R Bowden
Biographic Data
| ID | 4312 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R Bowden |
| GIVEN NAMES | R |
| FAMILY NAME | Bowden |
| SIGNATURE | BOWDEN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | La Trobe University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8700-3743 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Subglacially precipitated carbonates record geochemical interactions and pollen preservation at the base of the Laurentide Ice Sheet on central Baffin Island, eastern Canadian Arctic
The mineralogy and isotopic compositions of subglacially precipitated carbonate crusts (SPCCs) provide information on conditions and processes beneath former glaciers and ice sheets. Here we describe SPCCs formed on gneissic bedrock at the bed of the Laurentide Ice Sheet (LIS) during the last glacial maximum on central Baffin Island. Geochemical data indicate that the Ca in the crusts was likely derived from the subglacial chemical weathering Ca-…
A Critique of Alfred Gell on Art and Agency
This review article examines in detail the argument in Alfred Gell's posthumously published book Art and Agency: an anthropological theory . The review is divided into two parts. In the first I summarise the main argument of each chapter in turn and comment on some of the author's more questionable assumptions and conclusions. In the second I step back from the individual chapters and comment on three of the more general issues the book raises
Art, Architecture, and Collective Representations in a New Guinea Society
The assertion that art ‘communicates’ is one that is very commonly made about painting, sculpture, and other visual art-forms in both Western and tribal societies. But establishing with any degree of certainty what a particular painting or sculpture might ‘say’ about the society which produces it is no easy matter. And teasing the ‘meaning’ out of art objects is made all the more difficult by the fact that artists generally (including writers and…
Symmetrical Schizmogenesis Revisited
Historical Ethnography or Conjectural History
Two Crows Denies It
Kwoma Death Payments and Alliance Theory
Recent analyses of exchange in the structure of Papua New Guinea societies have focussed predominantly on competitive or ceremonial forms of reciprocity, such as the Moka, Tee, and Kula, rather than the complex, multigenerational exchange relationships that marriages commonly establish between wife-giving and wife-taking groups. One consequence of the neglect of affinal in favor of ceremonial exchange is that it is difficult, if not impossible, t…
Maori Cannibalism
Art and Gender Ideology in the Sepik
In her article 'Is female to male as nature is to culture?' Sherry Ortner states: 'The secondary status of woman in society is one of the true universals, a pan-cultural fact. Yet within that universal fact, the specific cultural conceptions and symbolisations of woman are extraordinarily diverse and even mutually contradictory. Further, the actual treatment of women and their relative power and contribution vary enormously from culture to cultur…
Kwoma Terminology and Marriage Alliance
Lévi‐Strauss in the Sepik
Tapu and Mana
(1979). Tapu and Mana: Ritual authority and political power in traditional Maori society. The Journal of Pacific History: Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 50-61
Art and Gender Ideology in the Sepik
In her article 'Is female to male as nature is to culture?' Sherry Ortner states: 'The secondary status of woman in society is one of the true universals, a pan-cultural fact. Yet within that universal fact, the specific cultural conceptions and symbolisations of woman are extraordinarily diverse and even mutually contradictory. Further, the actual treatment of women and their relative power and contribution vary enormously from culture to cultur…
Kwoma Terminology and Marriage Alliance
Tapu and Mana
(1979). Tapu and Mana: Ritual authority and political power in traditional Maori society. The Journal of Pacific History: Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 50-61
Kwoma Death Payments and Alliance Theory
Recent analyses of exchange in the structure of Papua New Guinea societies have focussed predominantly on competitive or ceremonial forms of reciprocity, such as the Moka, Tee, and Kula, rather than the complex, multigenerational exchange relationships that marriages commonly establish between wife-giving and wife-taking groups. One consequence of the neglect of affinal in favor of ceremonial exchange is that it is difficult, if not impossible, t…
Tapu and Mana
(1979). Tapu and Mana: Ritual authority and political power in traditional Maori society. The Journal of Pacific History: Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 50-61
Lévi‐Strauss in the Sepik
Kwoma Terminology and Marriage Alliance
Maori Cannibalism
Art and Gender Ideology in the Sepik
In her article 'Is female to male as nature is to culture?' Sherry Ortner states: 'The secondary status of woman in society is one of the true universals, a pan-cultural fact. Yet within that universal fact, the specific cultural conceptions and symbolisations of woman are extraordinarily diverse and even mutually contradictory. Further, the actual treatment of women and their relative power and contribution vary enormously from culture to cultur…
Two Crows Denies It
Kwoma Death Payments and Alliance Theory
Recent analyses of exchange in the structure of Papua New Guinea societies have focussed predominantly on competitive or ceremonial forms of reciprocity, such as the Moka, Tee, and Kula, rather than the complex, multigenerational exchange relationships that marriages commonly establish between wife-giving and wife-taking groups. One consequence of the neglect of affinal in favor of ceremonial exchange is that it is difficult, if not impossible, t…
Symmetrical Schizmogenesis Revisited
Historical Ethnography or Conjectural History
Art, Architecture, and Collective Representations in a New Guinea Society
The assertion that art ‘communicates’ is one that is very commonly made about painting, sculpture, and other visual art-forms in both Western and tribal societies. But establishing with any degree of certainty what a particular painting or sculpture might ‘say’ about the society which produces it is no easy matter. And teasing the ‘meaning’ out of art objects is made all the more difficult by the fact that artists generally (including writers and…
A Critique of Alfred Gell on Art and Agency
This review article examines in detail the argument in Alfred Gell's posthumously published book Art and Agency: an anthropological theory . The review is divided into two parts. In the first I summarise the main argument of each chapter in turn and comment on some of the author's more questionable assumptions and conclusions. In the second I step back from the individual chapters and comment on three of the more general issues the book raises
Subglacially precipitated carbonates record geochemical interactions and pollen preservation at the base of the Laurentide Ice Sheet on central Baffin Island, eastern Canadian Arctic
The mineralogy and isotopic compositions of subglacially precipitated carbonate crusts (SPCCs) provide information on conditions and processes beneath former glaciers and ice sheets. Here we describe SPCCs formed on gneissic bedrock at the bed of the Laurentide Ice Sheet (LIS) during the last glacial maximum on central Baffin Island. Geochemical data indicate that the Ca in the crusts was likely derived from the subglacial chemical weathering Ca-…
Sociology (9 works) · History (7 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (4 works) · Anthropology (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (4 works) · Citation (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Law (3 works)