Rob Van Ginkel
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 138176 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Rob Van Ginkel |
| NOMBRES | Rob |
| APELLIDO | Van Ginkel |
| FIRMA | VAN GINKEL R |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Amsterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9961-5977 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 19 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 24 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1987 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2020 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Navigating Dire Straits in the Archipelago Sea
Braving Troubled Waters
On Being There: Notes on Methodology At the time of the 'repatriation' of their discipline, anthropologists acknowledged that the study of kindred societies and cultures is both compelling and legitimate.They admitted to being ignorant about many social and cultural configurations that at face value appeared to be more or less familiar.This recognition led to reflections on the usefulness of anthropology's theoretical, methodological and conceptu…
The Dangers of Dancing. Foreign vs. Folk Dances and the Politics of Culture in the Netherlands, 1918–1955
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Klazien Brummel, Holland danst! Danscultuur in de twintigste eeuw
TSEG (Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis) - The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History, is het Nederlands-Vlaamse vaktijdschrift op het gebied van de sociale en economische geschiedenis
Neo-nationalism in Europe and beyond
By the early twenty-first century neo-nationalist forces have established themselves in a number of the world's large regions and subcontinents. From Australia to South Asia, in Eastern and Western Europe, comparable parties and movements have positioned themselves in national parliaments and governments, with some considerable impact on state power. In contrast to right-wing extremist parties in the past, these recent movements mostly operate wi…
Re‐creating ‘Dutchness
Following the liberation of the Netherlands from German occupation in 1945, many Dutch intellectuals were seriously concerned about the moral comportment of the Dutch in particular its youth. In their view, the war led to a sapping of norms, values and virtues they deemed ‘typically Dutch’ which could bring about complete social disintegration. Therefore, they launched campaigns to reinstate the ‘old ways’. Based on what they believed to be the n…
On peasants and 'Primitive Peoples
Fruitful exchanges of ideas existed between early 20th century anthropology (volkenkunde) and folklore studies (volkskunde) in the Netherlands. Folklorists proposed using the fieldwork methods and comparative approach of ethnography. Anthropologists thought folklore studies might be able to shed light on survivals of earlier stages in their own society. During the 1930s, however, anthropologists turned their backs on the evolutionist paradigm, wh…
Observations from Within Observations from Without The Dutch in Anthropological Perspective
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The repatriation of anthropology
For a few decades, anthropologists have increasingly turned to the study of their own society and culture. This article addresses the problems and the relative advantages and disadvantages of endogenous ethnography. It devotes special attention to the experiences of medical anthropologists who have conducted fieldwork at home. It is concluded that anthropology at home has no special epistemological position compared with anthropological research …
Cooperating Competitors
Fishermen are usually described as rugged individualists, fierce independent competitors wari of cooperation and ill-positioned to participate in political bargaining. These characteristics are used to explain the oft-noted failure of institutionalized forms of collective action, such as voluntary associations, cooperatives, and unions. From the 1870s fishermen on the Dutch island of Texel established a variety of such institutions. However, coop…
Foreigners' Views of the Dutch
The Abundant Sea and Her Fates
Nature is seen by humans through a screen of beliefs, knowledge, and purposes, and it is in terms of their images of nature, rather than of the actual structure of nature, that they act. Yet, it is upon nature itself that they do act, and it is nature itself that acts upon them, nurturing or destroying them.Rappaport (1979:97
Texelian at heart
Some anthropologists perceive an increasing nationalisation or even globalisation of cultures and identities. Others, however, stress that in many places villagers assert their right to a local identity. This article discusses how the inhabitants of the Dutch island of Texel have renegotiated and articulated their identity within the context of processes of nation building and state formation in the Netherlands. It aims to show that nationalisati…
Tacking between Scylla and Charybdis
One Drop of Luck Weighs More Than a Bucketful of Wisdom'. Success and the Idiom and Ideology of Dutch Shellfish Planters
In many parts of the world fishermen attribute their success to good luck. Since it is difficult to control often highly mobile fish, there is indeed a large component of chance in fishing. But shellfish farming is a less unpredictable activity, because it involves managed harvesting of sedentary marine resources. Yet, like fishermen, shellfish planters in the Dutch town of Yerseke refer to luck and natural forces rather than expertise, skill and…
Ruth Benedict on Netherlanders
During World War II, many studies of 'cultures at a distance' were conducted. Ruth Benedict was one of the most prolific writers in this field. While working for the Office of War Information she produced several memoranda on societies and cultures involved in the war. One of these was the Netherlands. This paper focuses on, firstly, how the present author discovered Benedict's texts on the Dutch. Secondly, it discusses why and for whom she wrote…
