Kinship and Beyond: The Genealogical Model Reconsidered by Sandra Bamford (Engli

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This collection of ten essays is the latest major work to call for renewed attention to the topic [of kinship], especially with respect to contemporary questions of how cultures relate to nature...[It] is a welcome addition to the ongoing revival of kinship, and will stimulate further debate among its many participants. Ethnobiology Letters The genealogical model has a long-standing history in Western thought. The contributors to this volume consider the ways in which assumptions about the genealogical model-in particular, ideas concerning sequence, essence, and transmission-structure other modes of practice and knowledge-making in domains well beyond what is normally labeled "kinship." The detailed ethnographic work and analysis included in this text explores how these assumptions have been built into our understandings of race, personhood, ethnicity, property relations, and the relationship between human beings and non-human species. The authors explore the influences of the genealogical model of kinship in wider social theory and examine anthropology's ability to provide a unique framework capable of bridging the "social" and "natural" sciences. In doing so, this volume brings fresh new perspectives to bear on contemporary theories concerning biotechnology and its effect upon social life. Sandra Bamford is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on Papua New Guinea and the West, with an emphasis on kinship, gender, landscape, environmentalism, globalization, and biotechnology. In addition to having authored several journal articles and book chapters, her most recent publications include: Biology Unmoored: Melanesian Reflections on Life and Biotechnology (University of California Press, 2006) and Embodying Modernity and Postmodernity: Ritual, Praxis and Social Change in Melanesia (Carolina Academic Press, 2007). James Leach is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Aberdeen. Published works include Creative Land: Place and Procreation on the Rai Coast of Papua New Guinea (2003), Reite Plants: An Ethnobotanical Study in Tok Pisin and English (2010, with Porer Nombo), and Recognising and Translating Knowledge, 2012 Anthropological Forum Special Issue, ed with R. Davis).

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The genealogical model has a long-standing history in Western thought. The contributors to this volume consider the ways in which assumptions about the genealogical model—in particular, ideas concerning sequence, essence, and transmission—structure other modes of practice and knowledge-making in domains well beyond what is normally labeled "kinship." The detailed ethnographic work and analysis included in this text explores how these assumptions have been built into our understandings of race, personhood, ethnicity, property relations, and the relationship between human beings and non-human species. The authors explore the influences of the genealogical model of kinship in wider social theory and examine anthropology's ability to provide a unique framework capable of bridging the "social" and "natural" sciences. In doing so, this volume brings fresh new perspectives to bear on contemporary theories concerning biotechnology and its effect upon social life.

Author Biography

Sandra Bamford is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on Papua New Guinea and the West, with an emphasis on kinship, gender, landscape, environmentalism, globalization, and biotechnology. In addition to having authored several journal articles and book chapters, her most recent publications include: Biology Unmoored: Melanesian Reflections on Life and Biotechnology (University of California Press, 2006) and Embodying Modernity and Postmodernity: Ritual, Praxis and Social Change in Melanesia (Carolina Academic Press, 2007).

Table of Contents

AcknowledgementsChapter 1. Pedigrees of Knowledge: Anthropology and the Genealogical MethodSandra Bamford and James LeachChapter 2. Aborescent Culture: Writing and Not Writing Race Horse PedigreesRebecca CassidyChapter 3. When Blood Matters: Making Kinship in Colonial KenyaTeresa HolmesChapter 4. The Web of Kin: An Online Genealogical MachineGisli PálssonChapter 5. Genes, Mobilities and the Enclosures of Capital: Contesting Ancestry and its Applications in IcelandHilary CunninghamChapter 6. Skipping a Generation and Assisted KinshipJeanette EdwardsChapter 7. 'Family Trees' among the Kamea of Papua New Guinea: A Non-Genealogical Approach to Imagining RelatednessSandra BamfordChapter 8. Knowledge as Kinship: Mutable Essence and the Significance of Transmission on the Rai Coast of PNGJames LeachChapter 9. Stories Against Classification: Transport, Wayfaring and the Integration of KnowledgeTim IngoldChapter 10. Revealing and Obscuring Rivers's Pedigrees: Biological Inheritance and Kinship in MadagascarRita AstutiChapter 11. The Gift and the Given: Three Nano-Essays on Kinship and MagicEduardo Viveiros de CastroNotes on contributorsBibliographyIndex

Review

"This collection of ten essays is the latest major work to call for renewed attention to the topic [of kinship], especially with respect to contemporary questions of how cultures relate to nature…[It] is a welcome addition to the ongoing revival of kinship, and will stimulate further debate among its many participants." • Ethnobiology Letters

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"This collection of ten essays is the latest major work to call for renewed attention to the topic [of kinship], especially with respect to contemporary questions of how cultures relate to nature...[It] is a welcome addition to the ongoing revival of kinship, and will stimulate further debate among its many participants." Ethnobiology Letters

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The genealogical model has a long-standing history in Western thought. The contributors to this volume consider the ways in which assumptions about the genealogical model-in particular, ideas concerning sequence, essence, and transmission-structure other modes of practice and knowledge-making in domains well beyond what is normally labeled 'kinship.' The detailed ethnographic work and analysis included in this text explores how these assumptions have been built into our understandings of race, personhood, ethnicity, property relations, and the relationship between human beings and non-human species. The authors explore the influences of the genealogical model of kinship in wider social theory and examine anthropology's ability to provide a unique framework capable of bridging the 'social' and 'natural' sciences. In doing so, this volume brings fresh new perspectives to bear on contemporary theories concerning biotechnology and its effect upon social life.

Details ISBN0857456393 Publisher Berghahn Books Year 2012 ISBN-10 0857456393 ISBN-13 9780857456397 Format Paperback Imprint Berghahn Books Subtitle The Genealogical Model Reconsidered Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by James Leach DEWEY 306.83 Birth 1942 Short Title KINSHIP & BEYOND Language English Media Book Illustrations black & white illustrations Author James Leach Pages 300 Series Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives Series Number 15 UK Release Date 2012-03-01 Publication Date 2012-03-01 AU Release Date 2012-03-01 NZ Release Date 2012-03-01 Audience Undergraduate We've got this

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