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Ayn Rand | External links | External links
Rand's papers at The Library of Congress
Ayn Rand Lexicon – searchable database
Frequently Asked Questions About Ayn Rand from the Ayn Rand Institute
"Writings of Ayn Rand" – from C-SPAN's American Writers: A Journey Through History
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Ayn Rand | Table of Content | Short description, Life and career, Early life, Early fiction, ''The Fountainhead'' and political activism, ''Atlas Shrugged'' and Objectivism, Later years, Literary approach, influences and reception, Influences, Contemporary reviews, Academic assessments of Rand's fiction, Philosophy, Metaphysics and epistemology, Et... |
Alain Connes | short description | Alain Connes (; born 1 April 1947) is a French mathematician, known for his contributions to the study of operator algebras and noncommutative geometry. He was a professor at the , , Ohio State University and Vanderbilt University. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1982. |
Alain Connes | Career | Career
Alain Connes attended high school at in Marseille, and was then a student of the classes préparatoires in . Between 1966 and 1970 he studied at École normale supérieure in Paris, and in 1973 he obtained a PhD from Pierre and Marie Curie University, under the supervision of Jacques Dixmier.
From 1970 to 1974 he... |
Alain Connes | Research | Research
Connes' main research interests revolved around operator algebras. Besides noncommutative geometry, he has applied his works in various areas of mathematics and number theory, differential geometry.Alexander Hellemans, "The Geometer of Particle Physics" Scientific American, 24 July 2006 Since the 1990s, he ... |
Alain Connes | Awards and honours | Awards and honours
Connes was awarded the Peccot-Vimont Prize in 1976, the Ampère Prize in 1980, the Fields Medal in 1982, the Clay Research Award in 2000 and the Crafoord Prize in 2001. The French National Centre for Scientific Research granted him the silver medal in 1977 and the gold medal in 2004.
He was an invit... |
Alain Connes | Family | Family
Alain Connes is the middle-born of three sons – born to parents both of whom lived to be 101 years old. He married in 1971. |
Alain Connes | Books | Books
Alain Connes and Matilde Marcolli, Noncommutative Geometry, Quantum Fields and Motives, Colloquium Publications, American Mathematical Society, 2007,
Alain Connes, André Lichnerowicz, and Marcel-Paul Schutzenberger, Triangle of Thought, translated by Jennifer Gage, American Mathematical Society, 2001,
Jean-... |
Alain Connes | See also | See also
Bost–Connes system
Cyclic category
Cyclic homology
Factor (functional analysis)
Higgs boson
C*-algebra
Noncommutative quantum field theory
M-theory
Groupoid
Spectral triple
Criticism of non-standard analysis
Riemann hypothesis |
Alain Connes | References | References |
Alain Connes | External links | External links
Alain Connes Official Web Site containing downloadable papers, and his book Non-commutative geometry, .
Alain Connes' Standard Model
An interview with Alain Connes and a discussion about it
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Alain Connes | Table of Content | short description, Career, Research, Awards and honours, Family, Books, See also, References, External links |
Allan Dwan | Short description | Allan Dwan (born Joseph Aloysius Dwan; April 3, 1885 – December 28, 1981) was a pioneering Canadian-born American motion picture director, producer, and screenwriter. |
Allan Dwan | Early life | Early life
Born Joseph Aloysius Dwan in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Dwan was the younger son of commercial traveler of woolen clothing Joseph Michael Dwan (1857–1917) and his wife Mary Jane Dwan (née Hunt). The family moved to the United States when he was seven years old on December 4, 1892, by ferry from Windsor to Det... |
Allan Dwan | Career | Career
Dwan started his directing career by accident in 1911, when he was sent by his employers to California, in order to locate a company that had vanished. Dwan managed to track the company down, and learned that they were waiting for a film director (who was an alcoholic) to return from a binge and allow them to re... |
Allan Dwan | Partial filmography as director | Partial filmography as director
The Restless Spirit (1913)
Back to Life (1913)
Bloodhounds of the North (1913)
The Lie (1914)
The Honor of the Mounted (1914)
The Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch (1914)
Remember Mary Magdalen (1914)
Discord and Harmony (1914)
The Embezzler (1914)
The Lamb, the Woman, the Wolf (1914)
