Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Abels, Birgit, Music Worlding in Palau: Chanting, Atmospheres, and Meaningfulness. (Global Asia) 192 pp. 2022:4 (Amsterdam U. Pr., NE) <678-959>
ISBN 978-94-6372-512-5 hard ¥24,786.- (税込) GB￡ 87.00

May, Sally K, Karrikadjurren: Art, Community, and Identity in Western Arnhem Land. (Archaeology and Indigenous Peoples) 386 pp. 2022:9 (Routledge, UK) <678-964>
ISBN 978-0-367-33776-6 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

Presenting a story of art and artists in Gunbalanya, western Arnhem Land between the years 2001 and 2005, this book explores the artistic community surrounding the primary place of art creation and sale in the region, Injalak Arts, an art centre established in the remote Aboriginal community of Gunbalanya.Using a variety of disciplinary approaches including archaeological analysis and material culture studies, anthropology, historical research, oral histories, and reflexive ethnography, the social context of art creation is explored. May argues that Injalak Arts as a place activates and draws together particular social groupings to form a sense of identity and community. It is the nature of this community, or "Karrikadjurren" in the local dialect, that is the primary focus of this book, with the artworks painted during this period providing unique insights into art, identity, community, and innovation.This book will be of most interest to those working in or studying archaeology, material culture studies, museum studies, anthropology, sociology, Aboriginal studies, art history, Australian studies, rock art, and development studies. More specifically, this book will appeal to scholars with an interest in the archaeology or anthropology of art, ethnoarchaeology, and the nature and politics of community archaeology.

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Costa, Elisabetta / Lange, Patricia G. et al. (eds.), The Routledge Companion to Media Anthropology. (Routledge Anthropology Handbooks) 624 pp. 2022:9 (Routledge, UK) * paper 2024 <678-1183>
ISBN 978-1-03-200776-2 hard ¥61,253.- (税込) GB￡ 215.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-200778-6 paper ¥12,532.- (税込) GB￡ 43.99 *

The Routledge Companion to Media Anthropology provides a broad overview of the widening and flourishing area of media anthropology, and outlines key themes, debates, and emerging directions.The Routledge Companion to Media Anthropology draws together the work of scholars from across the globe, with rich ethnographic studies that address a wide range of media practices and forms. Comprising 41 chapters by a team of international contributors, the Companion is divided into three parts:HistoriesApproachesThematic Considerations.The chapters offer wide-ranging explorations of how forms of mediation influence communication, social relationships, cultural practices, participation, and social change, as well as production and access to information and knowledge. This volume considers new developments, and highlights the ways in which anthropology can contribute to the study of the human condition and the social processes in which media are entangled.This is an indispensable teaching resource for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students and an essential text for scholars working across the areas that media anthropology engages with, including anthropology, sociology, media and cultural studies, internet and communication studies, and science and technology studies.Chapters 7, 12 and 15 (CC-BY-NC-ND) and Chapter 6 (CC-BY-ND) of this book are freely available as downloadable Open Access PDFs at http://www.taylorfrancis.com.

Hornborg, Alf, The Magic of Technology: The Machine as a Transformation of Slavery. 280 pp. 2022:9 (Routledge, UK) <678-1205>
ISBN 978-1-03-221084-1 hard ¥35,612.- (税込) GB￡ 125.00 *

This book examines our understanding of technology and suggests that machines are counterfeit organisms that seem to replace human bodies but are ultimately means of displacing workloads and environmental loads beyond our horizon. It emphasises that technology is not the politically neutral revelation of natural principles that we tend to think, but largely a means of accumulating, through physically asymmetric exchange, the material means of harnessing natural forces to reinforce social relations of power. Alf Hornborg reflects on how our cultural illusions about technology appeared in history and how they continue to stand in the way of visions for an equal and sustainable world. He argues for a critical reconceptualisation of modern technology as an institution for redistributing human time, resources, and risks in world society. The book highlights a need to think of world trade in other terms than money and raises fundamental questions about the role of human-artifact relations in organising human societies. It will be of interest to a range of scholars working in anthropology, sociology, economics, development studies, and the philosophy of technology.*CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title for 2023*

Lucas, Gavin, Archaeological Situations: Archaeological Theory from the Inside Out. 158 pp. 2022:9 (Routledge, UK) <678-1206>
ISBN 978-0-367-56545-9 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-0-367-56010-2 paper ¥10,253.- (税込) GB￡ 35.99 *

This book is an introduction to theory in archaeology - but with a difference. Archaeological Situations avoids talking about theory as if it was something you apply but rather as something embedded in archaeological practice from the start.Rather than see theory as something worked from the outside in, this book explores theory from the inside out, which means it focuses on specific archaeological practices rather than specific theories. It starts from the kinds of situations that students find themselves in and learn about in other archaeology courses, avoiding the gap between practice and theory from the very beginning. It shows students the theoretical implications of almost everything they engage in as archaeologists, from fieldwork, recording, writing up and making and assessing an argument to exploring the very nature of archaeology and justifying its relevance. Essentially, it adopts a structure which attempts to pre-empt one of the most common complaints of students taking theory courses: how is this applicable?Aimed primarily at undergraduates, this book is the ideal way to engage students with archaeological theory.

Pink, Sarah, Emerging Technologies / Life at the Edge of the Future. 200 pp. 2022:8 (Routledge, UK) <678-1151>
ISBN 978-1-03-202242-0 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *
ISBN 978-1-03-202241-3 paper ¥10,538.- (税込) GB￡ 36.99 *

Emerging Technologies / Life at the Edge of the Future invites us to think forward from our present moment of planetary, public and everyday crisis, through the prism of emerging technologies.It calls for a new ethical, responsible and equitable path towards possible futures, curated through in-depth engagement with and across experiential, environmental and technological possibilities. It tackles three of the most significant challenges for contemporary society by asking: how emerging technologies are implicated in the sites of everyday lives; what place emerging technologies have in an evolving world in crisis; and how we might better imagine and shape ethical, equitable and responsible futures. The book interweaves three narratives, each of which advances three sets of concerns for our societal futures: 'Emergence', which addresses futures, trust and hope; 'Worlds', which addresses data, air and energy; and 'Technologies', which addresses the future of mobilities, homes and work.Not simply a critical study of emerging technologies, this book is also an approach to thinking and practice in times of global crisis that plays out a mode of future-focused scholarship and action for the first half of the twenty-first century.

Pellow, Deborah / Scheld, Suzanne (eds.), Africa and Urban Anthropology: Theoretical and Methodological Contributions from Contemporary Fieldwork. (Routledge Studies in Anthropology) 520 pp. 2022:9 (Routledge, UK) <678-1036>
ISBN 978-0-367-43171-6 hard ¥35,612.- (税込) GB￡ 125.00 *

This volume offers valuable anthropological insight into urban Africa, covering a range of cities across a continent that has become one of the fastest urbanizing geographic areas of the globe. Consideration is given to the structures, social formations, and rhythms that constitute the definition of an African city, town, or urban space, and to current concepts for thinking about African cities in the twenty-first century. The contributors examine topics including notions of belonging, the effects of globalization, colonialism, and transnationalism on African urban life, the cultural dimensions of infrastructure and public resources, mobility, labor issues, spatial organization, language, and popular culture trends, among other themes. The book reflects on how the ethnography of urban Africa fits within anthropology and urban studies, and on new theoretical concepts and methodologies that can be created through anthropological fieldwork in African cities. It will be of particular interest to scholars and students from anthropology, African studies and urban studies, as well as sociology and geography.