Michael Baran
Biographic Data
| ID | 204062 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Baran |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Baran |
| SIGNATURE | BARAN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 90 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Girl, You Are Not Morena . We Are Negras
In 2003, teachers at the municipal high school in Belmonte, Brazil, began presenting students with a radically different ideology about racial categorization: an essentialized ideology that defines anyone not "purely" branco (white) as negro (black). This system of categorization conflicts with popular belief in a mixed‐race moreno identity based not only on ancestry but also on observable physical features. Through a combination of ethnographic …
Folkecology, Cultural Epidemiology, and the Spirit of the Commons
Using a variation on an experimental approach from biology, we distinguish the influence of sociocultural factors from that of economic, demographic, and ecological factors in environmental management and maintenance. This is important to issues of global environmental change, where there is little empirical research into cultural effects on deforestation and land use. Findings with three groups who live in the same rainforest habitat and manifes…
On the Possibility of Different Sorts of Racial Categories
Folkecology, Cultural Epidemiology, and the Spirit of the Commons
Using a variation on an experimental approach from biology, we distinguish the influence of sociocultural factors from that of economic, demographic, and ecological factors in environmental management and maintenance. This is important to issues of global environmental change, where there is little empirical research into cultural effects on deforestation and land use. Findings with three groups who live in the same rainforest habitat and manifes…
Girl, You Are Not Morena . We Are Negras
In 2003, teachers at the municipal high school in Belmonte, Brazil, began presenting students with a radically different ideology about racial categorization: an essentialized ideology that defines anyone not "purely" branco (white) as negro (black). This system of categorization conflicts with popular belief in a mixed‐race moreno identity based not only on ancestry but also on observable physical features. Through a combination of ethnographic …
On the Possibility of Different Sorts of Racial Categories
On the Possibility of Different Sorts of Racial Categories
Folkecology, Cultural Epidemiology, and the Spirit of the Commons
Using a variation on an experimental approach from biology, we distinguish the influence of sociocultural factors from that of economic, demographic, and ecological factors in environmental management and maintenance. This is important to issues of global environmental change, where there is little empirical research into cultural effects on deforestation and land use. Findings with three groups who live in the same rainforest habitat and manifes…
Girl, You Are Not Morena . We Are Negras
In 2003, teachers at the municipal high school in Belmonte, Brazil, began presenting students with a radically different ideology about racial categorization: an essentialized ideology that defines anyone not "purely" branco (white) as negro (black). This system of categorization conflicts with popular belief in a mixed‐race moreno identity based not only on ancestry but also on observable physical features. Through a combination of ethnographic …
Psychology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work)