Symbolic Anthropology (Anthropology)

The Symbolic Universe of the UKM: A Semiotic Analysis of the National University of Malaysia

by Hans-Dieter Evers

Misyurov D.A. Dialectical formulas based on the binary notation as the development formulas // Credo New. 2012. №2

by Dmitry Misyurov

The article suggests dialectical formulas based on the binary notation as the development formulas: formula with... more The article suggests dialectical formulas based on the binary notation as the development formulas: formula with dominant and the non-dominant elements; universal formula; formula with symbolic weight of elements; tautological formula. For example, it suggests an opportunity to use the dialectical formulas for modeling and artificial intelligence creation, etc.

What symbols

by Dmitry Misyurov

This article contains 12 questions about the symbols. What are your thoughts in response? This article contains 12 questions about the symbols. What are your thoughts in response?

Dexterous Creation: Material Manifestations of Instrumental Symbolism in the Americas

by Christopher Fennell

This chapter is forthcoming as part of Materials, Meanings, and Modernities of Rituals in the Black Atlantic, edited by Akin Ogundiran and Paula Saunders, Indiana University Press (in press, 2012).  Please email me if you wish to see an advance copy of the draft chapter.

Archaeological studies of African-American sites in North America have presented analysts with tremendous challenges... more Archaeological studies of African-American sites in North America have presented analysts with tremendous challenges of interpreting the possible symbolic meanings of nineteenth-century material culture.  A range of artifacts uncovered in the living and work spaces of African Americans in that time period raises issues of the interplay of individual and social group dynamics and implicates a spectrum of past expressive modes, from the emblems of sodalities to assertions of personal aspirations.  This chapter explores these dynamics through a case study, examining the characteristics of small hand figures uncovered at such archaeological sites and the broad historical processes in which those diminutive items were likely embedded.

The Encompassment of the Jaguar: The Symbolic Structure of Classic Mayan Kingship and Sacrifice

by Rafael C. Alvarado

Ph.D. Dissertation, 2000, University of Virginia.

This Silence Gets us Nowhere: Key Symbols and Anglo-American Quakerism (circa 1988, revisions 1990, 2012)

by Ronald Helfrich, Jnr.

'In Time and Eternity': Symbols and Mormon History (circa 1992, revisions 2002, 2003, 2012)

by Ronald Helfrich, Jnr.

Geographic distribution and symbolism of colored mound architecture in the Mississippian Southeast

by Corin Pursell

Serpents, Sainthood, and Celebrity: Symbolic and Ritual Tensions in Appalachian Pentecostal Serpent Handling

by Keith Tidball

Co-authored with Chris Toumey.

Intense media coverage of Appalachian Pentecostal-Holiness serpent handling sometimes causes a switch in... more Intense media coverage of Appalachian Pentecostal-Holiness serpent handling sometimes causes a switch in signifier/signified relationships. The snakes used symbolically in this practice are grounded less in traditional religious meaning, and more in a certain recent secular meaning: from signifying faith in the Holy Spirit to indicating the value of celebrity status. This phenomenon is analyzed in a framework of theories about symbols and rituals, and is then described in a series of ethnographic observations at a serpent-handling church in Kentucky. This case study raises some troubling issues about how cosmopolitan media represent a distinctive local culture.

Signifying Serpents: Hermeneutic Change in Appalachian Pentecostal Serpent Handling

by Keith Tidball

Co-authored with Chris Toumey.

Media Constructs of a Serpent-handling Community: Shifts in Symbol, Ritual, and Roles

by Keith Tidball

Honors Thesis for BA Anthropology at University of Kentucky, 1998

Une volonté de s' approprier symboliquement les qualités de l'autruche serait à l'origine de certains jeux graphiques dans l'art rupestre du Sahara oriental. - Les Cahiers de l'AARS, 13, 2009: 81-84.

by Julien d'Huy

http://aars.fr/

L’homme qui voyait l’autruche rapide, vigilante, belliqueuse, a sans doute envié ces qualités, au point de vouloir se... more L’homme qui voyait l’autruche rapide, vigilante, belliqueuse, a sans doute envié ces qualités, au point de vouloir se les approprier. C’est ce qui explique toute une série de jeux graphiques dans l’art rupestre du Sahara oriental, où l’on peut par ailleurs voir l’une des sources de la symbolique égyptienne de l’oiseau.

The man who had seen a fast, watchful, warlike ostrich, doubtless envied these qualities, to the point of wanting to appropriate them. That explains a whole series of graphic games in the rock art of Eastern Sahara, where we can besides see one of the sources of the Egyptian symbolism of this bird.

