Gustaaf Houtman
Biographic Data
| ID | 81641 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gustaaf Houtman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gustaaf |
| FAMILY NAME | Houtman |
| SIGNATURE | HOUTMAN G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Information Today (United States) |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 83 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Keith Hart (1943‐2025)
Roland Littlewood (1947–2025)
Militarization
Burma at the Turn of the 21st Century
The Occupy Movement and debt
The Dale farm eviction
Dale Farm, an Irish Traveller site in Essex which until recently was occupied by multiple families, gained national and some international publicity in October 2011, when an eviction order against its unauthorized settlement was enforced. In this interview, Judith Okely, who has performed fieldwork and research with traveller communities, reflects on the issues surrounding the eviction
Negotiating new visions
In his interview, Anthony Shelton reflects on his past 25 years working in museums and universities and the changing relationship between anthropology and ethnographic exhibitions and museum practices. Shelton talks about the field of critical museology which he has theorized and set out over many years and which stands as a substantial critique of conventional museum practice, and answers questions about the emergence and potential of new radica…
Swat in the eye of the storm
In this interview, Akbar Ahmed looks at the latest developments among the Swat Pathan, a people who have been the subject of classic ethnographies in anthropology for many years, but who are now at the centre of a bigger battle for control of this key geo-political region. What, if anything, can anthropologists contribute to understand and ameliorate the conflicts that rage in this region
Too 'political'? A complaint to the Editor re
Culture, Critique and Credibility Speaking Truth to Power During the Long War
Islam in today's world
Double or quits
Why education matters to anthropology
Evidence-based' methodology has migrated from medical sciences to other disciplines and into policy-making. An important vector is the US Council for Excellence in Government, which has four ex-US presidents as honorary cochairs and which targets as principals (members) prestigious individuals who have served as public officials and are now leaders in corporations and NGOs. Through its Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy, it is working with top f…
The museum of the mind
Remaking Myanmar and Human Origins
L'A. decrit la maniere dont le regime militaire birman instrumentalise le patrimoine archeologique et culturel du pays afin de legitimer son pouvoir au niveau national et international, et de controler les contextes sociopolitique, culturel et religieux interieurs. Un vaste programme de renovation et de construction de pagodes, de palais, de monasteres, et de musees, sert en fait la propagande et la diffusion de l'ideologie politique du gouvernem…
The CUP Controversy
Information Technology and Anthropology
La technologie de l'information entraine des changements en anthropologie que ce soit dans la collecte, la transmission et la publication des donnees, dans la methodologie et l'analyse, dans la relation interdisciplinaire mais aussi dans le sujet anthropologique en modifiant les concepts de recherche sur le terrain
The Royal Anthropological Institute and the Popularization of Anthropology
For two decades now, the Royal Anthropological Institute (henceforth RAI) has emphasized the importance of getting anthropological understandings across to a wider audience. Here we look at the oft stated objectives of popularization, some of the actual measures implemented, and the effects of these measures. This is no more than a rather preliminary consideration of a highly complex issue, full treatment of which would involve an institutional h…
Interview with Michael Fischer
Fear as a Way of Life
Fear is response to danger, but in Guatemala, rather than being solely a subjective personal experience, it has also penetrated the social memory.' And rather than an acute reaction it is a chronic condition. The effects of fear are pervasive and insidious in Guatemala. Fear destabilizes social relations by driving a wedge of distrust within families, between neighbors, among friends. Fear divides communities through suspicion and apprehension no…
Buddhist Monastic Life According to the Texts of the Theravada Tradition
Interview with Maurice Bloch
Interview with Malcolm McLeod
important an opinion, it will be of little value to a newspaper a week after an important event has occurred. 3. Academic writers cannot frame their arguments concisely. Most newspapers require articles of 800 to 1,000 words. Reduction to this length requires so much work by the editorial staff that it discourages them from soliciting material from the same person again. 4. Academic writers cannot write in inverted pyramid style. This is the clas…
Survival International
undermine it, e.g. the following, 'the inscrutable nature of the Thkano may in part be due to his addiction to cocaine...they often appear listless and resigned'! Rather than this, it would have been better to extend the brief chapters written by Elizabeth Carmichael and Stephen Hugh-Jones. Indeed, given the extremely high quality of many of the objects on display, a real catalogue and guide to the exhibition might have been provided. In the exhi…
The Novitiation Ceremonial in Theravada Buddhist Burma
Fear as a Way of Life
Fear is response to danger, but in Guatemala, rather than being solely a subjective personal experience, it has also penetrated the social memory.' And rather than an acute reaction it is a chronic condition. The effects of fear are pervasive and insidious in Guatemala. Fear destabilizes social relations by driving a wedge of distrust within families, between neighbors, among friends. Fear divides communities through suspicion and apprehension no…
Interview with Maurice Bloch
Burma at the Turn of the 21st Century
Double or quits
Negotiating new visions
In his interview, Anthony Shelton reflects on his past 25 years working in museums and universities and the changing relationship between anthropology and ethnographic exhibitions and museum practices. Shelton talks about the field of critical museology which he has theorized and set out over many years and which stands as a substantial critique of conventional museum practice, and answers questions about the emergence and potential of new radica…
