Shelton H Davis
Biographic Data
| ID | 3618342 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shelton H Davis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shelton H |
| FAMILY NAME | Davis |
| SIGNATURE | DAVIS S H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University Press |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Supporting Maya Home Town Associations in the United States
According to the 2008 article "Unmasking the Maya: The Story of Sna Jtz'ibajom," which appears on the website of the Department of Anthropology of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, "One million Maya Indians from Mexico and Guatemala are living here in the United States." This same piece states that "unlike earlier waves of immigrants to our shores the Maya are descendants of a New World civilization whose mystery r…
Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change
There has been a growing attention on the need to take into account the effects of global climate change. This is particularly so with respect to the increasing amount of green house gas emissions from the Untied States and Europe affecting poor peoples, especially those in developing countries. In 2003, for example, the experts of several international development agencies, including the World Bank, prepared a special report titled “Poverty and …
Diversidade cultural e direitos dos povos indígenas
importantíssimas no monitoramento dos impactos sociais e culturais que as atividades de instituições internacionais
Latin America in Transition
Recent decades have witnessed clear and significant political, economic, and social changes in Latin America. In the late 1970s, political changes began to transform the vast majority of Latin American governments from authoritarian to democratic regimes. Then, a decade of economic stagnation and debt led to a series of structural reforms promoted by international financial institutions (IFIs), including the privatizing and opening up of national…
Mouvement maya et culture nationale au Guatemala
Introduction En 1981, l’anthropologue mexicain Guillermo Bonfil Batalla publiait une collection de textes écrits par plusieurs jeunes leaders d’organisations indigènes qui mettaient en avant l’émergence d’une nouvelle forme de conscience ethnique parmi les quelque 40 millions d’indigènes d’Amérique latine. Durant la précédente décade, ces leaders et organisations avaient commencé à contester la vision conventionnelle selon laquelle la région étai…
Guillermo Bonfil Batalla e o Movimento Indígena Latino-Americano (1935-1991)
The Struggle for the Land
Victims of the miracle
The Brazilian government's effort to develop the immense Amazon region has created widespread controversy. Written in a clear, nonacademic style, Victims of the Miracle is the first in-depth account by an anthropologist of the social and environmental impact of the Amazon development program. Shelton Davis begins with an examination of the economic history of the Amazon Basin from World War II through the building of the Trans-Amazon Highway in 1…
Prospecting and Brazilian Indians
Policy Studies and Anthropology [and Comments and Reply]
An increasing number of anthropologists are involved in policy studies, studies which aim to change or to affect decision making with respect to important public issues. Characteristics of these studies are highlighted in contrast to traditional research assumptions given in the anthropological literature. It is the author's contention that research using traditional anthropological methods and techniques must be changed to accommodate policy stu…
The Social Responsibility of Anthropological Science in the Context of Contemporary Brazil
Anthropology Resource Center Public Interest Anthropology — Beyond the Bureaucratic Ethos
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader's observations are particularly relevant to the present dilemma of applied anthropology. Although one might argue that applied anthropologists are "near" the problems of contemporary society, they have neither approached them with the "intellectual ferment" of a truly critical discipline nor proposed solutions that have generated public debate and civic action. This failure is due largely to the compromises that appl…
Applied Anthropology
Sex, race, and age
The Dispossessed. Produced by George Ballis. 16mm, sepia tone, optical sound, 33 minutes
Ethnology
Victims of the miracle
The Brazilian government's effort to develop the immense Amazon region has created widespread controversy. Written in a clear, nonacademic style, Victims of the Miracle is the first in-depth account by an anthropologist of the social and environmental impact of the Amazon development program. Shelton Davis begins with an examination of the economic history of the Amazon Basin from World War II through the building of the Trans-Amazon Highway in 1…
Policy Studies and Anthropology [and Comments and Reply]
An increasing number of anthropologists are involved in policy studies, studies which aim to change or to affect decision making with respect to important public issues. Characteristics of these studies are highlighted in contrast to traditional research assumptions given in the anthropological literature. It is the author's contention that research using traditional anthropological methods and techniques must be changed to accommodate policy stu…
