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As this bald summary would suggest, it is a book dominated by the powerful presence of Elliot Smith, who overshadows the other members of the trio, Wood Jones and Keith. Elliot Smith was the most vigorous proponent of such a lofty role for anatomy, and his position in London meant that he was in a position to wield his formidable political skills. He was struck, however, by how far the study of anatomy in the United States and the British Empire had diverged, with the United States no longer giving the scope to gross anatomy which had been so basic to British medical education. [Extracted from the article]

The book "Brandbestattung und Bronzemetallurgie. Die Urnenfelderkultur in Niederösterreich (1300–800 v. Chr.)" is a valuable resource for researchers and the general public interested in the Urnfield Period in Lower Austria. It provides detailed information and analysis based on archaeological evidence, covering various aspects of the Late Bronze Age. The book explores topics such as climate, settlement patterns, lifestyle, exchange systems, plant and animal resources, raw materials for metallurgy, and weaponry. While the volume is comprehensive, it acknowledges a lack of research on the Urnfield Period in western Slovakia and western Hungary, suggesting a potential mental barrier in recognizing the significance of these regions during this period. [Extracted from the article]

This essay is a commentary on Dorinne Kondo's Worldmaking: Race, Performance, and the Work of Creativity. I consider how Kondo's definition of worldmaking and reparative creativity can be useful concepts for anthropologists contending with the ongoing debate on anthropology's colonial roots, postcolonial anxieties, and the abolition of the discipline. D. Soyini Madison and Erin Manning in dialog with Kondo provide a generative space to reflect on worldmaking as an anthropological endeavor, or anthropology as an act of worldmaking. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The essays in this collection resonate, as McGranahan depicts, that "anthropology is a writing discipline" (7). Carole McGranahan, a professor of anthropology at the University of Colorado, has solved this problem by soliciting and compiling revised versions of forty-two entries originally posted on the I Savage Minds i anthropology blog, which she edited between 2014 and 2016. [Extracted from the article]

In the back cover of this book, Dame Marilyn Strathern's glowing commendation reads that, 'It is an extraordinary comment on the versatility and energy of twentieth-century socio-cultural anthropology'. Moebius Anthropology: Essays on the Forming of Form: by Don Handelman, edited by Matan Shapiro and Jackie Feldman, New York & Oxford, Berghahn, 2021, xi + 351 pp., $149/£111, ISBN: 978-1-78920-854-2 It is this paradoxical dynamic which ultimately shapes Handelman's conception of the Moebius as a heuristic device. [Extracted from the article]

Ultimately, Das looks to attempts at puzzle piecing for "emissaries", which are signs that "the everyday send[s] in order for it to be recognized" (p. 21). Both of these ambitions permeate each chapter, to be sure, but readers can follow the paths of Das's thought across these different foci depending on one's domains of curiosity. [Extracted from the article]