Gerald F Murray
Biographic Data
| ID | 118460 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gerald F Murray |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gerald F |
| FAMILY NAME | Murray |
| SIGNATURE | MURRAY G F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Florida |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Lambros Comitas (1927-2020)
Coping with climatic shocks: Local perspectives from Haiti’s rural mountain regions
Haiti’s agrarian society is highly sensitive to changes in weather and climate conditions. Little is known about Haitian farmers’ perceptions of climate-related risks and their ability to cope with hazards, which may reduce the relevance and likelihood of success of proposed adaptation solutions. We discuss the findings from the focus groups held with 104 small-holder farmers from mountain areas. Farmers in the study area regard the impacts of cl…
Religion and Climate Change: Rain Rituals in Israel, China, and Haiti
Human populations confront three distinct climate challenges: (1) seasonal climate fluctuations, (2) sporadic climate crises, and (3) long term climate change. Religious systems often attribute climate crises to the behavior of invisible spirits. They devise rituals to influence the spirits, and do so under the guidance of religious specialists. They devise two types of problem-solving rituals: anticipatory climate maintenance rituals, to request…
Gender and Folk-Religion in Western China: A Case Study of the Tu of Qinghai
This paper deals with analysis of gender issues in an ethnic religious system in Western China, the religion of the Tu ethnic group. We focused on gender in Tu religion, which entailed documenting gender dynamics in three major ethnographic domains that have been present in religious systems around the world and through time: spirit beliefs, rituals, and specialists. Though examined gender dynamics as they occur among the Tu in all three of these…
The Evolution of Chinese Shamanism: A Case Study from Northwest China
This paper presents information on the shamanic religious system practiced among the Tu ethnic group of Qinghai Province in Northwest China. After presenting ethnographic information on the spirit beliefs, rituals, and shamanic specialists of the Tu, the paper will use a systemic definition of religion to (1) identify changes that have occurred in the focus of Tu shamanism and the role of the shaman, and (2) identify a cluster of causal factors-t…
Fixing Haiti: Minustah and Beyond - edited by Heine, Jorge and Thompson, Andrew S
Tectonic Shifts: Haiti Since the Earthquake - edited by Schuller, Mark and Morales, Pablo
Foundations of Despotism: Peasants, the Trujillo Regime, and Modernity in Dominican History
When the Hands Are Many: Community Organization and Social Change in Rural Haiti
When the Hands Are Many: Community Organization and Social Change in Rural Haiti. Jennie M. Smith Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2001. ix. 229 pp., photographs, notes, bibliography, index
Technology Without Literacy: Agrarian Innovation in Rural Haiti
Technology Without Literacy: Agrarian Innovation in Rural Haiti
Standardization and Measurement in Cultural Anthropology: A Neglected Area [and Comments and Reply]
One of the major problems facing anthropology as it continues to develop as a scientific discipline is the development of standardized research approaches. This article reviews the issues involved in the creation of standardized research procedures in the discipline. The relationship between cross-cultural comparison and the collection of field data is explored. The process of standardization, incliding the operationalization of concepts, the cre…
Ethnology: The Dominican Diaspora: From the Dominican Republic to New York City. Villagers in Transition. Glenn Hendricks
When the Hands Are Many: Community Organization and Social Change in Rural Haiti
When the Hands Are Many: Community Organization and Social Change in Rural Haiti. Jennie M. Smith Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2001. ix. 229 pp., photographs, notes, bibliography, index
The Evolution of Chinese Shamanism: A Case Study from Northwest China
This paper presents information on the shamanic religious system practiced among the Tu ethnic group of Qinghai Province in Northwest China. After presenting ethnographic information on the spirit beliefs, rituals, and shamanic specialists of the Tu, the paper will use a systemic definition of religion to (1) identify changes that have occurred in the focus of Tu shamanism and the role of the shaman, and (2) identify a cluster of causal factors-t…
Foundations of Despotism: Peasants, the Trujillo Regime, and Modernity in Dominican History
Gender and Folk-Religion in Western China: A Case Study of the Tu of Qinghai