The Sea of Bitterness
Presentation d'une analyse ethnographique des processus politiques en cours dans un quartier de la ville de Yerseke, quartier habite par des pecheurs de moules. L'A. montre comment un conflit concernant l'acces aux ressources marines divise une association de pecheurs de la region et comment les factions rivales se transforment en partis mais finissent par se reunir. Discussion et reevaluation de vieilles interpretations de la notion de factional…
Fishermen, Taboos, and Ominous Animals
North Atlantic deep-sea fishermen observe many taboos pertaining to certain animals. The occurrence of avoidance rituals among fishers is explained against the background of Malinowski's anxiety-ritual proposition. A comparison of animals that are considered ominous or taboo in various settings is given. The paper then tackles the question of why fishermen perceive particular animals to be unlucky omens and offers some tentative explanations for …
Pigs, Priests and other Puzzles
Anthropologists and folklorists have described and, albeit to a lesser extent, analysed the occurrence of taboos in maritime communities. Following Malinowski's anxiety-ritual proposition, the former stress personal risks and/or economic uncertainties involved in fishing as the cause of the observance of prohibitions. The author notices the omnipresence of distinct taboos in the fishing-villages of the North Atlantic fringe. Some of these are dea…
Braving Troubled Waters
On Being There: Notes on Methodology At the time of the 'repatriation' of their discipline, anthropologists acknowledged that the study of kindred societies and cultures is both compelling and legitimate.They admitted to being ignorant about many social and cultural configurations that at face value appeared to be more or less familiar.This recognition led to reflections on the usefulness of anthropology's theoretical, methodological and conceptu…
The repatriation of anthropology
For a few decades, anthropologists have increasingly turned to the study of their own society and culture. This article addresses the problems and the relative advantages and disadvantages of endogenous ethnography. It devotes special attention to the experiences of medical anthropologists who have conducted fieldwork at home. It is concluded that anthropology at home has no special epistemological position compared with anthropological research …
Re‐creating ‘Dutchness
Following the liberation of the Netherlands from German occupation in 1945, many Dutch intellectuals were seriously concerned about the moral comportment of the Dutch in particular its youth. In their view, the war led to a sapping of norms, values and virtues they deemed ‘typically Dutch’ which could bring about complete social disintegration. Therefore, they launched campaigns to reinstate the ‘old ways’. Based on what they believed to be the n…
On peasants and 'Primitive Peoples
Fruitful exchanges of ideas existed between early 20th century anthropology (volkenkunde) and folklore studies (volkskunde) in the Netherlands. Folklorists proposed using the fieldwork methods and comparative approach of ethnography. Anthropologists thought folklore studies might be able to shed light on survivals of earlier stages in their own society. During the 1930s, however, anthropologists turned their backs on the evolutionist paradigm, wh…
Foreigners' Views of the Dutch
Texelian at heart
Some anthropologists perceive an increasing nationalisation or even globalisation of cultures and identities. Others, however, stress that in many places villagers assert their right to a local identity. This article discusses how the inhabitants of the Dutch island of Texel have renegotiated and articulated their identity within the context of processes of nation building and state formation in the Netherlands. It aims to show that nationalisati…
Tacking between Scylla and Charybdis
One Drop of Luck Weighs More Than a Bucketful of Wisdom'. Success and the Idiom and Ideology of Dutch Shellfish Planters
In many parts of the world fishermen attribute their success to good luck. Since it is difficult to control often highly mobile fish, there is indeed a large component of chance in fishing. But shellfish farming is a less unpredictable activity, because it involves managed harvesting of sedentary marine resources. Yet, like fishermen, shellfish planters in the Dutch town of Yerseke refer to luck and natural forces rather than expertise, skill and…
Pigs, Priests and other Puzzles
Anthropologists and folklorists have described and, albeit to a lesser extent, analysed the occurrence of taboos in maritime communities. Following Malinowski's anxiety-ritual proposition, the former stress personal risks and/or economic uncertainties involved in fishing as the cause of the observance of prohibitions. The author notices the omnipresence of distinct taboos in the fishing-villages of the North Atlantic fringe. Some of these are dea…
Pigs, Priests and other Puzzles
Anthropologists and folklorists have described and, albeit to a lesser extent, analysed the occurrence of taboos in maritime communities. Following Malinowski's anxiety-ritual proposition, the former stress personal risks and/or economic uncertainties involved in fishing as the cause of the observance of prohibitions. The author notices the omnipresence of distinct taboos in the fishing-villages of the North Atlantic fringe. Some of these are dea…
Fishermen, Taboos, and Ominous Animals
North Atlantic deep-sea fishermen observe many taboos pertaining to certain animals. The occurrence of avoidance rituals among fishers is explained against the background of Malinowski's anxiety-ritual proposition. A comparison of animals that are considered ominous or taboo in various settings is given. The paper then tackles the question of why fishermen perceive particular animals to be unlucky omens and offers some tentative explanations for …
The Sea of Bitterness
