Robert V Kemper

Biographic Data

ID	92718
NAME	Robert V Kemper
GIVEN NAMES	Robert V
FAMILY NAME	Kemper
SIGNATURE	KEMPER R V
AFFILIATIONS	Southern Methodist University
VERIFIED	No
TOTAL WORKS	47
TOTAL CITATIONS	148
AUTHOR COUNT	46
EDITOR COUNT	1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1970
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2018
H-INDEX	5

Estado y antropología en México y Estados Unidos: Reflexiones sobre los Proyectos Tarascos
Open AccessRobert V KemperARTICLERelaciones Estudios de Historia y…2018
La relación entre "el Estado y la antropología", particularmente en cuanto a su relevancia para el desarrollo del trabajo antropológico en Michoacán, puede ser entendida mediante un análisis del Proyecto Tarasco, que efectivamente incluyó distintos episodios de trabajo de campo y distintos propósitos académicos y políticos. Estos proyectos -incluyendo los de Sáenz en Carapan, Swadesh en Paracho, Beals en Cherán y Foster en Tzintzuntzan- represent…
Comentario: Ángel Palerm y el trabajo de campo: un legado que perdura
Open AccessG L Ribeiro, Robert V Kemper et al.ARTICLEDesacatos2014Cited by: 1
Ángel Palerm: Reflexiones Sobre El Impacto De Su Trabajo De Campo Y Docencia
Open AccessRobert V KemperARTICLEDesacatos2014
Building Community Capability The Capability of Places: Methods for Modelling Community Response to Intrusion and Change . By Sandra Wallman. London: Pluto, 2011
Robert V KemperARTICLECurrent Anthropology2013References: 4
Border Crossings: Transnational Americanist Anthropology . Kathleen S. Fine-Dare , Steven L. Rubenstein
Robert V KemperARTICLEJournal of Anthropological Research2010
Searching for Work, Striving for Justice: New Perspectives on Latin American Migrations to the United States
Open AccessRobert V KemperARTICLEEuropean Review of Latin American…2008References: 1
Corridors of Migration: The Odyssey of Mexican Laborers, 1600-1933, by Rodolfo F. Acuña. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press, 2007. – Impacts of Border Enforcement on Mexican Migration: The View from Sending Communities, edited by Wayne A. Cornelius and Jessa M. Lewis. La Jolla, SD: Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, University of California, 2007.1– Four Generations of Norteños: New Research from the Cradle of Mexican Migration, edi…
From Bulletin Boards to AnthroSource
Open AccessRobert V KemperARTICLEAnthropology News2008
George McClelland Foster Jr. (1913–2006)
Open AccessRobert V Kemper, Brande et al.ARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist2007
Comings and Goings: The Multiple Faces of Latin American Diasporas
Open AccessRobert V Kemper, M Ryan FisherARTICLEEuropean Review of Latin American…2006
Displacements and Diasporas: Asians in the Americas, edited by Wanni W. Anderson and Robert G. Lee. New Brunswick, NJ and London: Rutgers University Press, 2005. – Indigenous Mexican Migrants in the United States, edited by Jonathan Fox and Gaspar Rivera-Salgado. Distributed by Lynn Rienner Publishers for the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, UCSD, and the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, UCSD, 2004. – Diáspora michoacana, edited by Gus…
The Shelf Life of Ethnographic Materials
Open AccessRobert V Kemper, Steve J LangdonARTICLEAnthropology News2005
All Religions Are Good in Tzintzuntzan: Evangelicals in Catholic Mexico
Open AccessRobert V KemperARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist2005Cited by: 1References: 3
Chronicling Cultures: Long-Term Field Research in Anthropology
Robert V Kemper, Anya Peterson RoyceBOOKChronicling Cultures2002
Some field sites have hosted anthropologists for as long as half a century. Chronicling Cultures collects articles from principals of many of the longest and best-known anthropology projects from four continents—the Kung, Harvard Chiapas Project, Gwembe Valley, Tzintzuntzan, and Navajo among others. These projects have brought a new understanding of change and persistence in communities over time. They have forced researchers to develop methods o…
Ethical Issues for Social Anthropologists: A North American Perspective on Long-Term Research in Mexico
Robert V Kemper, Robert Kemper et al.ARTICLEHuman Organization1997Cited by: 1References: 1
Robert V Kemper is Professor of Anthropology at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA 75275andAnya I? Royce is Professor ofAnthropology at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA 47405. They have previously collaborated on studies of Mexican urbanization andfieldwork and have cotaught a course on Peoples of Mexico. A Spanish translation of this commentary is scheduled to appear in the near future in the Boletin del Colegio de Et…
