Beyond the Mainstream

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ID2298672
AutoresMagdalena Kraus (0000-0002-5000-2923, autor correspondente), Michael Kraus
Ano2019
Volume62
Fascículo1
Data de publicação2019-04-17
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoRevista de Antropologia (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0034-7701 • E-ISSN: 1678-9857
EditoraUniversidade de Sao Paulo, Agencia USP de Gestao da Informacao Academica (AGUIA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.11606/2179-0892.ra.2019.157036
OpenAlexW2942790991
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas11

Analyzing the work of Max Schmidt (1874-1950), especially his 1917 book Die Aruaken. Ein Beitrag zum Problem der Kulturverbreitung [The Arawak: A Contribution to the Problem of Cultural Dissemination], this article deals with methodological and theoretical trends among German ethnologists carrying out expeditions in the Amazon region at the turn of the nineteenth century. The approaches outlined are placed in the context of the institutionalisation of ethnology as a separate academic discipline in Germany. The focus is on the development of modern fieldwork methods; the critique of diffusionism by Schmidt and other South America researchers; and the specific approaches of Max Schmidt who, in spite of the contemporary emphasis on 'material' and 'intellectual' culture, also considered sociological issues in his analysis

Archaeology · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Focus (optics · German · Institutionalisation · Mainstream · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · German Social Sciences and History · History · Law · Philosophy · Sociology and Education Studies