Karl Marx: Anthropologist (Respond to this article at http://www.therai.org.uk/at/debate)

Marx was not only a philosopher, but he was very much and anthropologist of his day. Here, the author describes Marx's work in terms of four key concepts, namely, nature, society, history and science, and considers how anthropologists at the time influenced Marx in his thinking.     

Nydam Mose: In Situ Preservation at Work

Abstract

The site of Nydam Mose saw the beginning of systematic research into in situ preservation of waterlogged archaeological sites on land at the National Museum of Denmark. In the past fifteen years a generic approach to in situ preservation of archaeological sites has been developed based on this research. This article is primarily a review of this generic approach, summarizing the methods and results with particular reference to the published results from the investigations in Nydam Mose.     

在第四次全国地方志工作会议上的讲话

同志们： 第四次全国地方志工作会议今天在北京召开,这次会议,是在全党全国认真贯彻落实十七大精神、深入学习实践科学发展观之际召开的。刚才,中共中央政治局委员、国务委员刘延东同志作了重要讲话,大家要认真学习领会讲话精神,按照延东同志讲话的要求进一步提高地方志工作的水平,大力推进地方志工作。朱佳木同志受中国地方志指导小组委托所作的工作报告,     

Alas! Dalai Lama,The III-Fated Prophet!

The14thDalaiLamaDaizinGyaco,overjoyedatreceivinghisNobelPrizeinNorway,cuppedhishandsinfrontwithmixedfeelingastowhomheshouldthank-BuddhaortheWest.Thathappenedinthelate1980s,atimefi11edwithsurprisingchangesintheworld:theonceformidablesuperpowepetheUSSRedisi…     

Let's Not!

Armand finds that Anuchin painted an overly dark picture of the future of geography in the Soviet Union. The issue of a unified geography versus two or more geographies is regarded by Armand as a fruitless terminological argument. He holds that geographers can make their research count increasingly in national planning by making more use of mathematical apparatus, familiarizing themselves with related technical disciplines, and by being bolder in making practical recommendations to policy makers.     

周公庙遗址田野考古工作的理念与方法——2007～2008年度中国田野考古一等奖获奖项目介绍

2004年2月,陕西省考古研究所与北京大学考古文博学院联合成立周公庙考古队之始,就把判定该遗址商周时期聚落性质作为学术研究     

在内蒙古视察地方志工作时的讲话

感谢自治区政府主席助理崔国柱同志、自治区政府副秘书长那炜清同志在百忙中陪同我到地方志办公室调研,并出席这个座谈会。地方志工作是一项非常重要但又不容易引起社会各方面重视的工作,因此特别需要得到有关领导的关心和支持。自从我分管地方志工作以来,一直想到内蒙古搞一次     

Influencing Environmental Policy in Rural Communities: The Environmental Opposition at Work

Environmental opposition groups have often formed in rural communities as a response to sweeping environmental regulations. They do not match the stereotypes of nongovernmental organizations funded by extractive resource industries, but have a solid grass-roots membership that is stalling, if not altogether thwarting, the momentum of the environmental movement.     

Holy cow!: the miraculous cures of animals in late medieval England1

Interactions between saints and animals have been the focus of modern scholarship, yet an important aspect has been neglected, namely that of the saint as healer of animals, when a third party has requested help on behalf of the animal. This article therefore examines, through examples drawn from saints' Vitae and other sources, the types of animals for which saintly intervention was sought, the ailments from which they suffered, and the form which their cure took, in order to understand why medieval people turned to the saints when their animals were ill. An examination of this relationship between saint and animal will not only elucidate the role of saint as thaumaturge, but will also shed light on the veterinary aspect of animal welfare.     

高密聂家庄泥塑调查报告

山东高密的民间艺术有“三绝”——剪纸、扑灰年画和聂家庄泥塑。我有幸于2002年11月、2003年9月、11月曾先后三次来到聂家庄,亲眼见到了聂家庄泥塑,亲手试做了泥塑,并生活在泥塑艺人之家,亲身体验了泥塑之家的生活,进行了较为深入的调查,在此基础之上使我更深刻地认识了聂家庄泥塑,同时也更为其前景担忧。在现代科学日新月异的今天,民间艺术生存的土壤越来越少,我们曾经引以为荣的老祖宗留下的民间艺术正在大量地消亡和流失,而聂家庄泥塑也面临这种危机,这让人非常痛惜。因此,特别希望我的调查和研究能有助于聂家庄泥塑的挖掘、抢救和保护。     

Work and wonder at the weekend: on emotions in feminist geographical praxis

This article explores intersections between academic work and emotional work at a feminist geography reading weekend held by the Women and Geography Study Group of the Royal Geographical Society-Institute of British Geographers in the UK in 2006. It points to the importance of the fleeting, often unreported, spaces of feminist geographical praxis and of inserting these in our disciplinary histories. Using a performative textual strategy it offers a poly-vocal reflection on the complex, challenging and productive experiences of this kind of academic workspace. In so doing it contributes to feminist engagements with the practices of neo-liberal academia, to debates about the emotional geographies of feminist geographical work, and to discussions of the value of activities outside the norms of academia in providing potentially supportive and creative spaces for geographical praxis.