Volume 46 / Number 3
2004
Special Edition: Cultural Anthropology
On The Cover: Baby Sassandra enjoys a bike ride with his great-uncle. Photo by Alma Gottlieb.
Vol. 46 / No. 3
By: James R. Mathieu
From the Editor – Winter 2004
The original impetus behind this special issue on Cultural Anthropology came from my predecessor as editor, Beebe Bahrami. As a […]
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Vol. 46 / No. 3
By: Gulbun O'Connor
William Davenport, Curator Emeritus, Oceanian Section: Portrait
William Davenport Died on March 12, 2004, in Philadelphia. He was a great teacher and friend, and after all these […]
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Vol. 46 / No. 3
By: Deborah I. Olszewski
Robert W. Preucel, Associate Curator, American Section: Meet the Curators
One of the many hats Robert W. Preucel wears as the Gregory Annenberg Weingarten Associate Curator of North America is […]
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By: Paula L.W. Sabloff
The Value of ‘Culture’: An Example from Mongolia
Cultural Anthropology doesn’t get much respect from the public these days. Archaeology, on the other hand, remains beloved because it […]
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By: Alma Gottlieb
Babies as Ancestors, Babies as Spirits: The Culture of Infancy in West Africa
Old Souls One Day I was sitting in the shaded compound of a Beng village in the West African rain […]
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By: Carolyn Behrman
‘The Culture of Reading’ in a Public School: Ethnography, Service-Learning, and Undergraduate Researchers
Scores from a 2002 standardized Reading Proficiency Test for fourth graders surprised the principal of Wensleydale Elementary School (pseudonym). Her […]
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By: Sarah Strauss
Re-Orienting Yoga
The train pulled out of the station. I was riding in the famed Rajdhani Express, on the way back from […]
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By: William Davenport
Henri Rey: The Inventor from Tahiti
Imet Henri Rey in Tahiti in 1965. He was living in semi-retirement in the district of Pirae, about three kilometers […]
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Museum Mosaic – Winter 2004: People, Places, Projects
Endowments, Contributions, and Grants Our deepest thanks go to Bruce and Peggy Mainwaring for their unwavering generosity and commitment to […]
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Vol. 46 / No. 3
By: Donald White
What Is a Water Trough Where a Horse Can’t Even Get a Drink?: An Abandonded Roman Sarcophagus By the Wissahickon
Now the Wissahiccon is of so remarkable a loveliness that, were it flowing in England, it would be theme of […]
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