The Quest for the Other: Ethnic Tourism in San Cristóbal, Mexico. Pierre L. Van den Berghe
Open AccessRobert V KemperARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist1995
Vers un ailleurs prometteur: L’émigration, une réponse universelle à une situation de crise
Open AccessJulianna Acheson, Peter M Allen et al.BOOKVers un ailleurs prometteur1993Cited by: 1
Les migrations sont-elles une réponse universelle à une situation de crise ? Poser cette question ouvre sans doute le plus vaste débat sur l’histoire du mouvement des hommes. Cet ouvrage illustre bien la diversité et la multiplicité de cette incroyable richesse qu'est le mouvement des hommes et des peuples sur notre planète. Tout changement est un déséquilibre et, réciproquement, ce sont les déséquilibres qui permettent le changement. Est-il poss…
From Mainframes to Micros: Computer Applications for Anthropologists
Open AccessRobert V Kemper, Ronald K Wetherington et al.ARTICLESocial Science Computer Review1992Cited by: 1References: 6
During the past 30 years, anthropologists have shifted their computer applications from large mainframe computers with relatively limited memory and mass storage capabilities to highly portable microcomputers with large memory and mass storage characteristics. Thus, computers are now critical components for field-work as well as for subsequent data analysis and write-up. Additionally, computers are becoming integral parts of classroom and laborat…
General/Theoretical Anthropology: Hosts and Guests: The Anthropology of Tourism. Valene L. Smith , ed
Open AccessRobert V KemperARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist1990
Speaking of Ethnography
Robert V Kemper, Michael H Agar et al.ARTICLEMan1989
Bonds of Mutual Trust: The Cultural Systems of Rotating Credit Associations Among Urban Mexicans and Chicanos
Robert V Kemper, Carlos G Velez-Ibanez et al.ARTICLEMan1984Cited by: 11
Tourism as a cultural domain the case of Taos, New Mexico
Open AccessRobert V Kemper, John M Roberts et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Tourism Research1983Cited by: 3References: 15
The Compadrazgo in Urban Mexico
Robert V KemperARTICLEAnthropological Quarterly1982Cited by: 11References: 10
This paper examines the institution of compadrazgo (co-godparenthood) in urban Mexico. A comparative analysis of twenty-one case studies, ranging from Mexico City to such small towns as Tonald(Jalisco), provides information on the types of (or occasions for) compadrazgo, the choice of compadres, the relative status of compadres, and the quality of inter-personal relations among compadres. On the basis of quantitative and qualitative data derived …
Santiago's Sword: Chatino Peasant Religion and Economics
Robert V Kemper, James B GreenbergARTICLEMan1982Cited by: 1
Tourism: Passport to development? Perspectives on the social and cultural effects of tourism in developing countries
Open AccessRobert V KemperARTICLEAnnals of Tourism Research1981
Tourism as an Anthropological Subject [and Comments and Reply]
Dennison Nash, Anne V Akeroyd et al.ARTICLECurrent Anthropology1981Cited by: 80
This paper provides a critical evaluationof the growing number of anthropologically oriented studies of tourism and proposes a conceptual framework for future studies. A cross-culturally viable definition of tourism is offered. This definition, which conceives of the tourist as a person at leisure who travels and of tourism as a variety of leisure activity, suggest a transactional view of tourism that involves an encounter between tourist-generat…
Metropolitan Latin America: The Challenge and the Response
Charles Sargent, Charles Sprague Sargent et al.ARTICLEHispanic American Historical Review1980

Tourism as an Anthropological Subject [and Comments and Reply]
Dennison Nash, Anne V Akeroyd et al.ARTICLECurrent Anthropology1981Cited by: 80
This paper provides a critical evaluationof the growing number of anthropologically oriented studies of tourism and proposes a conceptual framework for future studies. A cross-culturally viable definition of tourism is offered. This definition, which conceives of the tourist as a person at leisure who travels and of tourism as a variety of leisure activity, suggest a transactional view of tourism that involves an encounter between tourist-generat…
Long-Term Field Research in Social Anthropology
