«Boundaries between populations are not solidly defined lines». Attraversamenti geografici, mappature linguistiche e sconfinamenti disciplinari in Franz Boas
The personal and intellectual biography of Franz Boas testifies to a tireless scientific research and public commitment dedicated to the study of cultures and to the “human manifestations of mental life”. Moving from Germany with a background in physics, geography and natural sciences, he arrived in...
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| Language: | Italian |
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EUT - Edizioni Università di Trieste
2022
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/11368/3033998 https://eut.units.it/it/catalogo/confini-e-sconfinamenti/5471 |
| Summary: | The personal and intellectual biography of Franz Boas testifies to a tireless scientific research and public commitment dedicated to the study of cultures and to the “human manifestations of mental life”. Moving from Germany with a background in physics, geography and natural sciences, he arrived in the United States opening the field to cultural anthropology as a discipline, becoming one of the pioneers in ethnolinguistic and ethnomusicological studies. We will therefore try to outline a mapping of these Boasian disciplinary encroachments, showing how they are connected to his geographic crossings, from the first journey through the Canadian ice of Baffin Island (1883-1884), up to the field research carried out in British Columbia from 1885 to 1930. |
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