MONSTROSITY AND MARVEL: SYMBOLIC CONVERGENCE AND MIMETIC ELABORATION IN TRANS-CULTURAL REPRESENTATION: AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL READING OF RALEGH'S DISCOVERIE…

by Neil L. Whitehead

FOURNIER, Patricia and Luis Arturo Jiménez, 2005. “Contracultura, corporeidad y erotismo: Jim Morrison como exponente de la subversión en el rock and roll”. In II Congreso Internacional “El Cuerpo Descifrado”. México. (digital proceedings)

by PATRICIA FOURNIER G.

La Meccanica Sociospaziale Della Dominazione

by Leonidas Cheliotis

A review of environmental symbology: Origins and contributions toward a theoretical framework.

by Lindsay Tan

Tan, L. (2011) A review of environmental symbology: Origins and contributions toward a theoretical framework. In Journal of Interior Design, 36(2). pp 39-49.

Environmental symbology (ES) is the study of symbolic meaning within the human environment including personal,... more Environmental symbology (ES) is the study of symbolic meaning within the human environment including personal, sociocultural, and mythic contexts of understanding. This emerging discipline is part of the web of environment and behavior research, with roots in several fields including semiotics, symbolic anthropology, and psychoanalysis. Symbolic meaning enriches human space with personal and sociocultural value; it communicates attitudes and beliefs, integrates with other sign systems in communication, and regulates social behaviors. Yet, to date, none of the existing literature has acknowledged the full scope of ES and contemporary research into ES remains limited. To understand how ES can contribute to the body of knowledge in interior design, it is necessary to present how this realm of research is both collaborative and additive with other fields. This review explores the theoretical framework of ES research and highlights some of the major contributions from other disciplines. It then explains the role of the environmental symbologist in serving the body of knowledge of interior design through cataloging symbolic artifacts and motifs. Further, the work describes the present author’s development of a symbolic typology utilizing Jung’s model of archetypes and explains several of the symbolic motifs identified therein. An improved understanding of the symbolic meaning of space can benefit our understanding of the psychological needs of its inhabitants. This review offers an introduction in how and why the environmental symbologist gives primacy to the exploration of the human–environment relationship through the study of the personal, sociocultural, and mythic meanings of space.

6000 ago the Proto-Thracians Draw the Evolution of the Divine. – In: Courier of UNESCO, No 1, 1996

by Stefania Dimitrova

Symbols of Armenian Identity. The Khachkar or Cross-Stone.

by Hamlet L. Petrosyan

Published in "Armenian Folk Arts, Culture, and Identity", Indiana University Press, Bloomington and Indianapolis, 2001. pp. 61-70, 279.

The khachkar, or cross-stone, is a memorial stone unique to Armenia. It is a free-standing, upright, rectangular stone... more The khachkar, or cross-stone, is a memorial stone unique to Armenia. It is a free-standing, upright, rectangular stone slab that is elaborately carved in a deep bas-relief on the side facing
west. A cross is carved in the center of the stone against a background of vegetal and interlaced geometric motifs.

Symbols of Armenian Identity. The Khachkar or Cross-Stone.

by Hamlet L. Petrosyan

Published in "Armenian Folk Arts, Culture, and Identity", Indiana University Press, Bloomington and Indianapolis, 2001. pp. 61-70, 279.

The khachkar, or cross-stone, is a memorial stone unique to Armenia. It is a free-standing, upright, rectangular stone... more The khachkar, or cross-stone, is a memorial stone unique to Armenia. It is a free-standing, upright, rectangular stone slab that is elaborately carved in a deep bas-relief on the side facing
west. A cross is carved in the center of the stone against a background of vegetal and interlaced geometric motifs.

Глобализация и традиционные символы армянской идентичности

by Hamlet L. Petrosyan

Published in Анив, N 2 (35) 2011. с. 16-22.

В этой статье не ставится цель каким-либо образом исследовать вопрос историчности Эдемского сада, Всемирного потопа... more В этой статье не ставится цель каким-либо образом исследовать вопрос историчности Эдемского сада, Всемирного потопа или Ковчега. Моя цель гораздо конкретнее.
Во-первых, выяснить, когда и при каких обстоятельствах сформировались основные символы армянской идентичности, которые сегодня снова получили широкое распространение: Гора Ковчега, Сад Ноя, Потерянный рай.
Во-вторых, показать их историческое развитие в течение веков, их проявления в наши дни.
В-третьих, попытаться с помощью историко-сравнительного исследования доказать, что эти комплексы идентичности получают особое развитие именно в условиях глобализации, в качестве своеобразного проявления и результата механизма приспособления сообщества к новым историческим условиям.