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137: 22: 434:, contact between two or more civilizations created a "fascinating synthesis". He says this synthesis is "one that had been steadfastly slighted by anthropologists, who wanted to study "pure" India, whatever that may be!" In line with this argument, he did a stint of research in Mauritius in 1987, concentrating on 535:. In 2019, he published in two volumes: "Goan Anthropology: Festivals, Films and Fish", and "Goan Anthropology: Mothers,Miracles and Mythology" at Goa,1556 Press. These volumes contain almost all of the previous work plus a number of new chapters, new bibliography and new introductions. 288:, and after a serendipitous visit in 1965, he found his chance. He was able to begin research there in 1978 and returned many times over the next 12 years. During this period, he also taught in 638: 439: 633: 50: 30: 309: 584: 563: 389: 482:, and a middle class, urban school run by Christian Brothers. Newman has written other articles on the nexus of education and culture in 623: 613: 123: 136: 104: 538:
He is a semi-professional photographer and has had 15 one-man exhibitions over the last 30 years, selling hundreds of prints.
372:) but that the human and ecological price paid has been extremely high. Overall, he attempts to show that popular religion in 76: 54: 46: 519: 83: 628: 35: 463: 90: 39: 179: 151: 72: 618: 251: 608: 259: 194:. Music was his first love, but it turned out to be a short one. A chance to be an exchange student in 308:
until 1989, when he returned to Marblehead to start a new life in an old place. He wound up teaching
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Newman was the first to apply modern anthropological theory and writing to the study of
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in 1964 with a Cornell project. In the Peace Corps he worked two years in
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Picture-Postcard Poverty: Unheard voices, forgotten issues from rural Goa
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in 1959, turned Newman towards Asia and he earned his B.A. in
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from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially
15: 348:culture must be seen as a synthesis which formed a 513:Newman has written a wide variety of articles on 639:State University of New York at Cortland faculty 506:revolutions, the transformation of knowledge in 414:Newman argues that in Goa, as in such places as 554:Mani, Kalanand & Noronha, Frederick (2008) 364:, was also successfully applied to fishing in 376:, as separate from the classical versions of 360:" process that increased grain production in 8: 356:one. A second conclusion is that the same " 312:in the immigrant community from the former 53:about living persons that is unsourced or 517:. Many of them were combined in his book 124:Learn how and when to remove this message 170:Newman was born Robert Samuel Newman in 547: 332:society, his main arguments being that 634:People from Marblehead, Massachusetts 478:: a typical village school, a Muslim 258:. After short stints teaching at the 7: 273:with his wife to start teaching at 520:Of Umbrellas, Goddesses and Dreams 438:in its various aspects among the " 14: 450:Newman's original field work in 20: 146:(born February 12, 1943) is an 269:in 1973, Newman immigrated to 1: 464:Grassroots Education in India 310:English as a Second Language 284:He had long wished to study 31:biography of a living person 316:, but continued working on 58:must be removed immediately 655: 523:which is published by the 206:in 1964. He then went to 624:Cornell University alumni 400:feast day ceremonies and 344:region of India and that 152:Marblehead, Massachusetts 614:American anthropologists 340:, but rather a slightly 166:Early life and education 336:has never been part of 252:Organizational Behavior 226:, he worked briefly in 218:Early anthropology work 498:, a comparison of the 462:, resulted in a book " 304:. 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