Rethinking relations and animism : personhood and materiality / / edited by Miguel Astor-Aguilera and Graham Harvey

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910793389203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 2019
• ISBN: 0-203-70988-8; 1-351-35675-5; 1-351-35676-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (215 pages)
• Collana: Vitality of indigenous religions
• Disciplina: 202/.1
• Soggetti: Material culture; Animism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: we have never been individuals / Miguel Astor-Aguilera and Graham Harvey -- On the ontological scheme of beyond nature and culture / Marshall Sahlins -- Persons or relatives? Animistic scales of practice and imagination / Nurit Bird-David -- Adjusted styles of communication (ASCS) in the post-Cartesian world / Graham Harvey -- Assembling new ontologies from old materials: towards multiplicity / Oliver J.T. Harris and Rachel J. Crellin -- Religious objects: uncomfortable relations and an ontological turn to things / Amy Whitehead -- Robot companions: the animation of technology and the technology of animation in Japan / Fabio R. Gygi -- The ontological turn, indigenous research, and Niitsitapi protocols of reciprocity / Kenneth H. Lokensgard -- Maya-Mesoamerican polyontologies: breath and Indigenous American vital essences / Miguel Astor-Aguilera -- Environment, ontology and visual perception: a saltwater case / Katie Glaskin -- "Are all stones alive?": anthropological and Anishinaabe approaches to personhood / Maureen Matthews and Roger Roulette.
• Sommario/riassunto: Personhood and relationality have re-animated debate in and between many disciplines. We are in the midst of a simultaneous "ontological turn", a "(re)turn to things" and a "relational turn", and also debating a "new animism". It is increasingly recognised that the boundaries ; between the "natural" and "social" sciences are of heuristic value but might not adequately describe reality of a multi-species world. Following rich and provocative dialogues between ethnologists and Indigenous experts, relations between the received knowledge of Western Modernity and that of people who dwell and move within different ontologies have shifted. Reflection on human relations with the larger-than-human world can no longer rely on the outdated assumption that "nature" and "cultures" already accurately describe the lineaments of reality. The chapters in this volume advance debates about relations between humans and things, between scholars and others, and between Modern and Indigenous ontologies. They consider how terms in diverse communities might hinder or help express, evidence and explore improved ways of knowing and being in the world. Contributors to this volume bring different perspectives and approaches to bear on questions about animism, personhood, materiality, and relationality. They include anthropologists, archaeologists, ethnographers, and scholars of religion.

The century of science : the global triumph of the research university / / edited by Justin J. W. Powell, David P. Baker, Frank Fernandez

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910794840103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bingley, England : , : Emerald Publishing Limited, , 2017; ©2017
• ISBN: 1-78714-938-2; 1-78714-469-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (291 pages)
• Collana: International perspectives on education and society, , 1479-3679 ; ; v. 33
• Disciplina: 300.72
• Soggetti: Education - Higher; Higher & further education, tertiary education; Universities and colleges - Sociological aspects; Research - History; Education, Higher
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Prelims -- Introduction: the worldwide triumph of the research university and globalizing science -- Higher education expansion and the growth of science: the institutionalization of higher education systems in seven countries, 1945 - 2015 -- The European Center of Science Productivity: Research universities and institutes in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom -- Science production in the United States: An unexpected synergy between mass higher education and the super research university -- Changing science production in Japan: The expansion of competitive funds, reduction of block grants, and unsung heroes -- The rise of higher education and science in China -- Science production in Taiwanese Universities, 1980 - 2011 -- The growth of higher education and science production in South Korea since 1945 -- Fever of research: scientific journal article production and the emergence of a national research system in Qatar, 1980 - 2011 -- STEM+ PRoductivity, development, and wealth, 1900 - 2012 -- About the Authors -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: In The Century of Science, a multicultural, international team of authors examine the global rise of scholarly research in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and health (STEM+) fields. This insightful text provides historical and sociological understandings of the ways that higher education has become an institution that, more than ever before, shapes science and society. Case studies, supported by the most historically and spatially extensive database on STEM+ publications available, of selected countries in Europe, North America, East Asia, and the Middle East, emphasize recurring themes: the institutionalization and differentiation of higher education systems to the proliferation of university-based scientific research fostered by research policies that support continued university expansion leading to the knowledge society. Growing worldwide, research universities appear to be the most legitimate sites for knowledge production. The chapters offer new insights into how countries develop the university-based knowledge thought fundamental to meeting social needs and economic demands. Despite repeated warnings that universities would lose in relevance to other organizational forms in the production of knowledge, these findings demonstrate incontrovertibly that universities have become more - not less - important actors in the world of knowledge. The past hundred years have seen the worldwide triumph of the research university.