Norwegian anthropology conferences are different

Hi, funny you’ve mentioned egalitarianism because I’m just writing an article to Antropress about relationships in academia (a little manifesto for anthropology students who still do not participate in these meetings. I hope it will be in the coming issue.
Antropyton has 3 exams yet so it will not be much blogging this week.

Cool. Will be interesting to read. Good luck with your exams. There won’t be much blogging here either, many deadlines are approaching…

Norwegian society is quite egalitarian compared to other countries and academics are frequently present in mainstream media. You are expected to be “folkelig” - meaning “like normal people” and tear down the walls between academia and the people outside.

This seems far better than the way things work here in America. Academics are not held in particularly high regard by the mainstream public. They’re generally thought of to be stuck-up intellectual types (which, granted, many are) or otherwise irrelevant. I think it is important for there to be a continual dialogue between academia and the public, but sadly that doesn’t seem to be the case here.

I am looking for help or suggestions in identifying the nationality and perhaps identification of a person whose image is etched into an amber stone in a personal gold seal that I own. The seal dates back to 18th or 19th century,and experts here in US believe it is Norse in origin. I found it while gardening in my yard in San Diego, CA US. about 30 years ago, together with a Spanish coin dated 1736.

I have both images on a CD and would be glad to e mail them to anyone who would like to see them.
Terry
Santa Fe, NM USA

Hi Terry, it’s better to ask questions that are not related to a post in the forum - see here http://www.antropologi.info/anthropology/forum/