Mouvement maya et culture nationale au Guatemala
Introduction En 1981, l’anthropologue mexicain Guillermo Bonfil Batalla publiait une collection de textes écrits par plusieurs jeunes leaders d’organisations indigènes qui mettaient en avant l’émergence d’une nouvelle forme de conscience ethnique parmi les quelque 40 millions d’indigènes d’Amérique latine. Durant la précédente décade, ces leaders et organisations avaient commencé à contester la vision conventionnelle selon laquelle la région étai…
Diversidade cultural e direitos dos povos indígenas
importantíssimas no monitoramento dos impactos sociais e culturais que as atividades de instituições internacionais
Anthropology Resource Center Public Interest Anthropology — Beyond the Bureaucratic Ethos
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader's observations are particularly relevant to the present dilemma of applied anthropology. Although one might argue that applied anthropologists are "near" the problems of contemporary society, they have neither approached them with the "intellectual ferment" of a truly critical discipline nor proposed solutions that have generated public debate and civic action. This failure is due largely to the compromises that appl…
Ethnology
The Dispossessed. Produced by George Ballis. 16mm, sepia tone, optical sound, 33 minutes
Ethnology
The Social Responsibility of Anthropological Science in the Context of Contemporary Brazil
Anthropology Resource Center Public Interest Anthropology — Beyond the Bureaucratic Ethos
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader's observations are particularly relevant to the present dilemma of applied anthropology. Although one might argue that applied anthropologists are "near" the problems of contemporary society, they have neither approached them with the "intellectual ferment" of a truly critical discipline nor proposed solutions that have generated public debate and civic action. This failure is due largely to the compromises that appl…
Applied Anthropology
Sex, race, and age
Policy Studies and Anthropology [and Comments and Reply]
An increasing number of anthropologists are involved in policy studies, studies which aim to change or to affect decision making with respect to important public issues. Characteristics of these studies are highlighted in contrast to traditional research assumptions given in the anthropological literature. It is the author's contention that research using traditional anthropological methods and techniques must be changed to accommodate policy stu…
Prospecting and Brazilian Indians
Victims of the miracle
The Brazilian government's effort to develop the immense Amazon region has created widespread controversy. Written in a clear, nonacademic style, Victims of the Miracle is the first in-depth account by an anthropologist of the social and environmental impact of the Amazon development program. Shelton Davis begins with an examination of the economic history of the Amazon Basin from World War II through the building of the Trans-Amazon Highway in 1…
The Struggle for the Land
Guillermo Bonfil Batalla e o Movimento Indígena Latino-Americano (1935-1991)
Mouvement maya et culture nationale au Guatemala
Introduction En 1981, l’anthropologue mexicain Guillermo Bonfil Batalla publiait une collection de textes écrits par plusieurs jeunes leaders d’organisations indigènes qui mettaient en avant l’émergence d’une nouvelle forme de conscience ethnique parmi les quelque 40 millions d’indigènes d’Amérique latine. Durant la précédente décade, ces leaders et organisations avaient commencé à contester la vision conventionnelle selon laquelle la région étai…
Latin America in Transition
Recent decades have witnessed clear and significant political, economic, and social changes in Latin America. In the late 1970s, political changes began to transform the vast majority of Latin American governments from authoritarian to democratic regimes. Then, a decade of economic stagnation and debt led to a series of structural reforms promoted by international financial institutions (IFIs), including the privatizing and opening up of national…
Diversidade cultural e direitos dos povos indígenas
importantíssimas no monitoramento dos impactos sociais e culturais que as atividades de instituições internacionais
Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change
There has been a growing attention on the need to take into account the effects of global climate change. This is particularly so with respect to the increasing amount of green house gas emissions from the Untied States and Europe affecting poor peoples, especially those in developing countries. In 2003, for example, the experts of several international development agencies, including the World Bank, prepared a special report titled “Poverty and …
Supporting Maya Home Town Associations in the United States
According to the 2008 article "Unmasking the Maya: The Story of Sna Jtz'ibajom," which appears on the website of the Department of Anthropology of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, "One million Maya Indians from Mexico and Guatemala are living here in the United States." This same piece states that "unlike earlier waves of immigrants to our shores the Maya are descendants of a New World civilization whose mystery r…
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