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Gudeman, Stephen Frederick was born on June 29, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Edward and Frances (Alschuler) Gudeman.
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Relationships, residence and the individual: A rural Panamanian community (International library of anthropology)
(Representing a departure from traditional studies of soci...)
Representing a departure from traditional studies of social organisation, the book asserts that a kinship system is best understood as a system of concepts rather than as a set of empirical relationships. Three aspects of life in the Panamanian community of Los Boquerones are described First published in 1976.
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(Conversations in Colombia: The Domestic Economy in Life and Text ) Author: Stephen Gudeman Mar-2007
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The Demise of a Rural Economy: From Subsistence to Capitalism in a Latin American Village (Routledge Library Editions. Anthropology and Ethnography. So)
(Bridging a gap between macro- and micro- viewpoints, the ...)
Bridging a gap between macro- and micro- viewpoints, the work shows the ways in which an economy is socially and historically determined. Subsistence is shown to be not only a form of agriculture but a determinant economic organisation and particular attention is paid to the problem of understanding patterns of distribution and the constitution of the surplus in the peasant economy. First published in 1978.
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Conversations in Colombia: The Domestic Economy in Life and Text
(Drawing upon their joint fieldwork, the authors cast this...)
Drawing upon their joint fieldwork, the authors cast this book as a conversation involving themselves, a Colombian rural people, and the writings of past economists. In their view, the material practices of the rural folk constitute a house model of the economy, and the Colombian voices provide a window on prior European fold conversations about the house. The house and the corporation have been the principal modes of material organization in Western life: the former is older, but the latter now predominates. The authors suggest, through use of the Colombian conversations, that textualists of the past transformed and inscribed similar folk voices for their emerging theories of the corporation and the market. They argue that economic knowledge is not simply the product of a scientific community but is often appropriated from folk practices. By situating the knowledge gained from fieldwork within their own traditions, and by using that knowledge to reflect upon the origins of contemporary wisdom, the book implicates the modern-day ethnographer, rural folk, and economist as participants in a long conversation.
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Stephen Frederick Gudeman
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Stephen Frederick Gudeman, American Anthropology educator. Marshall scholar, 1961-1963. Fellow American Anthropol. Association (board directors 1987-1991), American Ethnological Society (president 1989-1991, board directors 1987-1991, associate editor 1981-1984), Royal Anthropol. Institute (secretary, chairman North America committee 1983-1988, Curl Bequest Essay prize 1971), Society Economics Anthropology.
Education
AB, Harvard University, 1961. Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1965. Master of Arts, Cambridge University, England, 1963.
Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge University, England, 1970.
Career
Assistant professor anthropology, University of Minnesota-Minneapolis, 1969-1974;
associate professor anthropology, University of Minnesota-Minneapolis, 1974-1978;
professor anthropology, University of Minnesota-Minneapolis, since 1978;
department chairman, University of Minnesota-Minneapolis, 1984-1989, 96-;
member, Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1978-1979;
fellow, Center for Advanced Study, Palo Alto, California, 1995-1996. Senior fellowship National Endowment for Humanities, 1983-1984. Member selection committee Marshall Scholarships, 1983-1986.
Benedict Distinguished visiting professor Carleton College, 1981. Hardy Chair lecture Hartwick College, 1985.
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Relationships, residence and the individual: A rural Panamanian community (International library of anthropology)
(Representing a departure from traditional studies of soci...)
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Conversations in Colombia: The Domestic Economy in Life and Text
(Drawing upon their joint fieldwork, the authors cast this...)
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The Demise of a Rural Economy: From Subsistence to Capitalism in a Latin American Village (Routledge Library Editions. Anthropology and Ethnography. So)
(Bridging a gap between macro- and micro- viewpoints, the ...)
- (Conversations in Colombia: The Domestic Economy in Life and Text ) Author: Stephen Gudeman Mar-2007
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Relationships, residence and the individual: A rural Panamanian community (International library of anthropology)
Membership
Fellow American Anthropol. Association (board directors 1987-1991), American Ethnological Society (president 1989-1991, board directors 1987-1991, associate editor 1981-1984), Royal Anthropol. Institute (secretary, chairman North America committee 1983-1988, Curl Bequest Essay prize 1971), Society Economics Anthropology.
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Married Roxane Harvey, September 20, 1965. Children: Rebecca, Elise, Keren.
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