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Category: Asia
01/03/10
Hindi Film Songs and the Barriers between Ethnomusicology and Anthropology
----Review: Hindi Film Songs and the Cinema by Anna Morcom 2007, Ashgate, ISBN 978-0-7546-5198-7Tereza Kuldova, Research Fellow, Museum of Cultural History, Department of Ethnography University of Oslo[video:youtube:6B1I56Q4swE]Popular mu… more »
28/12/09
01:17:05, by Lorenz 
. Categories: indigenous people / minorities, Asia, books, history, Visual Anthropology Colonialism, racism and visual anthropology in Japan: Photography, Anthropology and History part II
Here is the second part of the review of the book Photography, Anthropology and History, edited by Christopher Morton and Elizabeth Edwards. This time, Tessa Valo reviews Ka F. Wong's article about one of the first Japanese anthropologists, who beca… more »
02/10/09
04:02:07, by Lorenz . Categories: politics, Asia, aboriginees, anthropology (general), journal articles / papers How can anthropology help us understand Swat and Taliban?
The Swat Pathan have been the subject of classic ethnographies in anthropology for many years. Now they are at the centre of a bigger battle for control and at the center of world attention because of a conflict that forced more than one million people t… more »
00:42:02, by Lorenz . Categories: politics, Us and Them, Asia, aboriginees, anthropology (general), ethics Correction (and Update): "Army-Anthropologists don't call Afghans "Savages"
My most recent post Army-Anthropologists call Afghans "Savages" received a lot attention, so it might be necessary to write a new post after the debates in the comment field and via email. It seems that the Sydney Morning Herald reporter misunderstoo… more »
28/09/09
Army-Anthropologists call Afghans "Savages"?
Do you want to know what anthropologists who work for the US military in Afghanistan write about the people America is at war with? I resist to believe it but according to the Syndney Morning Herald they call some Afghan societies for "utter savages".… more »
30/07/09
09:37:18, by Lorenz . Categories: indigenous people / minorities, politics, Us and Them, Asia, anthropology (general), ethics IUAES-anthropologists "praise" Chinese government's relation to minorities
Chinese authorities continue using the 16th congress by the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) to spread propaganda. This is the most recent article: Overseas anthropologists: Adventure in Chinese ethnic village "e… more »
27/07/09
12:29:02, by Lorenz . Categories: indigenous people / minorities, Us and Them, Asia, anthropology (general), University / Academia Chinese media propaganda at IUAES anthropology conference in Kunming
(update 30.7: IUAES-anthropologists "praise" Chinese government's relation to minorities) As I wrote a few days ago, the vice president of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) Petr Skalník decided to boycott the IU… more »
24/07/09
03:32:09, by Lorenz . Categories: indigenous people / minorities, politics, Us and Them, Asia, anthropology (general), ethics Anthropology in China: IUAES-conference boycott due to Uyghur massacre
(UPDATE 27.7.09: Chinese media propaganda at IUAES anthropology conference in Kunming? / UPDATE 30.7: IUAES-anthropologists "praise" Chinese government's relation to minorities )
Last year, the conference was cancelled by the Chinese government for fea… more »
09/07/09
Book review: How the Ganges boatmen resist upper-caste and state domination
Caste, Occupation and Politics on the Ganges is the title of a new book by anthropologist Assa Doron that Tessa Valo reviews here for antropologi.info. It is a book about the life of a marginalized group of people in India - the boatmen at the river Gang… more »
28/05/09
03:24:35, by Lorenz . Categories: Us and Them, Asia, persons and theories, journal articles / papers, history, cosmopolitanism Interview with Benedict Anderson: Being a cosmopolitan without needing to travel
During my research for the new overview over open access anthropology journals, I made many great discoveries. I'll try to present some of them.
One of the discoveries was Invisible Culture. An electronic journal for visual culture. The most recent is… more »
14/05/09
Book review: How neoliberalism reshapes motherhood in Calcutta
How do middle-class women in Calcutta understand and experience economic change? What impact is globalization having on the new middle-classes in Asia? Our reviewer Tessa Valo has again been lucky with her choice of books. For antropologi.info, she revie… more »
16/03/09
Book Review: How Indissoluble is Hindu Marriage?
Divorce does not belong to Hindu tradition, anthropologist Livia Holden was told when she started her research in India 14 years ago. But is this true? Tessa Valo reviews for antropologi.info Holden’s new book Hindu Divorce. A Legal Anthropology.
Ant… more »
11/03/09
22:16:28, by Lorenz . Categories: Asia, development empowerment, ecology nature, anthropology (general), journal articles / papers Why we need more disaster anthropology
On the 5th of December 2006, typhoon Durian hit Bến Tre province in Southern Vietnam. Close to 100 people died, more than 800 moored fishing boats sank, thousands of buildings collapsed including schools and hospitals. In her master's thesis, Uy N… more »
06/03/09
21:51:55, by Lorenz . Categories: politics, Asia, Open Access Anthropology and Knowledge Sharing, University / Academia Back from Lahore: Terror and Open Access
Shalamar Gardens, Lahore
I have been back from Lahore, Pakistan's cultural center and "City of Poets", for a while now. It was one of the most inspiring journeys I've been to.
