You can download several articles and papers on Anthropology of Mongolia on Christopher Kaplonski's website. He is currently doing research on concepts of democracy in Mongolia and political Violence and its legacy.
He writes:
Among other things,… more »
Category: "Asia"
by lorenz on Aug 1, 2005 in technology, corporate & business anthropology, design anthropology, Asia, applied anthropology
RedHerring
In a bid to eventually sell more chips, Intel plans to announce Monday that it has set up four new offices around the world that are staffed with anthropologists and engineers to help design computers with features for emerging markets. Tra… more »
Bangkok Post
"We fishermen have knowledge about the Mekong based on our time-tested experiences," said Oon Thammawong, 57, of Ban Had Bai in Chiang Rai's Chiang Khong district. "But policy-makers dismiss us as simple folk so that they can dismiss our… more »
The Japan Times Online
Anthropologist Satsuki Kawano in her study of various ritual practices in the city of Kamakura wishes to see religious rites as being both culturally constructed and socially generated. Kawano prefers to demonstrate that partaki… more »
by lorenz on Jun 20, 2005 in politics, religion cosmology, culture traditions, Us and Them, Asia, applied anthropology
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research
Dutch-sponsored researcher Farsijana Adeney-Risakotta analysed the dynamics of the conflict between Muslims and Christians in the Molucca Islands. The anthropologist proposes that rituals play an import… more »
by lorenz on Jun 6, 2005 in corporate & business anthropology, culture traditions, Asia, applied anthropology • 2 comments »
Daily Telegraph
It is easy to see why multi-national giants such as Wal-Mart, French rival Carrefour and Tesco, all of which are active in China, are so attracted to India. The country has the world's second largest population after China with over 1b… more »
Spring (or summer) has finally arrived in Oslo, so just a short note about another anthropology blog. Just saw it in my site statistics: Antti Leppänen is cultural anthropologist, a Ph.D. candidate at the University in Helsinki, Finnland, working on a th… more »
by lorenz on May 11, 2005 in technology, Asia, fieldwork / methods, media, youth, journal articles / papers, internet
Mizuku Ito has published a new text, a keynote speech she gave at “Digital Generations: Children, Young People and New Media”. Ito is involved in the new research project on "Digital Kids".
From her introduction:
"I've been trying to develop ways… more »
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