J Iain Prattis
Biographic Data
| ID | 3619338 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Iain Prattis |
| GIVEN NAMES | J Iain |
| FAMILY NAME | Prattis |
| SIGNATURE | PRATTIS J I |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Prelude
Reflections
Organizational Change and Adaptation
The community cooperative on Barra (Western Isles of Scotland) expanded in 1984 to incorporate a limited company-Iasg Bharraidh-whose major purpose was the collective marketing of shellfish for island fishermen. This response to falling prices for shellfish involved the substitution of collective activity for individualistic marketing, and other adaptations to a wider economic system beyond their control. The history of the shellfish industry and…
Anthropological poetics
Inuktitut-English Bilingualism in the Northwest Territories of Canada
J. Iain Prattis, Jean-Philippe Chartrand, Inuktitut—English Bilingualism in the Northwest Territories of Canada, Anthropologica, New Series, Vol. 25, No. 1, Journalistes amérindiens: études sur le travail d'une minorité professionnelle / Native North Americans and the Media: Studies in Minority Journalism (1983), pp. 85-105
Natural Selection, Energetics, and "Cultural Materialism" [and Comments and Reply]
Harris's cultural materialistic strategy of research must be more explicit in recognizing that it deals with nonlinear events that are constantly modified by natural-selective processes. These processes require a different kind of explanation, called here "selection explanation." Moreover, the tripartite notion of infrastructure/structure/superstructure and the mental/behavioral, emic/etic, and culture/nature dichotomies do not allow unambiguous …
Reflections
Natural Selection, Energetics, and "Cultural Materialism" [and Comments and Reply]
Harris's cultural materialistic strategy of research must be more explicit in recognizing that it deals with nonlinear events that are constantly modified by natural-selective processes. These processes require a different kind of explanation, called here "selection explanation." Moreover, the tripartite notion of infrastructure/structure/superstructure and the mental/behavioral, emic/etic, and culture/nature dichotomies do not allow unambiguous …
Organizational Change and Adaptation
The community cooperative on Barra (Western Isles of Scotland) expanded in 1984 to incorporate a limited company-Iasg Bharraidh-whose major purpose was the collective marketing of shellfish for island fishermen. This response to falling prices for shellfish involved the substitution of collective activity for individualistic marketing, and other adaptations to a wider economic system beyond their control. The history of the shellfish industry and…
Natural Selection, Energetics, and "Cultural Materialism" [and Comments and Reply]
Harris's cultural materialistic strategy of research must be more explicit in recognizing that it deals with nonlinear events that are constantly modified by natural-selective processes. These processes require a different kind of explanation, called here "selection explanation." Moreover, the tripartite notion of infrastructure/structure/superstructure and the mental/behavioral, emic/etic, and culture/nature dichotomies do not allow unambiguous …
Inuktitut-English Bilingualism in the Northwest Territories of Canada
J. Iain Prattis, Jean-Philippe Chartrand, Inuktitut—English Bilingualism in the Northwest Territories of Canada, Anthropologica, New Series, Vol. 25, No. 1, Journalistes amérindiens: études sur le travail d'une minorité professionnelle / Native North Americans and the Media: Studies in Minority Journalism (1983), pp. 85-105
Anthropological poetics
Reflections
Organizational Change and Adaptation
The community cooperative on Barra (Western Isles of Scotland) expanded in 1984 to incorporate a limited company-Iasg Bharraidh-whose major purpose was the collective marketing of shellfish for island fishermen. This response to falling prices for shellfish involved the substitution of collective activity for individualistic marketing, and other adaptations to a wider economic system beyond their control. The history of the shellfish industry and…
Prelude
Sociology (5 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · History (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Political science (2 works)