«Boundaries between populations are not solidly defined lines». Attraversamenti geografici, mappature linguistiche e sconfinamenti disciplinari in Franz Boas

• Main Author: I. Candelieri
• Other Authors: Candelieri Irene, Daffonchio Carlo, Candelieri, I.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: Italian
• Published: EUT - Edizioni Università di Trieste 2022
• Subjects: Franz Boa; human geography; mental life; cultural; anthropology; linguistic anthropology; Baffin Island; Boa; Baffin
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11368/3033998; https://eut.units.it/it/catalogo/confini-e-sconfinamenti/5471

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...