultures (2009).