Dear all, This is to let you know that the latest issue of Social Anthropology/Anthropologie Sociale, entitled ’The Cognitive Challenge’ and guest-edited by Denis Regnier & Rita Astuti, has just been published online: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/soca.v23.2/issuetoc <http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/soca.v23.2/issuetoc> *** TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction: taking up the cognitive challenge Denis Regnier & Rita Astuti ARTICLES A non-essentialist theory of race: the case of an Afro-indigenous village in northern Peru Tamara Hale Clean people, unclean people: the essentialisation of ‘slaves’ among the southern Betsileo of Madagascar Denis Regnier Transsingularities: the cognitive foundations of shamanism in Northern Asia Charles Stépanoff COMMENTARIES ON MAURICE BLOCH Questioning the scope and audience of anthropology Catherine Allerton Human cognition is intrinsically social, developmental and historical Tim Ingold Why cognitive anthropology needs to understand social interaction and its mediation Webb Keane Reflections on meta-representations Susanne Küchler Anthropology and the non-natural properties of human nature: relax and enjoy them Richard A. Shweder The mutual challenge of anthropology and cognitive science Andrea Bender & Sieghard Beller Must cognitive anthropology be mentalistic? Moving towards a relational ontology of social reality Laurence Kaufmann & Fabrice Clément The science of cognitive science Susan Carey Cognitive science and the cultural challenge Susan A. Gelman and Steven O. Roberts Children make good anthropologists Paul Harris Abandoning the ‘theoretical apartheid’ between nature and nurture: human infants hold the key Sandra R. Waxman What is the challenge? Maurice Bloch *** ************************************************************* * Anthropology-Matters Mailing List * http://www.anthropologymatters.com * * A postgraduate project comprising online journal, * * online discussions, teaching and research resources * * and international contacts directory. * * To join this list or to look at the archived previous * * messages visit: * * http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/Anthropology-Matters.HTML * * If you have ALREADY subscribed: to send a message to all * * those currently subscribed to the list,just send mail to: * * [log in to unmask] * * * * Enjoyed the mailing list? Why not join the new * * CONTACTS SECTION @ www.anthropologymatters.com * * an international directory of anthropology researchers * * To unsubscribe: please log on to jiscmail.ac.uk, and * * go to the 'Subscriber's corner' page. * * ***************************************************************