Drinking practices (Anthropology)

“Boon Companion,”

by Samer Ali

Published 2011 in Encyclopedia of Islam, Third Edition. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 137-39.

In this entry, I trace the usage of the Arabic term "nadim," sometimes translated as boon companion or... In this entry, I trace the usage of the Arabic term "nadim," sometimes translated as boon companion or drinking buddy.

From D.D's to Y.Y. to Park 97 to Muse: Dance Club Spaces and the Construction of Class in Shanghai, 1997-2007

by Andrew Field

This article explores the development of an internationalized dance club scene in Shanghai between 1997 and 2007,... more This article explores the development of an internationalized dance club scene in Shanghai between 1997 and 2007, focusing on four clubs. It examines how clubs have become a conduit for dance and music to enter China, while also exploring how both local and international clubbing practices are negotiated. The roles of owners, managers, DJs, and patrons in constructing the clubbing experience are discussed as well as the tendency for clubs to promote social and sexual interactions between local and overseas Chinese and foreigners. Clubs also provide separate and distinct cultural and social spaces for these groups to create their own social and class identities.

Andriotis, K. (2010). Brits Behaving Badly - Template Analysis of Newspaper Content. International Journal of Tourism Anthropology, 1(1): 15-34.

by Konstantinos Andriotis

Free access available at: http://www.inderscience.com/storage/f584721091131612.pdf

This study explores the ways in which public debates about the sexual, drinking and risk taking behaviour of young... more This study explores the ways in which public debates about the sexual, drinking and risk taking behaviour of young British travellers, who participate in trips organized to Greek summer resorts exclusively by Club 18-30, have been interpreted, and framed, within print media (British newspapers). Using a template analysis approach four themes emerged, namely binge drinking, sexual behaviour, risk taking and host reactions. These themes are discussed in relation to the methodology adopted, and the findings of previous research, and policies for risk-taking decrease, and solutions to reduce the problems posed by young tourists’ antisocial behaviour in summer Greek resorts, are provided.

Keywords: youth travel, antisocial behaviour, binge drinking, casual sex, risk taking, template analysis.

Un servei de vaixella procedent de l'assentament de la primera edat del ferro de Sant Jaume (Alcanar, Montsià)

by David Garcia i Rubert

Co-authored with I. Moreno

Household bottled water consumption in Phoneix: a lifestyle choice

by Sturle Hauge Simonsen

Full reference: York, A.M., Barnett, A., Wutich, A., Crona, B.I. (2011) Household bottled water consumption in Phoneix: a lifestyle choice. Water International 36(6):708-718.

The demand for bottled water has grown tremendously in recent years, together with concern about its environmental... more The demand for bottled water has grown tremendously in recent years, together with concern about its environmental impacts.

The authors surveyed individuals in Phoenix, Arizona about their water consumption behaviour, socio-demographic characteristics, perception of water quality and trust in the government's willingness to respond to water quality issues.

Using a logit model, the authors then tested the relationship between the respondents' characteristics and bottled water consumption for cooking and drinking in the home.

Our results indicate that bottled water consumption reflects lifestyle choice not environmental concerns.

Theorising hospitality

by Peter Lugosi

This was published as Lynch, P, Germann Molz, J., McIntosh, A., Lugosi, P. and Lashley C. (2011) Theorising hospitality. Hospitality & Society 1(1), pp. 3-24. DOI: 10.1386/hosp.1.1.3_2

From food, work and organization to the study of hospitality and organization: reconsidering the special issue of Human Relations, 61: 7 (2008).

by Peter Lugosi

Lugosi, P., 2011. From food, work and organization to the study of hospitality and organization: reconsidering the special issue of Human Relations, 61: 7 (2008). Hospitality & Society, 1 (1), pp. 85-89.

O horizontu ratničkih grobova 5. stoljeća pr. Kr. na prostoru istočne obale Jadrana i njezina zaleđa: primjer novog nalaza iz Vranjeva Sela kod Neuma / On the horizon of warrior’s graves from 5th century BC on the territory of the eastern Adriatic coast and it’s hinterland: the case of the new discovery from Vranjevo Selo near Neum

by Martina Blecic Kavur

In the process of printing (Prilozi Instituta za Arheologiju u Zagrebu 28) 2011

During the archaeological supervision monitoring the widening of the road from Neum to Stolac in 2006 a rescue... more During the archaeological supervision monitoring the widening of the road from Neum to Stolac in 2006 a rescue excavation was carried out on the site of Vidića guvno in Vranjevo Selo near Neum. The research confirmed the presence of a burial tumulus with warrior's, most probably multiple, inhumations. Later, in the medieval period, the inhumations continued and a cemetery below monumental medieval tombstones was created. Later an subsequent rebuilding of the site in to a treshing floor damaged the cultural layers, but the valuable finds of the material culture from the Iron Age remained preserved.
The inventory of the so called Illyrian warrior's grave fits perfectly in to the already known cultural image of the region of Neum and of the broader southern Dalmatian territory in the 5th century BC. It contained the full equipment of offensive and defensive weaponry, a jewelry set and an exceptionally rich ceramic syposiastic service. The typological determination of these finds demonstrates strong connections to the Glasinac cultural area and the central Balkans horizon of princely graves, but on the other hand the imports demonstrate also the connections to the classical Greek and Macedonian sphere and again confirm the thesis about the existence of a well stratified warriors aristocracy in this area. Illyrian helmets of the superregional III A2-a type, as well as individual elements of jewelry and attire demonstrate the special attention and the importance of the local production originating from the production centers located on the costal area of the central and southern Adriatic. The association of such finds in individual graves is not only a reflection of the status of the deceased and their economic importance, but also the demonstration of military and political authority of these local aristocracies which balanced between the complex relations of the regional societies and everyday stronger Macedonian influences as well as the penetration of the Italic and Greek colonies located on the eastern Adriatic. It was actually through their mediations that the customs of adding rich sets of drinking vessels and military equipment in to the graves, generally interpreted in the framework of the dominant fashion of that period, were transferred and adapted to the needs of cultural groups located on the shores of the eastern Adriatic.

