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Linda Rabben tells the story of sanctuary as it evolved over thousands of years around the world, from its origins in primate populations, to its elaboration in ancient religious traditions, to modern asylum laws and to current threats to immigration and human rights.

Who wants archaeology? Who should pay for it? Who should do it? And how? Making Archaeology Happen is an attempt to answer these questions - campaigning for a more liberated, imaginative and productive field profession.

As a heated debate about social scientists working in national security environments divides the disciplines, this book by leading anthropologists fills a significant gap in the literature by providing the fine-grained, candid accounts of this changing work environment and provocative dialogues about the way practitioners negotiate ethics and professional identity.

This volume sheds light on one of the most explosive episodes of censure of academic scholarship in recent decades. Bruce Rind, a former psychology professor at Temple University, investigated sexual relations between male adults and adolescents through history and across cultures, from highly institutionalised relationships in Ancient Greece and Rome, to 33 contemporary cultures including the USA, and among various species. His conclusion tha...

This book challenges the conventional wisdom that democracy is a universal desire, offering a model case study of Mongolian democratization that ties culture, history, and values to the study of political systems.

Archaeology and Women draws together from a variety of angles work currently being done within a contemporary framework on women in archaeology. One section of this collection of original articles addresses the historical and contemporary roles of women in the discipline. Another attempts to link contemporary archaeological theory and practice to work on women and gender in other fields. Finally, this volume presents a wide diversity of theore...

How does a group of people, brought together because of their diverse skills and professional knowledge, set out to be 'creative'? How are ongoing tensions between beauty, fame and money resolved? In The Business of Creativity , Brian Moeran, a leading scholar and writer on the creative industries, takes the sacred relic of creativity out of the crypt and airs it in the ethnographic alley. In contrast to the persistent image of creativity as t...

This volume shows how scholars take qualitative inquiry into the outside world, presenting models, cases, and experiences to show how qualitative research can be used as an effective instrument for social justice.

This is an accessible, concise introduction to phenomenological research that outlines the key principles for conducting this research from leading contemporary practitioners and his own strand which incorporates elements of post-structural thinking into traditional methods. Replete with exercises for students, case studies, and resources.

Drawing from numerous examples, including historical archaeology's study of race and labor, this book explores how archaeology and the wider heritage field can encourage working toward social and environmental justice and peacebuilding.

Thomas C. Patterson's large-scale history of the Inland Empire of Southern California traces changes in this region from the first Native American settlement 12, 000 years ago through the present using a political economic framework.

Challenges the conventional wisdom that democracy is a universal desire, offering a model case study of Mongolian democratization that ties culture, history, and values to the study of political systems.

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This book explores the history of children's toys and games bearing racial stereotypes, and the role these objects played in the creation and maintenance of structures of racialism and racism in the United States, from approximately 1865 to the 1930s.

Adrian Praetzellis provides a brief, readable introduction to contemporary theoretical models used in archaeology for the theory-phobic student.

This is the first comprehensive textbook to address the various methodologies of conducting qualitative research using a social justice paradigm.

Using the recent multi-year revision of the American Anthropology Association¿s code of ethics as a platform, this volume suggests a set of principles and practices, based on ethical dilemmas common in the social sciences.

This brief, practical guide shows you how to identify the right journal or book publisher for your work and guides you through the publications process, from the abstract through writing, production, and marketing.

In an era of budgetary belt-tightening, policymakers must prove that their programs work or face drastic cuts in spending. This book discusses in plain prose the theory and methods of culturally-competent evaluation across a number of disciplines, such as health and education, for graduate and advanced undergraduate students and professionals.

David Morgan¿s brief guide provides readers with a road map to conducting an interview study with two participants, from selecting the participants to the role of the moderator, from ethical concerns to analyzing results.