This paper deals with analysis of gender issues in an ethnic religious system in Western China, the religion of the Tu ethnic group. We focused on gender in Tu religion, which entailed documenting gender dynamics in three major ethnographic domains that have been present in religious systems around the world and through time: spirit beliefs, rituals, and specialists. Though examined gender dynamics as they occur among the Tu in all three of these…
Standardization and Measurement in Cultural Anthropology: A Neglected Area [and Comments and Reply]
One of the major problems facing anthropology as it continues to develop as a scientific discipline is the development of standardized research approaches. This article reviews the issues involved in the creation of standardized research procedures in the discipline. The relationship between cross-cultural comparison and the collection of field data is explored. The process of standardization, incliding the operationalization of concepts, the cre…
Coping with climatic shocks: Local perspectives from Haiti’s rural mountain regions
Haiti’s agrarian society is highly sensitive to changes in weather and climate conditions. Little is known about Haitian farmers’ perceptions of climate-related risks and their ability to cope with hazards, which may reduce the relevance and likelihood of success of proposed adaptation solutions. We discuss the findings from the focus groups held with 104 small-holder farmers from mountain areas. Farmers in the study area regard the impacts of cl…
Standardization and Measurement in Cultural Anthropology: A Neglected Area [and Comments and Reply]
One of the major problems facing anthropology as it continues to develop as a scientific discipline is the development of standardized research approaches. This article reviews the issues involved in the creation of standardized research procedures in the discipline. The relationship between cross-cultural comparison and the collection of field data is explored. The process of standardization, incliding the operationalization of concepts, the cre…
Ethnology: The Dominican Diaspora: From the Dominican Republic to New York City. Villagers in Transition. Glenn Hendricks
Technology Without Literacy: Agrarian Innovation in Rural Haiti
Technology Without Literacy: Agrarian Innovation in Rural Haiti
When the Hands Are Many: Community Organization and Social Change in Rural Haiti
When the Hands Are Many: Community Organization and Social Change in Rural Haiti. Jennie M. Smith Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2001. ix. 229 pp., photographs, notes, bibliography, index
Foundations of Despotism: Peasants, the Trujillo Regime, and Modernity in Dominican History
Fixing Haiti: Minustah and Beyond - edited by Heine, Jorge and Thompson, Andrew S
Tectonic Shifts: Haiti Since the Earthquake - edited by Schuller, Mark and Morales, Pablo
The Evolution of Chinese Shamanism: A Case Study from Northwest China
This paper presents information on the shamanic religious system practiced among the Tu ethnic group of Qinghai Province in Northwest China. After presenting ethnographic information on the spirit beliefs, rituals, and shamanic specialists of the Tu, the paper will use a systemic definition of religion to (1) identify changes that have occurred in the focus of Tu shamanism and the role of the shaman, and (2) identify a cluster of causal factors-t…
Gender and Folk-Religion in Western China: A Case Study of the Tu of Qinghai
This paper deals with analysis of gender issues in an ethnic religious system in Western China, the religion of the Tu ethnic group. We focused on gender in Tu religion, which entailed documenting gender dynamics in three major ethnographic domains that have been present in religious systems around the world and through time: spirit beliefs, rituals, and specialists. Though examined gender dynamics as they occur among the Tu in all three of these…
Coping with climatic shocks: Local perspectives from Haiti’s rural mountain regions
Haiti’s agrarian society is highly sensitive to changes in weather and climate conditions. Little is known about Haitian farmers’ perceptions of climate-related risks and their ability to cope with hazards, which may reduce the relevance and likelihood of success of proposed adaptation solutions. We discuss the findings from the focus groups held with 104 small-holder farmers from mountain areas. Farmers in the study area regard the impacts of cl…
Religion and Climate Change: Rain Rituals in Israel, China, and Haiti
Human populations confront three distinct climate challenges: (1) seasonal climate fluctuations, (2) sporadic climate crises, and (3) long term climate change. Religious systems often attribute climate crises to the behavior of invisible spirits. They devise rituals to influence the spirits, and do so under the guidance of religious specialists. They devise two types of problem-solving rituals: anticipatory climate maintenance rituals, to request…
Lambros Comitas (1927-2020)
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