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Digital Anthropology
Edited by Heather A. Horst and
Daniel Miller
• Reveals how anthropologists and
anthropological approaches are
exploring the new digital landscapes
that we inhabit today
• Each chapter focuses on one key topic
and features clear explanations and a
case study. Examples range from Google
Earth to Second Life to Facebook
• Accessibly written, this will appeal to students and scholars
studying anthropology, media studies, cultural studies,
sociology and related disciplines
Digital Anthropology explores how the human and digital are
defined in relation to each other, cultural differences in social
networking, practical consequences of the digital for politics,
museums, design and gaming communities.
HEATHER A. HORST is Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow in the
School of Media and Communication at the Royal Melbourne Institute of
Technology (RMIT University), Australia.
DANIEL MILLER is Professor of Material Culture at the Department of
Anthropology, University College London, UK.
UK October 2012 US December 2012
256 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches
HB 9780857852915 - £55.00 / $100.00
PB 9780857852908 - £17.99 / $29.95
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Advertising and Anthropology
Ethnographic Practice and Cultural Perspectives
Timothy de Waal Malefyt and
Robert J. Morais
• Provides students, scholars and
practitioners with theoretical and
applied perspectives
• Provides the unique insight of two
leading anthropologists in the field
who also have considerable industry
experience
• Business anthropology is invaluable to
students, as many will go on to apply
their skills in industry
Advertising and Anthropology explains how advertising agencies
function from the inside and how anthropologists can apply their
expertise in business.
TIMOTHy DE WAAL MALEFyT is Vice President, Director of Cultural
Discoveries at BBDO Worldwide Advertising, USA.
ROBERT J. MORAIS is a Principal of Weinman Schnee Morais Inc., USA.
UK September 2012 US November 2012
192 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches
HB 9780857852014 - £55.00 / $100.00
PB 9780857852021 - £19.99 / $29.95
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Museums
A Visual Anthropology
Mary Bouquet
• Explains all the major themes and issues
relating to museums, from the ethics of
object appropriation to different ways
objects can be exhibited
• Contains a wide range of concise case
studies to aid student learning
• Each chapter includes a guide to
further reading, student exercises and
accessible overviews of the key topics
Museums: A Visual Anthropology provides a concise summary
of the key debates and texts for the study of museums around
the world. The book examines ways to address the social
relations of museums, embedded in their sites, collections, and
exhibitions, as an integral part of the visual and material culture
they comprise. Cross-disciplinary in scope, Museums uses ideas
both within and outside of anthropology to further students’
knowledge and each chapter incorporates international case
studies and tailored further reading.
MARy BOUqUET is based at University College Utrecht, The Netherlands.
UK July 2012 US September 2012
192 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches
HB 9781845208110 - £55.00 / $100.00
PB 9781845208127 - £17.99 / $29.95
Key Texts in the Anthropology of Visual and Material Culture
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Religious Objects in Museums
Private Lives and Public Duties
Crispin Paine
• Provides students with an ideal way
into debates on religious expression,
colonialism and the appropriation
of sacred objects, secularism and
objectivity, and the changing meaning of
objects
• Covers objects from a range of faiths
and time periods, and includes
a full range of international case studies
of museums, collections and exhibitions from the UK, France,
Russia, Rwanda, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Turkey and
the US
• Written by a leading scholar and curator with students and
scholars from a range of disciplines in mind
This book provides the first concise, comprehensive overview
of all the key issues surrounding a hotly debated topic: the
presentation and inclusion of religious objects in museums.
CRISPIN PAINE is Honorary Lecturer at the Institute of Archaeology,
University College London, UK.
UK December 2012 US February 2013
192 Pages 156 x 234 mm 6.125 x 9.25 inches
HB 9781847887740 - £55.00 / $100.00
PB 9781847887733 - £17.99 / $29.95
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ANTHROPOLOGy
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