Presentation d'une analyse ethnographique des processus politiques en cours dans un quartier de la ville de Yerseke, quartier habite par des pecheurs de moules. L'A. montre comment un conflit concernant l'acces aux ressources marines divise une association de pecheurs de la region et comment les factions rivales se transforment en partis mais finissent par se reunir. Discussion et reevaluation de vieilles interpretations de la notion de factional…
Ruth Benedict on Netherlanders
During World War II, many studies of 'cultures at a distance' were conducted. Ruth Benedict was one of the most prolific writers in this field. While working for the Office of War Information she produced several memoranda on societies and cultures involved in the war. One of these was the Netherlands. This paper focuses on, firstly, how the present author discovered Benedict's texts on the Dutch. Secondly, it discusses why and for whom she wrote…
Tacking between Scylla and Charybdis
One Drop of Luck Weighs More Than a Bucketful of Wisdom'. Success and the Idiom and Ideology of Dutch Shellfish Planters
In many parts of the world fishermen attribute their success to good luck. Since it is difficult to control often highly mobile fish, there is indeed a large component of chance in fishing. But shellfish farming is a less unpredictable activity, because it involves managed harvesting of sedentary marine resources. Yet, like fishermen, shellfish planters in the Dutch town of Yerseke refer to luck and natural forces rather than expertise, skill and…
Texelian at heart
Some anthropologists perceive an increasing nationalisation or even globalisation of cultures and identities. Others, however, stress that in many places villagers assert their right to a local identity. This article discusses how the inhabitants of the Dutch island of Texel have renegotiated and articulated their identity within the context of processes of nation building and state formation in the Netherlands. It aims to show that nationalisati…
Cooperating Competitors
Fishermen are usually described as rugged individualists, fierce independent competitors wari of cooperation and ill-positioned to participate in political bargaining. These characteristics are used to explain the oft-noted failure of institutionalized forms of collective action, such as voluntary associations, cooperatives, and unions. From the 1870s fishermen on the Dutch island of Texel established a variety of such institutions. However, coop…
Foreigners' Views of the Dutch
The Abundant Sea and Her Fates
Nature is seen by humans through a screen of beliefs, knowledge, and purposes, and it is in terms of their images of nature, rather than of the actual structure of nature, that they act. Yet, it is upon nature itself that they do act, and it is nature itself that acts upon them, nurturing or destroying them.Rappaport (1979:97
Observations from Within Observations from Without The Dutch in Anthropological Perspective
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The repatriation of anthropology
For a few decades, anthropologists have increasingly turned to the study of their own society and culture. This article addresses the problems and the relative advantages and disadvantages of endogenous ethnography. It devotes special attention to the experiences of medical anthropologists who have conducted fieldwork at home. It is concluded that anthropology at home has no special epistemological position compared with anthropological research …
On peasants and 'Primitive Peoples
Fruitful exchanges of ideas existed between early 20th century anthropology (volkenkunde) and folklore studies (volkskunde) in the Netherlands. Folklorists proposed using the fieldwork methods and comparative approach of ethnography. Anthropologists thought folklore studies might be able to shed light on survivals of earlier stages in their own society. During the 1930s, however, anthropologists turned their backs on the evolutionist paradigm, wh…
Re‐creating ‘Dutchness
Following the liberation of the Netherlands from German occupation in 1945, many Dutch intellectuals were seriously concerned about the moral comportment of the Dutch in particular its youth. In their view, the war led to a sapping of norms, values and virtues they deemed ‘typically Dutch’ which could bring about complete social disintegration. Therefore, they launched campaigns to reinstate the ‘old ways’. Based on what they believed to be the n…
Klazien Brummel, Holland danst! Danscultuur in de twintigste eeuw
TSEG (Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis) - The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History, is het Nederlands-Vlaamse vaktijdschrift op het gebied van de sociale en economische geschiedenis
Neo-nationalism in Europe and beyond
By the early twenty-first century neo-nationalist forces have established themselves in a number of the world's large regions and subcontinents. From Australia to South Asia, in Eastern and Western Europe, comparable parties and movements have positioned themselves in national parliaments and governments, with some considerable impact on state power. In contrast to right-wing extremist parties in the past, these recent movements mostly operate wi…
The Dangers of Dancing. Foreign vs. Folk Dances and the Politics of Culture in the Netherlands, 1918–1955
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Braving Troubled Waters
On Being There: Notes on Methodology At the time of the 'repatriation' of their discipline, anthropologists acknowledged that the study of kindred societies and cultures is both compelling and legitimate.They admitted to being ignorant about many social and cultural configurations that at face value appeared to be more or less familiar.This recognition led to reflections on the usefulness of anthropology's theoretical, methodological and conceptu…
Navigating Dire Straits in the Archipelago Sea
Political science (11 obras) · Law (10 obras) · Sociology (10 obras) · History (7 obras) · Politics (6 obras) · Epistemology (5 obras) · Law (5 obras) · Archaeology (4 obras) · History (4 obras) · Anthropology (3 obras)