Jan Patrick Hei
Biographic Data
| ID | 187880 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jan Patrick Hei |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jan Patrick |
| FAMILY NAME | Hei |
| SIGNATURE | HEI J P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Zurich |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9036-9316 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
An Empirical Approach to Studying Human Existence
This chapter proposes a way to empirically study individual existence. It argues that individual existence is best researched in three steps. First, the researcher should provide a rough description of the diverse contexts an individual lives in. Second, she or he needs to explore the structures of the individual's daily life. Third, the anthropologist should abstract the more permanent features of an individual from the latter's behaviour in dai…
Some Historical Factors in the Development of Field Cultivation Practices in Two Villages in South Central Niger
In this article, I describe field cultivation work in two villages in South Central Niger. Furthermore, I ponder on the historical factors that have shaped these working practices in this area. In doing so, I pursue three objectives. First, my intention is to develop further the anthropology of work in Africa, which has focused heretofore on the synchronic and systematic aspect of work by investigating the complex and multidimensional history of …
How Lifeworlds Work
In How Lifeworlds Work, Michael Jackson discusses the relationship between social order and affect in Kuranko society, in particular, and human society in general. His empirical data stems from fie
A Hausa Man Makes a Decision
In anthropology, decision-making has mainly been studied from two perspectives: rationalist and ethnographic. These approaches lack a theoretical basis which would integrate their findings in a coherent manner. Taking inspiration from Tugendhat and Berthoz, this article argues that a way out of this impasse is to conceptualise decisionmaking as an action. At the same time, this conceptualisation allows us to establish a continuum of decision-maki…
How to Explain Access to the Field. Lessons from Fieldwork among the Yedina (or Buduma)of Lake Chad
In their articles, researchers describe how the identity that is assigned to them by the social group they are studying is the key criterion for determining a researcher’s ability to gain access to the field. They often explain this identity in relation to the historical external relations of the society being investigated. In this article, I will also attempt to portray the identity that the Yedina assigned to me during my field research, and wh…
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How to Explain Access to the Field. Lessons from Fieldwork among the Yedina (or Buduma)of Lake Chad
In their articles, researchers describe how the identity that is assigned to them by the social group they are studying is the key criterion for determining a researcher’s ability to gain access to the field. They often explain this identity in relation to the historical external relations of the society being investigated. In this article, I will also attempt to portray the identity that the Yedina assigned to me during my field research, and wh…
How Lifeworlds Work
In How Lifeworlds Work, Michael Jackson discusses the relationship between social order and affect in Kuranko society, in particular, and human society in general. His empirical data stems from fie
A Hausa Man Makes a Decision
In anthropology, decision-making has mainly been studied from two perspectives: rationalist and ethnographic. These approaches lack a theoretical basis which would integrate their findings in a coherent manner. Taking inspiration from Tugendhat and Berthoz, this article argues that a way out of this impasse is to conceptualise decisionmaking as an action. At the same time, this conceptualisation allows us to establish a continuum of decision-maki…
Some Historical Factors in the Development of Field Cultivation Practices in Two Villages in South Central Niger
In this article, I describe field cultivation work in two villages in South Central Niger. Furthermore, I ponder on the historical factors that have shaped these working practices in this area. In doing so, I pursue three objectives. First, my intention is to develop further the anthropology of work in Africa, which has focused heretofore on the synchronic and systematic aspect of work by investigating the complex and multidimensional history of …
An Empirical Approach to Studying Human Existence
This chapter proposes a way to empirically study individual existence. It argues that individual existence is best researched in three steps. First, the researcher should provide a rough description of the diverse contexts an individual lives in. Second, she or he needs to explore the structures of the individual's daily life. Third, the anthropologist should abstract the more permanent features of an individual from the latter's behaviour in dai…
Anthropological Studies and Insights (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Work (physics) (2 works)