A Companion to Cognitive Anthropology

A Companion to Cognitive Anthropology offers a comprehensive overview of the development of cognitive anthropology from its inception to the present day and presents recent findings in the areas of theory, methodology, and field research in twenty-nine key essays by leading scholars. Demonstrates the importance of cognitive anthropology as an early constituent of the cognitive sciences   Examines how culturally shared and complex cognitive systems work, how they are structured, how they differ from one culture to another, how they are learned and passed on Explains how cultural (or collective) vs. individual knowledge distinguishes cognitive anthropology from cognitive psychology Examines recent theories and methods for studying cognition in real-world scenarios Contains twenty-nine key essays by leading names in the field Content: Chapter 1 A History of Cognitive Anthropology (pages 9–29): B. G. BlountChapter 2 The History of the Cultural Models School Reconsidered: A Paradigm Shift in Cognitive Anthropology (pages 30–46): Naomi QuinnChapter 3 The Cognitive Context of Cognitive Anthropology (pages 47–60): Jurg Wassmann, Christian Kluge and Dominik AlbrechtChapter 4 The Limits of the Habitual: Shifting Paradigms for Language and Thought (pages 61–81): Janet Dixon KellerChapter 5 Types of Collective Representations: Cognition, Mental Architecture, and Cultural Knowledge (pages 82–101): Giovanni Bennardo and David B. KronenfeldChapter 6 Personal Knowledge and Collective Representations (pages 102–114): John B. GatewoodChapter 7 How to Collect Data that Warrant Analysis (pages 115–130): W. Penn HandwerkerChapter 8 Data, Method, and Interpretation in Cognitive Anthropology (pages 131–152): James BosterChapter 9 Multi?Item Scales and Cognitive Ethnography (pages 153–170): Kateryna Maltseva and Roy D'AndradeChapter 10 Consensus Analysis (pages 171–190): Stephen P. Borgatti and Daniel S. HalginChapter 11 Narrative, Mind, and Culture (pages 191–209): Benjamin N. ColbyChapter 12 Simulation (and Modeling) (pages 210–226): Michael Fischer and David B. KronenfeldChapter 13 Mathematical Representation of Cultural Constructs (pages 227–253): Dwight ReadChapter 14 Kinship Theory and Cognitive Theory in Anthropology (pages 254–269): F. K. L. Chit HlaingChapter 15 Numerical Cognition and Ethnomathematics (pages 270–289): Andrea Bender and Sieghard BellerChapter 16 “Indigenous Knowledge” and the Understanding of Cultural Cognition: The Contribution of Studies of Environmental Knowledge Systems (pages 290–313): Roy EllenChapter 17 Emotions, Motivation, and behavior in Cognitive Anthropology (pages 314–330): E. N. AndersonChapter 18 Social Networks, Cognition, and Culture (pages 331–354): Douglas R. WhiteChapter 19 Culture and Cognition: The Role of Cognitive Anthropology in Anthropology and the Cognitive Sciences (pages 355–375): Norbert Ross and Douglas L. MedinChapter 20 Cultural Models, Power, and Hegemony (pages 376–392): Halvard VikeChapter 21 Cognitive Anthropology through a Gendered Lens (pages 393–412): Carol C. MukhopadhyayChapter 22 Sociality in Cognitive and Sociocultural Anthropologies: The Relationships Aren't Just Additive (pages 413–429): Lynn ThomasChapter 23 Cognitive Anthropology and Education: Foundational Models of Self and Cultural Models of Teaching and Learning in Japan and the United States (pages 430–449): Hidetada ShimizuChapter 24 Archaeological Approaches to Cognitive Evolution (pages 450–467): Miriam Noel HaidleChapter 25 The Distributed Cognition Model of Mind (pages 469–488): Brian HazlehurstChapter 26 A Foundational Cultural Model in Polynesia: Monarchy, Democracy, and the Architecture of the Mind (pages 489–512): Giovanni BennardoChapter 27 Cognitive Approaches to the Study of Romantic Love: Semantic, Cross?Cultural, and as a Process (pages 513–530): Victor C. de MunckChapter 28 Trouble as Part of Everyday Life: Cognitive and Sociocultural Processes in Avoiding and Responding to Illness (pages 531–547): Linda C. GarroChapter 29 Using Consensus Analysis to Investigate Cultural Models of Alzheimer's Disease (pages 548–568): Robert W. Schrauf and Madelyn Iris