Just a few weeks ago we've been at the same place where - a few days a… more »
22/01/09
21:14:38, by Lorenz . Categories: indigenous people / minorities, culture traditions, Asia, development empowerment, Visual Anthropology Anthropological activism in Pakistan with lullabies
A few days ago, Pakistani anthropologist Samar Minallah lauched a "video song", a tribute to little girls in all the regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan where schools are being destroyed, depriving girls of their right to education, The News reports.… more »
10/01/09
Humain Terrain anthropologist attacked in Afghanistan has died
(via 'Ilm al-insaan) An anthropologist embedded with the U.S. Army in Afghanistan to help soldiers understand local customs has died more than two months after she was doused with fuel and set on fire, according to ap.
Anthropologist Paula Loyd, 36,… more »
03/01/09
01:41:02, by Lorenz . Categories: indigenous people / minorities, culture traditions, Us and Them, Asia, development empowerment, journal articles / papers, tourism Headhunting as expression of indigenousness
Anthropologists often criticize mainstream media for exoticizing people. But in Borneo you'll find indigenous people who promote themselves as headhunters and are proud of it. The journal Cultural Analysis has recently received a prize in the Sav… more »
02/01/09
The anthropology of children, war and violence
What impact has war on children? What has anthropology to say on this? This autumn I watched the movie "Buddha collapsed out of shame" by the Iranian film maker Hana Makhmalbaf. It tells the story of children who reproduce the violence of the adults. For… more »
12/11/08
00:09:58, by Lorenz . Categories: Asia, globalisation, books, music, youth, journal articles / papers Reggae, Punk and Death Metal: An Ethnography from the unknown Bali
"This is a break from the norm of writing about Bali", writes Laura Noszlopy enthusiastically about a new book by anthropologist Emma Baulch called "Making scenes: reggae, punk, and death metal in 1990s Bali".
In 1996, Emma Baulch went to live in Bal… more »
09/11/08
19:33:53, by Lorenz . Categories: politics, Asia, development empowerment, youth, journal articles / papers Thesis: The limits of youth activism in Afghanistan
What possiblities have Afghan youth to rebuild their country and to work for a better future? Which constraints do they meet? Anthropologist Elisabet Eikås has been on fieldwork among young people in Kabul from October 2003 to June 2004. The result is… more »
26/10/08
00:47:40, by Lorenz . Categories: religion cosmology, Asia, fieldwork / methods, anthropology (general) Accused of being CIA-spy: Anthropologist on fieldwork among Cambodian muslims
Are muslim communities getting more sceptical towards anthropologists? In an interview with Phnom Pen Post, anthropologist Bjørn Blengsli tells about his research among muslims in Cambodia - "one of the fastest-changing Muslim societies in the world".… more »
13/08/08
17:54:07, by Lorenz . Categories: indigenous people / minorities, culture traditions, Us and Them, Asia, globalisation, music Ainu in Japan: Cool to be indigenous
Better times for the Ainu in Japan? There is an "revival of ethnic pride" going on in Japan according to ap.
At the forefront are the Ainu Rebels (image). They use music and dance to rebel against a history of institutionalized discrimination. They c… more »
15/07/08
The death of Buddhism in Japan?
Will Buddism die out in Japan? Across Japan, Buddhism faces a confluence of problems, the New York Times reports.
Interest in Buddhism is declining in urban areas. The religion’s rural strongholds are being depopulated. Successors to chief priests a… more »
29/06/08
Thesis: How Indian women fight the stigma of divorce
Three weeks ago, anthropologist Siru Aura defended her doctoral dissertation Women and Marital Breakdown in South India: Reconstructing Homes, Bonds and Persons at the University of Helsinki. She has studied divorced, separated and deserted women from di… more »
30/04/08
"Racist" Buddhist monks hope for "ethnically clean" Tibet?
In his post Not only freedom: the dark ethnic side of the Tibetan Buddhist revolt, anthropologist Gabriele Marranci challenges mainstream images of Tibetans as peaceful and writes about Tibetan racism, ethno-nationalistic dreams, and attacks against musl… more »
14/04/08
Manga instead of scientific paper: How art enriches anthropology
"Anthropologist creates oceanic manga fantasy" is the headline of a story in The Daily Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese newspaper). "I want to portray in manga what I gained from field investigation, but cannot fully express in scientific papers," anthropologis… more »
24/03/08
The special thing about the Tibet protests
Six months after the protests for democracy in Burma, we see similar things happen in Tibet. That's of course not the first time but according to anthropologist Carole McGranahan, China has for the first time acknowledged that there is something like pr… more »
05/03/08
16:52:25, by Lorenz . Categories: Asia, fieldwork / methods, Visual Anthropology, internet, websites "Visual Anthropology of Japan" and more new blogs
Visual Anthropology of Japan" is the name of the blog by anthropologist Steven Fedorowicz (Kansai Gaidai University). All of his students in his class with the same name are required to blog. He links to more than a dozen student blogs.
He explains:… more »
17/02/08
19:21:01, by Lorenz . Categories: indigenous people / minorities, Us and Them, Asia, books, anthropology (general), history Sheds light on the collaboration between science and colonial administration in Naga ethnography
Paul Pimomo reviews in The Morung Express a book that might not only be interesting for area specialists. The History of Naga Anthropology is, he writes, "a valuable contribution to the broad area of postcolonial studies".
In History of Naga Anthropo… more »
17:41:55, by Lorenz . Categories: Asia, Open Access Anthropology and Knowledge Sharing, migration, journal articles / papers, websites Open Access: South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal
Migration and Constructions of the Other is the topic of the first (and most recent) issue of the Open Access journal South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal.
According to their self-description, the journal "seeks to ‘democratize’ research-bas… more »
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