Empirical foundations of anthropological reasoning: the creation of PPGAS and the selection of scientific species

This article examines the profound change in the meaning of the word 'anthropology' in Brazil following the creation of a Ph.D. program at the National Museum. It also studies the introduction of structural anthropology at the end of the sixties in light of the controversy surrounding kins...

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Main Authors: Afrânio Garcia Jr., Thaddeus Blanchette
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 2008-01-01
Series:Mana
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Online Access:http://socialsciences.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-93132008000100006&lng=en&tlng=en