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Science and Religion: Edwin Salpeter, Owen Gingerich and John
Polkinghorne is a collection of interviews being published as a
book. These interviews have been conducted by one of England's
leading social anthropologists and historians, Professor Alan
Macfarlane. Filmed over a period of 40 years, the five
conversations in this volume, are part of Social Science Press's
series Creative Lives and Works. These transcriptions also form a
part of a larger set of interviews that cut across various
disciplines, from the social sciences, the sciences and to the
performing and visual arts. The current volume is on three foremost
physicists and historians of science. Edwin Salpeter recounts
rather dispassionately his departure from Austria to Australia to
escape Nazi persecution. And in doing so broaches, not only, on the
prevailing anti-Semitic sentiment of the time, but takes the debate
forward into the one between science and religion. Though he only
touches upon it, this debate finds resonance in the words of Owen
Gingerich who belonged to the Mennonite dispensation and who has
been rather vocal about the pro-Christian anti-creationist
ideology. However, it is John Polkinghorne who provides a deep
insight into the ongoing debate on science and religion. Immensely
riveting as conversations, this collection reveals how
intrinsically related science and religion are, how pertinent it is
to understand the workings of science in the context of religion.
The book will be of enormous value not just to those interested in
Astronomy and Cosmology as well as the History of Science, but also
to those with an inquisitive mind. Please note: This title is
co-published with Social Science Press, New Delhi. Taylor &
Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India,
Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
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Memory (Paperback)
Philippe Tortell, Mark Turin, Margot Young
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R641
Discovery Miles 6 410
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Tracking knowledge down to ground concerned with trail-based
archaeology, journeys and histories, this is a volume of both
firsts and thick context. At face-value it documents almost a
decade of groundbreaking investigations within the Annapurna
highlands of Nepal. Including survey recording of fort and
settlement sites, from the outset the projects focus was the
extraordinary ruins of Kohla Sombre Kohla, The Three Villages the
ancestral settlement of the Tami-mai (Gurung) community, who hosted
and instigated the fieldwork programme. Ultimately, only a single
seasons excavation was conducted, before the project was cut short
by the political insurgency within the country. It concluded with
holding a great shamans meeting in Pokhara in 2002, at which their
historical oral texts were presented. Narrating the long migration
of the Tamu-mai into the region and down from a distant north, the
present volume includes the full translation of one of these oral
epics, the Lemako Roh Pye. The project represents a unique
collaboration between archaeologists, anthropologists and a shaman.
Including interviews with upland inhabitants, the volume
encompasses the diverse voices of both its immediate participants
and the local community. Fulsome in its presentation of the
archaeological data and rich in ethnographic source-material, not
only is this book crucial for Himalayan culture studies generally,
but also relevant for any concerned with the construction and
context of the past in the present, and the active forging of
ethno-historical identities.
Thanks to ever-greater digital connectivity, interest in oral
traditions has grown beyond that of researcher and research subject
to include a widening pool of global users. When new publics
consume, manipulate and connect with field recordings and digital
cultural archives, their involvement raises important practical and
ethical questions. This volume explores the political repercussions
of studying marginalised languages; the role of online tools in
ensuring responsible access to sensitive cultural materials; and
ways of ensuring that when digital documents are created, they are
not fossilized as a consequence of being archived. Fieldwork
reports by linguists and anthropologists in three continents
provide concrete examples of overcoming barriers-ethical, practical
and conceptual-in digital documentation projects. Oral Literature
in the Digital Age is an essential guide and handbook for
ethnographers, field linguists, community activists, curators,
archivists, librarians, and all who connect with indigenous
communities in order to document and preserve oral traditions. This
is the second volume in the World Oral Literature Series, published
in conjunction with the World Oral Literature Project (ISSN
2050-7933).
Thanks to ever-greater digital connectivity, interest in oral
traditions has grown beyond that of researcher and research subject
to include a widening pool of global users. When new publics
consume, manipulate and connect with field recordings and digital
cultural archives, their involvement raises important practical and
ethical questions. This volume explores the political repercussions
of studying marginalised languages; the role of online tools in
ensuring responsible access to sensitive cultural materials; and
ways of ensuring that when digital documents are created, they are
not fossilized as a consequence of being archived. Fieldwork
reports by linguists and anthropologists in three continents
provide concrete examples of overcoming barriers-ethical, practical
and conceptual-in digital documentation projects. Oral Literature
in the Digital Age is an essential guide and handbook for
ethnographers, field linguists, community activists, curators,
archivists, librarians, and all who connect with indigenous
communities in order to document and preserve oral traditions.
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