Anne Irwin
Biographic Data
| ID | 3737620 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anne Irwin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anne |
| FAMILY NAME | Irwin |
| SIGNATURE | IRWIN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Calgary |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Diversity in the Canadian Forces
Based on anthropological fieldwork with an infantry unit of the Canadian Forces deployed to Afghanistan in 2006, this article argues that traditional measures of diversity are inadequate to represent diversity as it is experienced by the soldiers of the unit. It suggests two alternative but complementary approaches to assessing diversity in the unit, making further the case that their adoption would both improve perceptions of the heterogeneity o…
The mundane miracle of social order
Anthropologists normally search for the bases of social order among exotic societies or in extraordinary situations, and so tend to overlook the utterly commonplace but fundamental order which people build into their interaction as it occurs. A short transcript of soldiers' talk is analysed to demonstrate how this order is produced
Diversity in the Canadian Forces
Based on anthropological fieldwork with an infantry unit of the Canadian Forces deployed to Afghanistan in 2006, this article argues that traditional measures of diversity are inadequate to represent diversity as it is experienced by the soldiers of the unit. It suggests two alternative but complementary approaches to assessing diversity in the unit, making further the case that their adoption would both improve perceptions of the heterogeneity o…
The mundane miracle of social order
Anthropologists normally search for the bases of social order among exotic societies or in extraordinary situations, and so tend to overlook the utterly commonplace but fundamental order which people build into their interaction as it occurs. A short transcript of soldiers' talk is analysed to demonstrate how this order is produced
The mundane miracle of social order
Anthropologists normally search for the bases of social order among exotic societies or in extraordinary situations, and so tend to overlook the utterly commonplace but fundamental order which people build into their interaction as it occurs. A short transcript of soldiers' talk is analysed to demonstrate how this order is produced
Diversity in the Canadian Forces
Based on anthropological fieldwork with an infantry unit of the Canadian Forces deployed to Afghanistan in 2006, this article argues that traditional measures of diversity are inadequate to represent diversity as it is experienced by the soldiers of the unit. It suggests two alternative but complementary approaches to assessing diversity in the unit, making further the case that their adoption would both improve perceptions of the heterogeneity o…
Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work) · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (1 work) · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (1 work) · Cross-Cultural and Social Analysis (1 work) · Diversity (politics (1 work) · Economics (1 work) · Geography (1 work)