The End of th... |
Allan Dwan | See also | See also
Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood |
Allan Dwan | References | References |
Allan Dwan | Further reading | Further reading
Brownlow, Kevin, The Parade's Gone By... (1968)
Bogdanovich, Peter, Allan Dwan: The Last Pioneer (1971)
Foster, Charles, Stardust and Shadows: Canadians in Early Hollywood (2000)
Lombardi, Frederic, Allan Dwan and the Rise and Decline of the Hollywood Studios (2013)
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Allan Dwan | External links | External links
Allan Dwan profile, virtual-history.com; accessed June 16, 2014
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Allan Dwan | Table of Content | Short description, Early life, Career, Partial filmography as director, See also, References, Further reading, External links |
Algeria | short description | Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia; to the east by Libya; to the southeast by Niger; to the southwest by Mali, Mauritania, and Western Sahara; to the west by Morocco; and to the north by the Medi... |
Algeria | Name | Name
alt=Page of typeset book|left|thumb|"Algeria" page in the Civitates Orbis Terrarium of 1575
Different forms of the name Algeria include: , , . The country's full name is officially the People's Democratic Republic of AlgeriaProclamación de la República argelina , Journal officiel de la republique algerienne, 1st... |
Algeria | Etymology | Etymology
Algeria's name derives from the city of Algiers, which in turn derives from the Arabic (, 'the islands'), referring to four small islands off its coast, a truncated form of the older (, 'islands of Bani Mazghanna').al-Idrisi, Muhammad (12th century) Nuzhat al-Mushtaq The name was given by Buluggin ibn Zir... |
Algeria | History | History |
Algeria | Prehistory and ancient history | Prehistory and ancient history
left|thumb|Roman ruins at Djémila
Around ~1.8-million-year-old stone artifacts from Ain Hanech (Algeria) were considered to represent the oldest archaeological materials in North Africa. Stone artifacts and cut-marked bones that were excavated from two nearby deposits at Ain Boucherit ... |
Algeria | Middle Ages | Middle Ages
After negligible resistance from the locals, Muslim Arabs of the Umayyad Caliphate conquered Algeria in the early 8th century.
Large numbers of the indigenous Berber people converted to Islam. Christians, Berber and Latin speakers remained in the great majority in Tunisia until the end of the 9th centur... |
Algeria | Early modern era | Early modern era
thumb|upright|left|Hayreddin Barbarossa
In 1516, the Turkish privateer brothers Aruj and Hayreddin Barbarossa, who operated successfully under the Hafsids, moved their base of operations to Algiers. They succeeded in conquering Jijel and Algiers from the Spaniards with help from the locals who saw t... |
Algeria | French colonisation (1830–1962) | French colonisation (1830–1962)
thumb|Battle of Somah in 1836
Under the pretext of a slight to their consul, the French invaded and captured Algiers in 1830. According to several historians, the methods used by the French to establish control over Algeria reached genocidal proportions. Historian Ben Kiernan wrote o... |
Algeria | The first three decades of independence (1962–1991) | The first three decades of independence (1962–1991)
The number of European Pied-Noirs who fled Algeria totaled more than 900,000 between 1962 and 1964. The exodus to mainland France accelerated after the Oran massacre of 1962, in which hundreds of militants entered European sections of the city and began attacking c... |
Algeria | Civil War (1991–2002) and aftermath | Civil War (1991–2002) and aftermath
thumb|Massacres of over 50 people in 1997–1998. The Armed Islamic Group (GIA) claimed responsibility for many of them.
In December 1991 the Islamic Salvation Front dominated the first of two rounds of legislative elections. Fearing the election of an Islamist government, the autho... |
Algeria | Geography | Geography
thumb|The Sahara, the Hoggar Mountains and the Atlas Mountains compose the Algerian relief.
thumb|The Algerian Desert makes up more than 90% of the country's total area.
Since the 2011 breakup of Sudan, and the creation of South Sudan, Algeria has been the largest country in Africa, and the Mediterranean B... |
Algeria | Climate and hydrology | Climate and hydrology
thumb|left|Algeria map of Köppen climate classification
In this region, midday desert temperatures can be hot year round. After sunset, however, the clear, dry air permits rapid loss of heat, and the nights are cool to chilly. Enormous daily ranges in temperature are recorded.
