Jon Schackt
Biographic Data
| ID | 224612 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jon Schackt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jon |
| FAMILY NAME | Schackt |
| SIGNATURE | SCHACKT J |
| AFFILIATIONS | UiT The Arctic University of Norway |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Den tredje alder
dag regnes uttrykket «den tredje alder» gjerne som ensbetydende med pensjonisttilværelsen, selv om forestillingen\nom at menneskelivet kan deles inn i tre aldre er svært my e eldre enn pensjonsinstituttet. Denne forestillingen kan\nspores til tidlig i menneskeslektas utvikling, da behovet for «reservemødre» nødvendiggjorde sosial integrering av tre\n(snarere enn bare to) generasjoner. Denne integreringen samsvarte sannsynligvis med opprinnelsen t…
Jubelåret og odelsretten
The rights concerning ownership to, and inheritance of, property are generally looked to as natural and taken for granted. In this article we ask why the rights of inheritance usually priorities consanguine bonds and how this arrangement originated. As rights to property and inheritance was non-existent or only of minor importance in ancient hunter and gathering societies, we assume that these phenomena arose or became socially significant only w…
Anne Birgitte Leseth og Silje Maria Tellmann
Allies at Odds
Contemporary Maya Spirituality
Mayahood Through Beauty
The election of a Ra'bin Ajaw constitutes the climax of the National Folklore Festival (Festival Folklórico Nacional), which since 1969 has taken place in Cobán during the last week of July. All participants are Maya Indians and must wear the traditional folk costume of their native township. The intention of this and other Indian pageants has been to preserve and reinvigorate traditional forms of cultural expression. Different from Ladina beauty…
Mayaidentitet og prinsessekåringer i Guatemala
Hierarchical society
The theory on hierarchy and value developed by Louis Dumont and his students is here tried out on the society and culture of the Yukuna Indians of Colombian Amazonas. It is shown that this society can easily by analyzed to fit the Dumontian model of a hierarchical order, but the notion that such an order can be anchored to an "ultimate value" is criticized. Rather than stressing the "pre-modern" aspects of hierarchies, it is argued that the cogni…
One God, Two Temples
Mayahood Through Beauty
The election of a Ra'bin Ajaw constitutes the climax of the National Folklore Festival (Festival Folklórico Nacional), which since 1969 has taken place in Cobán during the last week of July. All participants are Maya Indians and must wear the traditional folk costume of their native township. The intention of this and other Indian pageants has been to preserve and reinvigorate traditional forms of cultural expression. Different from Ladina beauty…
One God, Two Temples
Hierarchical society
The theory on hierarchy and value developed by Louis Dumont and his students is here tried out on the society and culture of the Yukuna Indians of Colombian Amazonas. It is shown that this society can easily by analyzed to fit the Dumontian model of a hierarchical order, but the notion that such an order can be anchored to an "ultimate value" is criticized. Rather than stressing the "pre-modern" aspects of hierarchies, it is argued that the cogni…
One God, Two Temples
Hierarchical society
The theory on hierarchy and value developed by Louis Dumont and his students is here tried out on the society and culture of the Yukuna Indians of Colombian Amazonas. It is shown that this society can easily by analyzed to fit the Dumontian model of a hierarchical order, but the notion that such an order can be anchored to an "ultimate value" is criticized. Rather than stressing the "pre-modern" aspects of hierarchies, it is argued that the cogni…
Mayaidentitet og prinsessekåringer i Guatemala
Mayahood Through Beauty
The election of a Ra'bin Ajaw constitutes the climax of the National Folklore Festival (Festival Folklórico Nacional), which since 1969 has taken place in Cobán during the last week of July. All participants are Maya Indians and must wear the traditional folk costume of their native township. The intention of this and other Indian pageants has been to preserve and reinvigorate traditional forms of cultural expression. Different from Ladina beauty…
Contemporary Maya Spirituality
Allies at Odds
Anne Birgitte Leseth og Silje Maria Tellmann
Jubelåret og odelsretten
The rights concerning ownership to, and inheritance of, property are generally looked to as natural and taken for granted. In this article we ask why the rights of inheritance usually priorities consanguine bonds and how this arrangement originated. As rights to property and inheritance was non-existent or only of minor importance in ancient hunter and gathering societies, we assume that these phenomena arose or became socially significant only w…
Den tredje alder
dag regnes uttrykket «den tredje alder» gjerne som ensbetydende med pensjonisttilværelsen, selv om forestillingen\nom at menneskelivet kan deles inn i tre aldre er svært my e eldre enn pensjonsinstituttet. Denne forestillingen kan\nspores til tidlig i menneskeslektas utvikling, da behovet for «reservemødre» nødvendiggjorde sosial integrering av tre\n(snarere enn bare to) generasjoner. Denne integreringen samsvarte sannsynligvis med opprinnelsen t…
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