Elizabeth Colson, George M Foster et al.ARTICLECurrent Anthropology1976Cited by: 24
Bonds of Mutual Trust: The Cultural Systems of Rotating Credit Associations Among Urban Mexicans and Chicanos
Robert V Kemper, Carlos G Velez-Ibanez et al.ARTICLEMan1984Cited by: 11
The Compadrazgo in Urban Mexico
Robert V KemperARTICLEAnthropological Quarterly1982Cited by: 11References: 10
This paper examines the institution of compadrazgo (co-godparenthood) in urban Mexico. A comparative analysis of twenty-one case studies, ranging from Mexico City to such small towns as Tonald(Jalisco), provides information on the types of (or occasions for) compadrazgo, the choice of compadres, the relative status of compadres, and the quality of inter-personal relations among compadres. On the basis of quantitative and qualitative data derived …
Tourism in Taos and Patzcuaro
Open AccessRobert V KemperARTICLEAnnals of Tourism Research1979Cited by: 8References: 6
Rural-Urban Migration in Latin America: A Framework for the Comparative Analysis of Geographical and Temporal Patterns
Open AccessRobert V KemperARTICLEInternational Migration Review1971Cited by: 4
GermanGermanGermanL'émigration de la campagne à la ville représente un important courant social et démographique dans le développement actuel des pays d'Amerique Latine. Une compréhension des patterns géographiques du mouvement de populations, de la destination des migrants dans les centres urbains et des aspects temporels de la migration, sont essentiels pour une évaluation de la migration de la campagne à la ville au niveau personnel et nationa…
Tourism as a cultural domain the case of Taos, New Mexico
Open AccessRobert V Kemper, John M Roberts et al.ARTICLEAnnals of Tourism Research1983Cited by: 3References: 15
Comentario: Ángel Palerm y el trabajo de campo: un legado que perdura
Open AccessG L Ribeiro, Robert V Kemper et al.ARTICLEDesacatos2014Cited by: 1
All Religions Are Good in Tzintzuntzan: Evangelicals in Catholic Mexico
Open AccessRobert V KemperARTICLEAmerican Anthropologist2005Cited by: 1References: 3
Ethical Issues for Social Anthropologists: A North American Perspective on Long-Term Research in Mexico
Robert V Kemper, Robert Kemper et al.ARTICLEHuman Organization1997Cited by: 1References: 1
Robert V Kemper is Professor of Anthropology at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, USA 75275andAnya I? Royce is Professor ofAnthropology at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA 47405. They have previously collaborated on studies of Mexican urbanization andfieldwork and have cotaught a course on Peoples of Mexico. A Spanish translation of this commentary is scheduled to appear in the near future in the Boletin del Colegio de Et…
Vers un ailleurs prometteur: L’émigration, une réponse universelle à une situation de crise
Open AccessJulianna Acheson, Peter M Allen et al.BOOKVers un ailleurs prometteur1993Cited by: 1
Les migrations sont-elles une réponse universelle à une situation de crise ? Poser cette question ouvre sans doute le plus vaste débat sur l’histoire du mouvement des hommes. Cet ouvrage illustre bien la diversité et la multiplicité de cette incroyable richesse qu'est le mouvement des hommes et des peuples sur notre planète. Tout changement est un déséquilibre et, réciproquement, ce sont les déséquilibres qui permettent le changement. Est-il poss…
From Mainframes to Micros: Computer Applications for Anthropologists
Open AccessRobert V Kemper, Ronald K Wetherington et al.ARTICLESocial Science Computer Review1992Cited by: 1References: 6
During the past 30 years, anthropologists have shifted their computer applications from large mainframe computers with relatively limited memory and mass storage capabilities to highly portable microcomputers with large memory and mass storage characteristics. Thus, computers are now critical components for field-work as well as for subsequent data analysis and write-up. Additionally, computers are becoming integral parts of classroom and laborat…
Santiago's Sword: Chatino Peasant Religion and Economics
Robert V Kemper, James B GreenbergARTICLEMan1982Cited by: 1
Rural-Urban Migration in Latin America: A Framework for the Comparative Analysis of Geographical and Temporal Patterns
Robert V KemperARTICLEInternational Migration Review1971Cited by: 1
Robert V. Kemper, Rural-Urban Migration in Latin America: A Framework for the Comparative Analysis of Geographical and Temporal Patterns, The International Migration Review, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Spring, 1971), pp. 36-47