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Robert Shanafelt
Georgia Southern University
Email: robshan@georgiasouthern.edu

Department of Sociology & Anthropology
PO Box 8051
Statesboro, GA 30460-8051
Phone:  (912) 478-1581
Fax: (912) 478-0703

 Academic Interests:  Studies of Political Ideology, Folklore; Cognitive Naturalism; Teaching of Anthropology; Religion; African Studies.

Casual Interests:  Hiking, biking, many different types of music, dry humor.

SAMPLE COURSE OFFERINGS

Introduction to Anthropology
Cultures of Africa
Folklife and Folk Religion
Introduction to Biological Anthropology
Social Theory

                  Sample Publications                   

(2009) A Wormhole to Kroeber’s Whirlpool: Revisiting Cultural Configurations in Light of Complexity and Assemblage Theory.  In Regna Darnell and Frederic W. Gleach, Eds. Histories of Anthropology Annual. Volume V. 5:52-76. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press).     

(2009)  The Nature of Flag Power: How Flags Entail Dominance, Subordination, and  Social Solidarity. Politics and the Life Sciences. 27(2):13-27.

(2008)    Synergy, Meshworks, and the Nature of Anthropology: A Teaching Perspective.   Southern Anthropologist. 33(1/2):37-50. 

(2007) Synergy, Evolution, and Culture: An Introduction to the Fields of Anthropology. Online or digital text. National Social Science Press. Available at http://www.nsspress.com/

This text looks at the various types of anthropology from a naturalistic approach. It discusses anthropology in terms of various emerging levels of complexity--from the realms of basic physical form and biological form to the less tangible realms of cultural and linguistic interaction.

Selections from Synergy, Evolution, and Culture:

Table of contents.pdf

Introduction.pdf

2005  Political Tokens, Pro-Confederate Ideology, and the Catchy Significance of Formulaic Thought.   Quarterly Journal of Ideology. 28(3-4). Online journal.  Political Tokens, Pro-Confederate Ideology, and the Catchy Significance of Formulaic Thought.pdf

2004   Magic, Miracles, and Marvels in Anthropology. Ethnos. 69(3): 317-340.

2004   Conservative Critiques of African-American Culture: Anthropological and Philosophical Perspectives on the Claim of False Consciousness.  Anthropological Theory. 4(1)89-110

2002   Idols of our Tribes? Relativism, Truth, and Falsity in Ethnographic Fieldwork and Cross-Cultural Interaction.  Critique of Anthropology . 22(1):7-29.

 

Chumical, Panama, 12/06