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Sara [Visitor] in response to: "A wonderful development" - Anthropologists on the Egypt Uprising (updated 6.2.)

Sara [Visitor] — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:28:10 +0000

Hi Lorenz, here is a very interesting interview with anthropologist Dr.Chad Haines.

http://www.azfamily.com/news/9pm-extra/Will-downfall-of-Arab-autocrats-actually-keep-America-safe-117440179.html

Cristina [Visitor] in response to: "A wonderful development" - Anthropologists on the Egypt Uprising (updated 6.2.)

Cristina [Visitor] — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 20:39:03 +0000

Thank you! I was looking for some links with this information and there you are :-) Great! I've shared your post in my blog.

Sara [Visitor] in response to: "A wonderful development" - Anthropologists on the Egypt Uprising (updated 6.2.)

Sara [Visitor] — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 08:32:58 +0000

@Lorenz, great job
You can also if you are interested this article written by Asaf Bayat
http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/786/paradoxes-of-arab-refo-lutions

and also here the link of an interview with Asef Bayat
http://vimeo.com/19802553

Laura Fulton [Visitor] in response to: "A wonderful development" - Anthropologists on the Egypt Uprising (updated 6.2.)

Laura Fulton [Visitor] — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 21:54:44 +0000

Great post! Wonderfully comprehensive! I have highlighted your post on my blog for teachers and professors of introductory level anthropology courses - http://blogs.triplealearning.com/category/diploma/dp_socanth/

bjornification [Visitor] in response to: "A wonderful development" - Anthropologists on the Egypt Uprising (updated 6.2.)

bjornification [Visitor] — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:19:42 +0000

In memory of an Egyption hero http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gF_kLO7Y40

Lorenz [Member] in response to: "A wonderful development" - Anthropologists on the Egypt Uprising (updated 6.2.)

Lorenz [Member] — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 12:02:38 +0000

Thanks a lot for the link to your post. Very interesting! I've included it in my post above

Rosemary Joyce [Visitor] in response to: "A wonderful development" - Anthropologists on the Egypt Uprising (updated 6.2.)

Rosemary Joyce [Visitor] — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 20:27:52 +0000

Apropos of the dilemma that anthropologists who are archaeologists are facing, the Archaeology Division of the AAA, the World Archaeological Congress, and the Archaeological Institute of America have all started their statements of concern about cultural properties with clear statements of the need to protect the human rights and freedom of expression of the people. And some of us-- see my blog post at the URL here-- are arguing strongly that people matter and things should not be elevated over people.

Lorenz [Member] in response to: "A wonderful development" - Anthropologists on the Egypt Uprising (updated 6.2.)

Lorenz [Member] — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 23:12:39 +0000

Hi Sarah, thanks for your comment and questions. You're right. Unni Wikan is a rather controversial anthropologist because of her sometimes seemingly anti-islam and populist -nationalist views ("We've been too naive towards immigrants"-style arguments we know from the Far Right, see Wikipedia), that are not grounded in proper empirical analysis. But at the same time she is active in fighting popular stereotypes about immigrants and the "Middle East".

She's rather unpredictable, and therefore an interesting anthropologist in my view. She's also one of the few anthropologists who is able to write in an accessible language. She is very active and influential in the Norwegian public sphere.