A new book by Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Oslo, might answer some of our questions on why our discipline has not gained the respect it in our view deserves.
According to some first reviews (the book w… more »
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by lorenz on Sep 11, 2005 in indigenous people / minorities, Us and Them, Africa, Europe, Latin- and Central America, books, Northern America, migration, Native American, anthropology (general), music
The August reviews of the journal American Ethnologist are now online.
Among them we'll find:
Mapping Yoruba Networks: Power and Agency in the Making of Transnational Communities. By: Kamari Maxine Clarke
Kamari Clarke is an Afro-Canadian who join… more »
The website of The Association of Feminist Anthropology is another place to look for anthropology books and ethnographies. One of the books reviewed is written by folklorist Carol Burke "Camp All-American, Hanoi Jane, and the High-And-Tight: Gender… more »
by lorenz on Sep 2, 2005 in indigenous people / minorities, culture traditions, books, Northern America, Native American, journal articles / papers
Very interesting review by David Trigger in the August-edition of The Australian Journal of Anthropology. Michael F. Brown's book "Who Owns Native Culture?" discusses Indigenous assertions of ownership of cultural information. These can be in tension wi… more »
"Despite the fascinating content, the book is a methodical anthropological study, and thus heavy going at times. One longs to hear more Na voices, to read more stories of their ways", David Loftus writes in his review of the book A Society without Fathe… more »
In the August 2005 issue of The Australian Journal of Anthropology, Jocelyn Grace reviews the book "Medical Anthropology in Ecological Perspective" by Ann McElroy and Patricia Townsend. The review is interesting, especially because it addresses differen… more »
The African Studies Quarterly is an Open Access Online Journal for African Studies.
In their recent issue there's an article by anthropologist Rebecca Gearhart on Taking American Race Relations on the Road...to Africa:
"As an anthropologist who… more »
by lorenz on Aug 8, 2005 in corporate & business anthropology, Us and Them, books, fieldwork / methods, anthropology (general)
(Post in progress)
Here a short summary of some stories published during the summer break:
Most discussed: Jared Diamond's book "Guns, Germs and Steel" and the reasons for differences in progress for different societies
From a summary of the de… more »
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