The production of hospitable space: Commercial propositions and consumer co-creation in a bar operation

by Peter Lugosi

This is the accepted post-review version, published in Space and Culture 2009 Vol. 12 No. 4, pp. 396-411. DOI:10.1177/1206331209348083

This paper examines the processes through which a commercial bar is transformed into a hospitable space. Drawing on a... more This paper examines the processes through which a commercial bar is transformed into a hospitable space. Drawing on a study of a venue patronized by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual/transgender consumers, it considers how social and commercial forms of hospitality are mobilized. The paper argues that hospitable space has an ideological, normative and situational dimension. More specifically, it suggests the bar’s operation is tied to a set of ideological conceptions, which become the potential basis of association and disassociation among consumers. It examines the forces and processes that shape who participates in the production and consumption of hospitality and how. Finally, it considers the situational, emergent nature of hospitality and the discontinuous production of hospitable space. Rather than focusing exclusively on host-guest or provider-customer relations, which dominates existing work on hospitality, the paper examines how consumers’ perceptions, actions and interactions shape the production of hospitality. By doing so the paper offers an alternative approach to understanding queer spaces, bar operation as well as hospitality.

Delmati, vino i formiranje etničkog identiteta u predrimskom Iliriku

by Danijel Dzino

Vjesnik za arheologiju i povijest dalmatinsku, 99 (2006), 71-80.
in Croatian

The Delmatae, wine and formation of ethnic identity in pre-Roman Illyricum

This paper deals with the lack... more The Delmatae, wine and formation of ethnic identity in pre-Roman Illyricum

This paper deals with the lack of archaeological finds that confirm wine-drinking habits amongst the Delmatae in Illyricum. The thesis of Dietler, that the demand for goods is not an automatic response but rather something that should be understood in regional political and cultural relationships, is used to link the absence of wine and the construction of Delmataean ethnic identity.
Focusing on the wider clash of drinking ideologies in ancient (and modern) Europe, this paper suggests that the change in alcohol-consumption habits from Continental beer/mead/cider-drinking to Mediterranean wine-drinking amongst the neighbours of the Delmatae is the consequence of wider socio-political transitions and the establishment of the core-periphery model of exchange in pre-Roman Illyricum, after Greek penetration into the Adriatic in the 4th century BC. The foundation of the Delmataean alliance in c. 3rd century BC is considered to be an attempt to redistribute the networks of exchange in Illyricum that were controlled by its Delmataean neighbours, who were strongly impacted by Mediterranean ‘globalisation’. At the same time the Delmataean political alliance was recognised as the core of the Delmataean ethnic identity, further strengthened through the conflicts with their neighbours such as the Liburni, Illyrians, Issaean commonwealth and certainly, the Roman Republic.
Differences in consumption of alcoholic beverages are essentially a part of Bourdieu’s social habitus, and Barthian “cultural stuff ”, that is not directly involved in the process of construction of identities. However, in the background of the Delmataean conflicts with their neighbours who accepted some elements of Mediterranean culture, including consumption of wine, the choice of alcoholic beverage becomes an “ethnic boundary” that significantly influences the construction of ethnic identity. This paper concludes that the newly-formed identity of the Delmatae, amongst other things, incorporated a strong anti-Mediterranean sentiment that draw the Delmatae closer to their northern neighbours, the Pannonii, and that sentiment is visible through their unity in the bellum Batonianum, but can be assumed even earlier in the bellum Pannonicum jointly fought against the Romans.
Thus, lack of evidence for consumption of wine amongst the Delmatae is the fact that reveals a complex regional process of formation and transition of ethnic identities in pre-Roman Illyricum. This process was caused by wider ‘tectonic’ historical movements that corresponded with the formation of the ‘global’ Mediterranean world and the incorporation of Illyricum and its heterogeneous ethnic communities in that world.

For the Drink of the Nation: Drink, Labour and Plantation Capitalism in the colonial tea plantations of Assam

by Nitin Varma

This volume, in honour of Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, brings together a set of essays that highlight some of the major... more This volume, in honour of Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, brings together a set of essays that highlight some of the major transformations in the field of labour history today.

The present juncture is one in which the geographical boundaries of the discipline, which were narrowly configured around the nation-state, are being challenged; and the analytical category of labour, for long identified with the industrial, unionized and male worker, has been stretched to include hitherto marginalized, informal workers. The shift away from Eurocentric comparisons in recent years has meant a questioning of the spatial, temporal and relational binaries that were dominant in the writing of labour history earlier. By focusing on sites, forms and relations of labour that habitually cut across the classical divides of labour history, the essays explore connections between events and processes across time and space. They demonstrate that global history is not just history at a global scale, but a macro-view of historical processes of importance to human societies and their systematic analyses at all scales. Global history, the contributions in this volume show, can be solidly based on micro-historical studies, if these studies connect with the larger areas of inquiry.