Background
Barth, Fredrik was born on December 22, 1928 in Leipzig, Germany. Son of Thomas Fredrik and Randi (Thomassen) Barth.
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In Balinese Worlds, Fredrik Barth proposes a new model for anthropological analysis of complex civilizations that is based on a fresh, synthetic account of culture and society in North Bali and one that takes full notice of individual creativity in shaping the contours of this dynamic culture. In this detailed ethnography of the Northern district of Buleleng, Barth rejects mainstream anthropological generalizations of Bali as a cultural system of carefully articulated parts. Instead—drawing on many sources, including the sociology of knowledge, interactional analysis, postmodern thought, and his own exceptionally varied field experience—Barth presents a new model that actually generates variation. Barth's innovative analysis of Balinese life highlights both the constructive and the disorganizing effects of individual action, the constant flux of interpretation, and the powerful interaction of memory and social relationships, and knowledge as a cultural resource. Balinese Worlds is a unique contribution not only to Balinese studies but also to the theory and methods of the anthropology of complex societies.
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In examining the changes that have taken place in the secret cosmological lore transmitted in male initiation ceremonies among the Mountain Ok of Inner New Guinea, this book offers a new way of explaining how cultural change occurs. Professor Barth focuses on accounting for the local variations in cosmological traditions that exist among the Ok people, who otherwise share largely similar cultures. Rejecting existing anthropological theory as inadequate for explaining this, Professor Barth constructs a new model of the mechanisms of cultural change, emphasizing the role that individual creativity plays in it, and maintaining that cosmologies can be adequately understood only if they are regarded as knowledge in the process of communication, rather than as fixed bodies of belief.
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educator social anthropologist
Barth, Fredrik was born on December 22, 1928 in Leipzig, Germany. Son of Thomas Fredrik and Randi (Thomassen) Barth.
Master of Arts, University Chicago, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge University, England, 1957. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland, 1988.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Edinburgh University, Scotland, 1996.
Research associate, U. Oslo, 1953-1960;
professor, U. Oslo, 1973-1985;
professor, Bergen (Norway) U., 1961-1972;
research fellow, Ministry of Culture, Oslo, since 1985;
professor, Emory University, Atlanta, 1989-1996;
professor, Boston University, since 1997. Consultant United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, Bhutan, 1989-1993, World Bank, China, since 1992. Board directors International Livestock Centre for Africa.
Member Norwegian Research Council, Oslo, 1984-1993.
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Fellow Royal Anthropol. Institute Great Britain (Huxley medal 1989). Member Norwegian Academy of Sciences, Academia Europeae, Royal Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography (Retzius gold medal 1988), International Union of Anthropol. and Ethnological Sciences (life).
Married Unni Wikan, January 30, 1973. 1 child, Kim Wikan.