Rainfall is fai... |
Algeria | Fauna and flora | Fauna and flora
thumb|left|The fennec fox is the national animal of Algeria.
The varied vegetation of Algeria includes coastal, mountainous and grassy desert-like regions which all support a wide range of wildlife.
In Algeria forest cover is around 1% of the total land area, equivalent to 1,949,000 hectares (ha) o... |
Algeria | Government and politics | Government and politics
left|thumb|upright|Abdelmadjid Tebboune, President of Algeria since 2019
Algeria's government has been described as authoritarian,Muradova Huseynova, L. (2016). Riqueza petrolífera y autoritarismo: Argelia en la Primavera Árabe. Revista Española De Ciencia Política, (40). Retrieved from https... |
Algeria | Foreign relations | Foreign relations
thumb|President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and George W. Bush exchange handshakes at the Windsor Hotel Toya Resort and Spa in Tōyako Town, Abuta District, Hokkaidō in 2008. With them are Dmitriy Medvedev, left, and Yasuo Fukuda, right.
Algeria is included in the European Union's European Neighbourhood P... |
Algeria | Military | Military
thumb|A Djebel Chenoua-class corvette, designed and assembled in Algeria
The military of Algeria consists of the People's National Army (ANP), the Algerian National Navy (MRA), and the Algerian Air Force (QJJ), plus the Territorial Air Defence Forces. It is the direct successor of the National Liberation Ar... |
Algeria | Human rights | Human rights
Algeria has been categorised by the US government funded Freedom House as "not free" since it began publishing such ratings in 1972, with the exception of 1989, 1990, and 1991, when the country was labelled "partly free". In December 2016, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor issued a report rega... |
Algeria | Administrative divisions | Administrative divisions
Algeria is divided into 58 provinces (wilayas), 553 districts (daïras) and 1,541 municipalities (baladiyahs). Each province, district, and municipality is named after its seat, which is usually the largest city.
The administrative divisions have changed several times since independence. Whe... |
Algeria | Economy | Economy
upright=1.35|thumb|right|GDP per capita development in Algeria
Algeria's currency is the dinar (DZD). The economy remains dominated by the state, a legacy of the country's socialist post-independence development model. In June 2024 The World Bank's 2024 report marks a turning point for Algeria, which joins ... |
Algeria | Oil and natural resources | Oil and natural resources
thumb|Pipelines across Algeria
Algeria, whose economy is reliant on petroleum, has been an OPEC member since 1969. Its crude oil production stands at around 1.1 million barrels/day, but it is also a major gas producer and exporter, with important links to Europe. Hydrocarbons have long bee... |
Algeria | Research and alternative energy sources | Research and alternative energy sources
Algeria has invested an estimated 100 billion dinars towards developing research facilities and paying researchers. This development programme is meant to advance alternative energy production, especially solar and wind power. Algeria is estimated to have the largest solar ener... |
Algeria | Labour market | Labour market
The overall rate of unemployment was 11.8% in 2023. The government strengthened in 2011 the job programmes introduced in 1988, in particular in the framework of the programme to aid those seeking work (Dispositif d'Aide à l'Insertion Professionnelle).
Despite a decline in total unemployment, youth and ... |
Algeria | Tourism | Tourism
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The development of the tourism sector in Algeria had previously been hampered by a lack of facilities, but since 2004 a broad tourism development strategy has been implemented resulting in many hotels of a high modern standard being built.
There are several UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Alger... |
Algeria | Transport | Transport
thumb|The main highway connecting the Moroccan to the Tunisian border was a part of the Cairo–Dakar Highway project.
