To promote discussion about recently published books in anthropology, the Open Access anthropology journal Anthropology Matters has added a new page to their website - a book reviews page. The first book review is by Andrew Irving, who has written about… more »
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by lorenz on Jul 13, 2006 in culture traditions, Pacific Oceania, ecology nature, aboriginees, books, persons and theories
In a portrait on the website of The National University of Australia, anthropologist Ian Keen, tells about his research among Aboriginees in Australia. Among other things, he wanted to find out why pre-colonial Aboriginal societies tended to be more egal… more »
In Evolutionary Psychology, anthropologist Craig T. Palmer reviews the book The Human Potential for Peace: An Anthropological Challenge to Assumptions about War and Violence. Douglas P. Fry shows in this book how anthropology "can provide unique insights… more »
The magazine India New England writes about a psychologist who has been doing ethnographic fieldwork for two years! :
Sunil Bhatia, associate professor of human development at Connecticut College, uses the tools of ethnography to explore the unsp… more »
by lorenz on Apr 2, 2006 in indigenous people / minorities, technology, culture traditions, Us and Them, globalisation, language, books • 3 comments »
It is insufficient to understand deaf people as disabled. Most deaf people rather see themselves as members of a cultural and linguistic minority. They are proud of their culture. And they face identity obstacles similar to those faced by many other mino… more »
by lorenz on Mar 28, 2006 in indigenous people / minorities, Us and Them, Europe, books, migration, anthropology (general), persons and theories, journal articles / papers • 6 comments »
In her new book Plausible Prejudice: Everyday Experiences and Social Images of Nation, Culture and Race, Norwegian social anthropologist Marianne Gullestad identifies five major challenges for the discipline of anthropology. To understand the problems of… more »
Weaving is a tradition dear to the Rupshupa of Ladakh. But the craft is at the crossroads because many youngsters are leaving in search of a better lifestyle, says anthropologist Monisha Ahmed in The Hindu. "There are very few ethnic communities in the w… more »
by lorenz on Mar 26, 2006 in Us and Them, applied anthropology, books, poverty, Northern America, migration, anthropology (general), ethics
"The most important information, which we can get out of this study, is how and what kind of action one can take."
How much should anthropologists get involved in changing the lives of their informants? Johannes Wilm didn't limit his research to prese… more »
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