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Board Games in Academia V
Abstracts
Thierry Wendling
H.J.R. Murray and the Study of Games in the Era of the Cambridge School of Ethnology
Heading chess and board-game historian, H.J.R. Murray (1868-1955)
used so many anthropological references in his study of board-games that he
can be considered a true armchair ethnologist of games. Through a general
worldwide survey, he reconstructs the history of board-games from their
invention. In his approach he was notably inspired by the Cambridge School
of Ethnology. Though his contribution remains a valid illustration of the
theory of diffusionism, it was unfortunately underestimated by the tenants
of the new anthropology who, from the 30 onward, prefered intensive local
study to general comparison. This paper will focus on the intellectual
context of this era and will clarify the methodological and theoretical
aspects of Murray's study of several hundred games.
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