Ulrich Demmer
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 143510 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Ulrich Demmer |
| NOMBRES | Ulrich |
| APELLIDO | Demmer |
| FIRMA | DEMMER U |
| AFILIACIONES | Munich University, Germany |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 6 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 4 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 6 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1998 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2017 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Degrowth, anthropology, and activist research
This article argues that scientific practice of all kinds does not simply represent but actively constructs social and cultural realities: it is involved in an "ontological politics." It reflects on activist research and addresses the question of how science, and especially anthropology, can contribute to bringing degrowth alternatives into being. We suggest that to overcome growth society and build a new imaginary, we first need to denaturalize …
Agent Plus' and 'Practical Reasoner
This paper explores an understanding of the person in terms of practical reason. Based on my fieldwork among the Jenu Kurumba and on ethnographic data on four other communities, I analyse how these five communities conceptualise the ethical person. To understand these concepts, I consult studies of an anthropology of ethics concerned with practical reason. Additionally I draw on Charles Taylor's concept of the 'agent plus' and Alasdair MacIntyre'…
The Poetics and Politics of Practical Reason
This article explores how in the northern Nilgiris of South India the postcolonial state and indigenous adivasi communities imagine, perform, and negotiate ideas of a good life in ritual and political discourse, that is, how they articulate practical reason. I analyze the politics of ethics and how indigenous Jenu Kurumba and Sholega adivasi groups on the one hand and the state of Tamil Nadu on the other construct and perform their identity with …
Visible Knowledge
The study of visual knowledge has become a vital concern in Visual Anthropology. As a cultural resource beyond language and the written word, visual knowledge transmits and maintains core social concepts as well as moral values of a culture. Yet, despite its significance, how visual knowledge is generated and achieved is rarely studied in detail. The present article focuses on the Jenu Kurumba, a tribal community of South India, and explores the …
The Poets as Anthropologists
‘Representation’ has become one of the major issues not only in anthropology at large but also in South Asian Studies. The present paper is concerned with the classical Tamil ‘Cankam’ literature and pursues the quest of how tribal cultures are depicted in these texts. As the paper shows the poems rather than being mirrors of the social reality of the time are to considerable extent literary constructions. The paper thus reveals that the Cankam po…
Verwandtschaft und Sozialität bei den Jēnu Kuṟumba
Degrowth, anthropology, and activist research
This article argues that scientific practice of all kinds does not simply represent but actively constructs social and cultural realities: it is involved in an "ontological politics." It reflects on activist research and addresses the question of how science, and especially anthropology, can contribute to bringing degrowth alternatives into being. We suggest that to overcome growth society and build a new imaginary, we first need to denaturalize …
Agent Plus' and 'Practical Reasoner
This paper explores an understanding of the person in terms of practical reason. Based on my fieldwork among the Jenu Kurumba and on ethnographic data on four other communities, I analyse how these five communities conceptualise the ethical person. To understand these concepts, I consult studies of an anthropology of ethics concerned with practical reason. Additionally I draw on Charles Taylor's concept of the 'agent plus' and Alasdair MacIntyre'…
The Poetics and Politics of Practical Reason
This article explores how in the northern Nilgiris of South India the postcolonial state and indigenous adivasi communities imagine, perform, and negotiate ideas of a good life in ritual and political discourse, that is, how they articulate practical reason. I analyze the politics of ethics and how indigenous Jenu Kurumba and Sholega adivasi groups on the one hand and the state of Tamil Nadu on the other construct and perform their identity with …
Visible Knowledge
The study of visual knowledge has become a vital concern in Visual Anthropology. As a cultural resource beyond language and the written word, visual knowledge transmits and maintains core social concepts as well as moral values of a culture. Yet, despite its significance, how visual knowledge is generated and achieved is rarely studied in detail. The present article focuses on the Jenu Kurumba, a tribal community of South India, and explores the …
Verwandtschaft und Sozialität bei den Jēnu Kuṟumba
The Poets as Anthropologists
‘Representation’ has become one of the major issues not only in anthropology at large but also in South Asian Studies. The present paper is concerned with the classical Tamil ‘Cankam’ literature and pursues the quest of how tribal cultures are depicted in these texts. As the paper shows the poems rather than being mirrors of the social reality of the time are to considerable extent literary constructions. The paper thus reveals that the Cankam po…
Visible Knowledge
The study of visual knowledge has become a vital concern in Visual Anthropology. As a cultural resource beyond language and the written word, visual knowledge transmits and maintains core social concepts as well as moral values of a culture. Yet, despite its significance, how visual knowledge is generated and achieved is rarely studied in detail. The present article focuses on the Jenu Kurumba, a tribal community of South India, and explores the …
The Poetics and Politics of Practical Reason
This article explores how in the northern Nilgiris of South India the postcolonial state and indigenous adivasi communities imagine, perform, and negotiate ideas of a good life in ritual and political discourse, that is, how they articulate practical reason. I analyze the politics of ethics and how indigenous Jenu Kurumba and Sholega adivasi groups on the one hand and the state of Tamil Nadu on the other construct and perform their identity with …
Agent Plus' and 'Practical Reasoner
This paper explores an understanding of the person in terms of practical reason. Based on my fieldwork among the Jenu Kurumba and on ethnographic data on four other communities, I analyse how these five communities conceptualise the ethical person. To understand these concepts, I consult studies of an anthropology of ethics concerned with practical reason. Additionally I draw on Charles Taylor's concept of the 'agent plus' and Alasdair MacIntyre'…
Degrowth, anthropology, and activist research
This article argues that scientific practice of all kinds does not simply represent but actively constructs social and cultural realities: it is involved in an "ontological politics." It reflects on activist research and addresses the question of how science, and especially anthropology, can contribute to bringing degrowth alternatives into being. We suggest that to overcome growth society and build a new imaginary, we first need to denaturalize …
Philosophy (5 obras) · Sociology (5 obras) · Anthropology (4 obras) · Aesthetics (3 obras) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (3 obras) · Art (3 obras) · Ecology (3 obras) · History (3 obras) · Law (3 obras) · Political science (3 obras)