God and the Anthropologist

The Responsibility of the Anthropologist.

The God of Religion and the God of Philosophy

PHILOSOPHY Ever since the time of Pascal men have feared that the 'God' worshipped by believers and the 'God' contemplated by philosophers were somehow different. The former was personal, historically active, slow to anger and plentiful in mercy: the latter was dubiously able to be described in personal terms at all, and infinite in such a way as to baffle the imagination. The 'God' of the form...

A Microbial Anthropologist in the Jungle

Fieldwork Finally, we approach the port after days sitting on the narrowbench of the canoe, watchingwalls of vegetation bending over the rivers that zigzag the jungle, guarded by taller trees behind, with their skirt of shade. The scene is similarly beautifully dynamic under the changing light of the day, in the jungles of Venezuela or Peru. We recognize the canoe port, and the trail leading up...

An Anthropologist Considers the Single Noongar Judgment

1 end of October. But other media outlets which pride themselves on their commitment to the serious discussion of indigenous issues, such as The Australian and the ABC, have presented a succession of laudatory commentaries on the judgment without examining whether Noongar people really had a sound basis for their native title claim. As an anthropologist who gave evidence in the Single Noongar c...

Rudolf Virchow; Doctor, Statesman, Anthropologist

This report, including an abundance of tables, describes in detail various experiments designed to throw light on problems encountered in the Japanese program of producing BCG vaccine for immunization against tuberculosis. Studies were made of production of dried vaccine, of methods of preservation, of virulence, and of potency in guinea pigs. Discussion follows the description of each experime...