Two trans-African automobile routes pass through Algeria:
Cairo-Dakar Highway
Algiers-Lagos Highway
The Algerian road network is the densest in Africa; its length is estimated at of high... |
Algeria | Demographics | Demographics
Algeria has a population of an estimated 45.6 million, of which the majority, 75% to 85% are ethnically Arab. At the outset of the 20th century, its population was approximately 4 million. About 90% of Algerians live in the northern, coastal area; the inhabitants of the Sahara desert are mainly concentr... |
Algeria | Ethnic groups | Ethnic groups
left|thumb|Some of Algeria's traditional clothes
Arabs and indigenous Berbers as well as Phoenicians, Romans, Vandals, Byzantine Greeks, Turks, various Sub-Saharan Africans, and French have contributed to the history and culture of Algeria. Descendants of Andalusi refugees are also present in the popul... |
Algeria | Languages | Languages
Modern Standard Arabic and Berber are the official languages. Algerian Arabic (Darja) is the language used by the majority of the population. Colloquial Algerian Arabic has some Berber loanwords which represent 8% to 9% of its vocabulary.thumb|Signs in the University of Tizi Ouzou in three languages: Arabic... |
Algeria | Religion | Religion
thumb|right|Hassan Pasha Mosque in Oran
Islam is the predominant religion in Algeria, with its adherents, mostly Sunnis, accounting for 99% of the population according to a 2021 CIA World Factbook estimate, and 97.9% according to Pew Research in 2020. There are about 290,000 Ibadis in the M'zab Valley in ... |
Algeria | Health | Health
In 2018, Algeria had the highest numbers of physicians in the Maghreb region (1.72 per 1,000 people), nurses (2.23 per 1,000 people), and dentists (0.31 per 1,000 people). Access to "improved water sources" was around 97.4% of the population in urban areas and 98.7% of the population in the rural areas. Some ... |
Algeria | Education | Education
thumb|UIS literacy rate Algeria population plus 15 1985–2015
Since the 1970s, in a centralised system that was designed to significantly reduce the rate of illiteracy, the Algerian government introduced a decree by which school attendance became compulsory for all children aged between 6 and 15 years who h... |
Algeria | Culture | Culture
thumb|Algerian musicians in Tlemcen, Regency of Algiers; by Bachir Yellès
Modern Algerian literature, split between Arabic, Tamazight and French, has been strongly influenced by the country's recent history. Famous novelists of the 20th century include Mohammed Dib, Albert Camus, Kateb Yacine and Ahlam Most... |
Algeria | Media | Media |
Algeria | Art | Art
thumb|upright=0.65|left|Mohammed Racim; founder of the Algerian school for painting
Algerian painters, like Mohammed Racim and Baya, attempted to revive the prestigious Algerian past prior to French colonisation, at the same time that they have contributed to the preservation of the authentic values of Algeria. ... |
Algeria | Literature | Literature
The historic roots of Algerian literature go back to the Numidian and Roman African era, when Apuleius wrote The Golden Ass, the only Latin novel to survive in its entirety. This period had also known Augustine of Hippo, Nonius Marcellus and Martianus Capella, among many others. The Middle Ages have known... |
Algeria | Cinema | Cinema
thumb|Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, one of the most prominent figures in contemporary Arabic cinema
The Algerian state's interest in film-industry activities can be seen in the annual budget of DZD 200 million (EUR 1.3 million) allocated to production, specific measures and an ambitious programme plan implemented... |
Algeria | Cuisine | Cuisine
thumb|upright=0.7| Couscous, the national dish of Algeria
Algerian cuisine is rich and diverse as a result of interactions and exchanges with other cultures and nations over the centuries. It is based on both land and sea products. Conquests or demographic movement towards the Algerian territory were two of ... |
Algeria | Sports | Sports
thumb|The Algeria national football team
Various games have existed in Algeria since antiquity. In the Aures, people played several games such as El Kherba or El khergueba (chess variant). Playing cards, checkers and chess games are part of Algerian culture. Racing (fantasia) and rifle shooting are part of cu... |
Algeria | See also | See also
Index of Algeria-related articles
Outline of Algeria |
Algeria | Explanatory notes | Explanatory notes |
Algeria | Citations | Citations |
Algeria | General bibliography | General bibliography
Ageron, Charles-Robert (1991). Modern Algeria – A History from 1830 to the Present. Translated from French and edited by Michael Brett. London: Hurst. .
Aghrout, Ahmed; Bougherira, Redha M. (2004). Algeria in Transition – Reforms and Development Prospects. Routledge. .
