A Companion to Cognitive Anthropology (eBook)

David B. Kronenfeld, Giovanni Bennardo, Victor C. De Munck, Michael D. Fischer (Herausgeber)

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2011 | 1. Auflage
624 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-4443-9491-7 (ISBN)

Infos

A Companion to Cognitive Anthropology offers a comprehensive
overview of the development of cognitive anthropology from its
inception to the present day and presents recent findings in the
areas of theory, methodology, and field research in twenty-nine key
essays by leading scholars.

* Demonstrates the importance of cognitive anthropology as an
early constituent of the cognitive sciences

* Examines how culturally shared and complex cognitive
systems work, how they are structured, how they differ from one
culture to another, how they are learned and passed on

* Explains how cultural (or collective) vs. individual knowledge
distinguishes cognitive anthropology from cognitive psychology

* Examines recent theories and methods for studying cognition in
real-world scenarios

* Contains twenty-nine key essays by leading names in the
field

Autor

David B. Kronenfeld is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at University of California, Riverside. Giovanni Bennardo is Presidential Research Professor at Northern Illinois University. Victor C. de Munck is Associate Professor of Anthropology at State University New York, New Paltz. Michael D. Fischer is Professor of Anthropological Sciences at the University of Kent.

Inhalt

Notes on Contributors viii

Acknowledgments xvi

Introduction 1

Part I History of Cognitive Anthropology; Nature and Types of Cultural Knowledge Structures 9

1 A History of Cognitive Anthropology 11
B. G. Blount

2 The History of the Cultural Models School Reconsidered: A Paradigm Shift in Cognitive Anthropology 30
Naomi Quinn

3 The Cognitive Context of Cognitive Anthropology 47
Jürg Wassmann, Christian Kluge, and Dominik Albrecht

4 The Limits of the Habitual: Shifting Paradigms for Language and Thought 61
Janet Dixon Keller

5 Types of Collective Representations: Cognition, Mental Architecture, and Cultural Knowledge 82
Giovanni Bennardo and David B. Kronenfeld

6 Personal Knowledge and Collective Representations 102
John B. Gatewood

Part II Methodologies 115

7 How to Collect Data that Warrant Analysis 117
W. Penn Handwerker

8 Data, Method, and Interpretation in Cognitive Anthropology 131
James Boster

9 Multi-Item Scales and Cognitive Ethnography 153
Kateryna Maltseva and Roy D'Andrade

10 Consensus Analysis 171
Stephen P. Borgatti and Daniel S. Halgin

11 Narrative, Mind, and Culture 191
Benjamin N. Colby

12 Simulation (and Modeling) 210
Michael Fischer and David B. Kronenfeld

Part III Cognitive Structures of Cultural Domains 227

13 Mathematical Representation of Cultural Constructs 229
Dwight Read

14 Kinship Theory and Cognitive Theory in Anthropology 254
F. K. L. Chit Hlaing (F. K. Lehman)

15 Numerical Cognition and Ethnomathematics 270
Andrea Bender and Sieghard Beller

16 "Indigenous Knowledge" and the Understanding of Cultural Cognition: The Contribution of Studies of Environmental Knowledge Systems 290
Roy Ellen

17 Emotions, Motivation, and Behavior in Cognitive Anthropology 314
E. N. Anderson

18 Social Networks, Cognition, and Culture 331
Douglas R. White

Part IV Cognitive Anthropology and Other Disciplines 355

19 Culture and Cognition: The Role of Cognitive Anthropology in Anthropology and the Cognitive Sciences 357
Norbert Ross and Douglas L. Medin

20 Cultural Models, Power, and Hegemony 376
Halvard Vike

21 Cognitive Anthropology through a Gendered Lens 393
Carol C. Mukhopadhyay

22 Sociality in Cognitive and Sociocultural Anthropologies: The Relationships Aren't Just Additive 413 Lynn Thomas

23 Cognitive Anthropology and Education: Foundational Models of Self and Cultural Models of Teaching and Learning in Japan and the United States 430
Hidetada Shimizu

24 Archaeological Approaches to Cognitive Evolution 450
Miriam Noël Haidle

Part V Some Examples of Contemporary Research 469

25 The Distributed Cognition Model of Mind 471
Brian Hazlehurst

26 A Foundational Cultural Model in Polynesia: Monarchy, Democracy, and the Architecture of the Mind 489
Giovanni Bennardo

27 Cognitive Approaches to the Study of Romantic Love: Semantic, Cross-Cultural, and as a Process 513
Victor C. de Munck

28 Trouble as Part of Everyday Life: Cognitive and Sociocultural Processes in Avoiding and Responding to Illness 531
Linda C. Garro

29 Using Consensus Analysis to Investigate Cultural Models of Alzheimer's Disease 548
Robert W. Schrauf and Madelyn Iris

Afterword: One Cognitive View of Culture 569
David B. Kronenfeld

Index 584

Rezensionen

"In elucidating tensions between individual and
collective, between idiosyncratic and commonplace, between the
social, cultural, and environmental, and between the evolutionary
and situational, cognitive anthropology emerges as a significant
component of studying human being, and this volume provides a
useful anthology and snapshot." (Journal of the
Royal Astronomical Institute, 1 May 2013)

"The fact that reading through these essays got me
thinking about the amazing range of research areas that could now
be considered part of "cognitive anthropology" is a testament both
to the provocative value of this volume and the vitality of the
sub-discipline of cognitive anthropology it is helping to
re-imagine." (Ethos, 1 February 2013)



"The sheer vibrancy of modern cognitive anthropology is brilliantly
reflected in this Companion. The development of the field since the
early days of ethnoscience is as refreshing as it is
remarkable."

Brent Berlin, University of Georgia





"A Companion to Cognitive Anthropology is an outstanding
collection of papers covering a range of topics that accurately
reflect current trends and major emphases in anthropologically
informed studies of cognition."

Steven Tyler, Rice University



"A rich treasure-house of science-based anthropology."

Margaret Boden, University of Sussex



"Read this good companion to find out what cultural anthropology
contributes to the cognitive science agenda. Are there
scientific methods for discovering what people know and how they
think by virtue of ethnic ancestry and cultural inheritance?
Read these essays and find out."

Richard A. Shweder, University of Chicago

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.2.2011
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Anthropologie • Anthropology • Kognitive Anthropologie • Social & Cultural Anthropology • Soziale u. kulturelle Anthropologie
• ISBN-10: 1-4443-9491-6 / 1444394916
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4443-9491-7 / 9781444394917