The Dale farm eviction
Dale Farm, an Irish Traveller site in Essex which until recently was occupied by multiple families, gained national and some international publicity in October 2011, when an eviction order against its unauthorized settlement was enforced. In this interview, Judith Okely, who has performed fieldwork and research with traveller communities, reflects on the issues surrounding the eviction
Culture, Critique and Credibility Speaking Truth to Power During the Long War
The Occupy Movement and debt
Remaking Myanmar and Human Origins
L'A. decrit la maniere dont le regime militaire birman instrumentalise le patrimoine archeologique et culturel du pays afin de legitimer son pouvoir au niveau national et international, et de controler les contextes sociopolitique, culturel et religieux interieurs. Un vaste programme de renovation et de construction de pagodes, de palais, de monasteres, et de musees, sert en fait la propagande et la diffusion de l'ideologie politique du gouvernem…
The Novitiation Ceremonial in Theravada Buddhist Burma
Die Fremden Sehen
Survival International
undermine it, e.g. the following, 'the inscrutable nature of the Thkano may in part be due to his addiction to cocaine...they often appear listless and resigned'! Rather than this, it would have been better to extend the brief chapters written by Elizabeth Carmichael and Stephen Hugh-Jones. Indeed, given the extremely high quality of many of the objects on display, a real catalogue and guide to the exhibition might have been provided. In the exhi…
Interview with Malcolm McLeod
important an opinion, it will be of little value to a newspaper a week after an important event has occurred. 3. Academic writers cannot frame their arguments concisely. Most newspapers require articles of 800 to 1,000 words. Reduction to this length requires so much work by the editorial staff that it discourages them from soliciting material from the same person again. 4. Academic writers cannot write in inverted pyramid style. This is the clas…
Interview with Maurice Bloch
Buddhist Monastic Life According to the Texts of the Theravada Tradition
Fear as a Way of Life
Fear is response to danger, but in Guatemala, rather than being solely a subjective personal experience, it has also penetrated the social memory.' And rather than an acute reaction it is a chronic condition. The effects of fear are pervasive and insidious in Guatemala. Fear destabilizes social relations by driving a wedge of distrust within families, between neighbors, among friends. Fear divides communities through suspicion and apprehension no…
The Royal Anthropological Institute and the Popularization of Anthropology
For two decades now, the Royal Anthropological Institute (henceforth RAI) has emphasized the importance of getting anthropological understandings across to a wider audience. Here we look at the oft stated objectives of popularization, some of the actual measures implemented, and the effects of these measures. This is no more than a rather preliminary consideration of a highly complex issue, full treatment of which would involve an institutional h…
Interview with Michael Fischer
The CUP Controversy
Information Technology and Anthropology
La technologie de l'information entraine des changements en anthropologie que ce soit dans la collecte, la transmission et la publication des donnees, dans la methodologie et l'analyse, dans la relation interdisciplinaire mais aussi dans le sujet anthropologique en modifiant les concepts de recherche sur le terrain
Remaking Myanmar and Human Origins
L'A. decrit la maniere dont le regime militaire birman instrumentalise le patrimoine archeologique et culturel du pays afin de legitimer son pouvoir au niveau national et international, et de controler les contextes sociopolitique, culturel et religieux interieurs. Un vaste programme de renovation et de construction de pagodes, de palais, de monasteres, et de musees, sert en fait la propagande et la diffusion de l'ideologie politique du gouvernem…
The museum of the mind
Why education matters to anthropology
Evidence-based' methodology has migrated from medical sciences to other disciplines and into policy-making. An important vector is the US Council for Excellence in Government, which has four ex-US presidents as honorary cochairs and which targets as principals (members) prestigious individuals who have served as public officials and are now leaders in corporations and NGOs. Through its Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy, it is working with top f…
Double or quits
Culture, Critique and Credibility Speaking Truth to Power During the Long War
Islam in today's world
Too 'political'? A complaint to the Editor re
Negotiating new visions
In his interview, Anthony Shelton reflects on his past 25 years working in museums and universities and the changing relationship between anthropology and ethnographic exhibitions and museum practices. Shelton talks about the field of critical museology which he has theorized and set out over many years and which stands as a substantial critique of conventional museum practice, and answers questions about the emergence and potential of new radica…
Swat in the eye of the storm
In this interview, Akbar Ahmed looks at the latest developments among the Swat Pathan, a people who have been the subject of classic ethnographies in anthropology for many years, but who are now at the centre of a bigger battle for control of this key geo-political region. What, if anything, can anthropologists contribute to understand and ameliorate the conflicts that rage in this region
The Dale farm eviction
Dale Farm, an Irish Traveller site in Essex which until recently was occupied by multiple families, gained national and some international publicity in October 2011, when an eviction order against its unauthorized settlement was enforced. In this interview, Judith Okely, who has performed fieldwork and research with traveller communities, reflects on the issues surrounding the eviction
The Occupy Movement and debt
Burma at the Turn of the 21st Century
Militarization
Keith Hart (1943‐2025)
Sociology (17 works) · History (15 works) · Political science (12 works) · Law (9 works) · Anthropology (8 works) · Citation (6 works) · Media studies (6 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · Art (5 works) · History (5 works)