Bennoune, Mahfoud (1988... |
Algeria | External links | External links
Key Development Forecasts for Algeria from International Futures |
Algeria | Government | Government
Public Services – gateway to government sites
El Mouradia Palace – official website of the president of Algeria
Statistics – official website of National Office of Statistics |
Algeria | History | History
"History" – Algerian history at Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
Algeria | Tourism | Tourism
Visit Algeria – Algeria's official tourism portal |
Algeria | Maps | Maps
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Algeria | Table of Content | short description, Name, Etymology, History, Prehistory and ancient history, Middle Ages, Early modern era, French colonisation (1830–1962), The first three decades of independence (1962–1991), Civil War (1991–2002) and aftermath, Geography, Climate and hydrology, Fauna and flora, Government and politics, Foreign relat... |
List of Atlas Shrugged characters | Short description | This is a list of characters in Ayn Rand's 1957 novel Atlas Shrugged. |
List of Atlas Shrugged characters | Major characters | Major characters
The following are major characters from the novel. |
List of Atlas Shrugged characters | Protagonists | Protagonists |
List of Atlas Shrugged characters | Dagny Taggart | Dagny Taggart
Dagny Taggart is the protagonist of the novel. She is vice president in charge of operations for Taggart Transcontinental, under her brother, James Taggart. Given James' incompetence, Dagny is responsible for all the workings of the railroad. |
List of Atlas Shrugged characters | Francisco d'Anconia | Francisco d'Anconia
Francisco d'Anconia is one of the central characters in Atlas Shrugged, an owner by inheritance of the world's largest copper mining operation. He is a childhood friend, and the first love, of Dagny Taggart. A child prodigy of exceptional talents, Francisco was dubbed the "climax" of the d'Anconia l... |
List of Atlas Shrugged characters | John Galt | John Galt
John Galt is the primary male hero of Atlas Shrugged. He initially appears as an unnamed menial worker for Taggart Transcontinental, who often dines with Eddie Willers in the employees' cafeteria, and leads Eddie to reveal important information about Dagny Taggart and Taggart Transcontinental. Only Eddie's s... |
List of Atlas Shrugged characters | Henry "Hank" Rearden | Henry "Hank" Rearden
Henry (known as "Hank") Rearden is one of the central characters in Atlas Shrugged. He owns the most important steel company in the United States, and invents Rearden Metal, an alloy stronger, lighter, cheaper and tougher than steel. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife Lillian, his brother Phili... |
List of Atlas Shrugged characters | Eddie Willers | Eddie Willers
Edwin "Eddie" Willers is the Special Assistant to the vice-president in Charge of Operations at Taggart Transcontinental. His father and grandfather worked for the Taggarts, and himself likewise. He is completely loyal to Dagny and to Taggart Transcontinental. Willers does not possess the creative ability... |
List of Atlas Shrugged characters | Ragnar Danneskjöld | Ragnar Danneskjöld
One of Galt's first followers, and world-famous as a pirate, who seizes relief ships sent from the United States to the People's States of Europe. He works to ensure that once those espousing Galt's philosophy are restored to their rightful place in society, they have enough capital to rebuild the wo... |
List of Atlas Shrugged characters | Antagonists | Antagonists |
List of Atlas Shrugged characters | James Taggart | James Taggart
The President of Taggart Transcontinental and the book's most important antagonist. Taggart is an expert influence peddler but incapable of making operational decisions on his own. He relies on his sister, Dagny Taggart, to actually run the railroad, but nonetheless opposes her in almost every endeavor be... |
List of Atlas Shrugged characters | Lillian Rearden | Lillian Rearden
The unsupportive wife of Hank Rearden, who dislikes his habits and (secretly at first) seeks to ruin Rearden to prove her own value. Lillian achieves this, when she passes information to James Taggart about her husband's affair with his sister. This information is used to blackmail Rearden to sign a Gif... |
List of Atlas Shrugged characters | Dr. Floyd Ferris | Dr. Floyd Ferris
Ferris is a biologist who works as "co-ordinator" at the State Science Institute. He uses his position there to deride reason and productive achievement, and publishes a book entitled Why Do You Think You Think? He clashes on several occasions with Hank Rearden, and twice attempts to blackmail Rearden ... |
List of Atlas Shrugged characters | Dr. Robert Stadler | Dr. Robert Stadler
A former professor at Patrick Henry University, and along with colleague Hugh Akston, mentor to Francisco d'Anconia, John Galt, and Ragnar Danneskjöld. He has since become a sell-out, one who had great promise but squandered it for social approval, to the detriment of the free. He works at the State ... |
List of Atlas Shrugged characters | Wesley Mouch | Wesley Mouch
The incompetent and treacherous lobbyist whom Hank Rearden reluctantly employs in Washington, who rises to prominence and authority throughout the novel through trading favours and disloyalty. In return for betraying Hank by helping broker the Equalization of Opportunity Bill (which, by restricting the num... |
List of Atlas Shrugged characters | Secondary characters | Secondary characters
The following secondary characters also appear in the novel.
Hugh Akston is identified as "one of the last great advocates of reason." He was a renowned philosopher and the head of the Department of Philosophy at Patrick Henry University, where he taught Francisco d'Anconia, John Galt, and Ragnar D... |
List of Atlas Shrugged characters | Notes | Notes |
List of Atlas Shrugged characters | References | References |
List of Atlas Shrugged characters | Works cited | Works cited |
List of Atlas Shrugged characters | External links | External links
Website with comprehensive list of individuals mentioned in Atlas Shrugged
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List of Atlas Shrugged characters | Table of Content | Short description, Major characters, Protagonists, Dagny Taggart, Francisco d'Anconia, John Galt, Henry "Hank" Rearden, Eddie Willers, Ragnar Danneskjöld, Antagonists, James Taggart, Lillian Rearden, Dr. Floyd Ferris, Dr. Robert Stadler, Wesley Mouch, Secondary characters, Notes, References, Works cited, External links |
Anthropology | Short description | Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including archaic humans. Social anthropology studies patterns of behaviour, while cultural anthropology studies cultural meaning, including norms and value... |
Anthropology | Etymology | Etymology
The abstract noun anthropology is first attested in reference to history. Its present use first appeared in Renaissance Germany in the works of Magnus Hundt and Otto Casmann. Their Neo-Latin derived from the combining forms of the Greek words ánthrōpos (, "human") and lógos (, "study").Oxford English Diction... |
Anthropology | Origin and development of the term | Origin and development of the term
thumb|upright|Bernardino de Sahagún is considered to be the founder of modern anthropology. |
Anthropology | Through the 19th century | Through the 19th century
In 1647, the Bartholins, early scholars of the University of Copenhagen, defined as follows:
Sporadic use of the term for some of the subject matter occurred subsequently, such as the use by Étienne Serres in 1839 to describe the natural history, or paleontology, of man, based on comparative ... |
Anthropology | 20th and 21st centuries | 20th and 21st centuries
Anthropology as a specialized field of academic study developed much through the end of the 19th century. Then it rapidly expanded beginning in the early 20th century to the point where many of the world's higher educational institutions typically included anthropology departments. Thousands of ... |
Anthropology | Fields | Fields
Anthropology is a global discipline involving humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. Anthropology builds upon knowledge from natural sciences, including the discoveries about the origin and evolution of Homo sapiens, human physical traits, human behavior, the variations among different groups of huma... |
Anthropology | Sociocultural | Sociocultural
Sociocultural anthropology draws together the principal axes of cultural anthropology and social anthropology. Cultural anthropology is the comparative study of the manifold ways in which people make sense of the world around them, while social anthropology is the study of the relationships among individ... |
Anthropology | Biological | Biological
thumb|Forensic anthropologists can help identify skeletonized human remains, such as these found lying in scrub in Western Australia, c. 1900–1910.
Biological anthropology and physical anthropology are synonymous terms to describe anthropological research focused on the study of humans and non-human primat... |
Anthropology | Archaeological | Archaeological
Archaeology is the study of the human past through its material remains. Artifacts, faunal remains, and human altered landscapes are evidence of the cultural and material lives of past societies. Archaeologists examine material remains in order to deduce patterns of past human behavior and cultural prac... |
Anthropology | Linguistic | Linguistic
Linguistic anthropology (not to be confused with anthropological linguistics) seeks to understand the processes of human communications, verbal and non-verbal, variation in language across time and space, the social uses of language, and the relationship between language and culture. It is the branch of ant... |
Anthropology | Ethnography | Ethnography
Ethnography is a method of analysing social or cultural interaction. It often involves participant observation though an ethnographer may also draw from texts written by participants of in social interactions. Ethnography views first-hand experience and social context as important.
Tim Ingold distinguis... |
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