What is it like being at a conference with anthropology students from many different countries? Daren Williams from Macquarie University in Sydney has written a review for antropologi.info about the 6th conference of the Moving Anthropology Student Netw… more »
Category: "Europe"
by lorenz on Apr 23, 2008 in religion cosmology, Us and Them, Europe, books, persons and theories, journal articles / papers
Our fellow anthro-blogger Martijn de Koning was awarded his doctorate at the Free University of Amsterdam last week.
In his Ph.D. thesis he shows how Islam has become the most important frame of reference for Moroccan-Dutch youth to reflect upon who… more »
by lorenz on Apr 10, 2008 in religion cosmology, Us and Them, Europe, anthropology (general), interdisciplinary, cosmopolitanism
Recently, several of my interviews with researchers of the interdisciplinary research program Cultural Complexity of the New Norway (Culcom) have been translated into English. Here are the most recent ones:
Does the answer exist in human nature?
What… more »
by lorenz on Apr 3, 2008 in Europe, applied anthropology, fieldwork / methods, youth, journal articles / papers
How can anthropology contribute to understanding and fighting inequality? The new issue of Anthropology Matters brings together articles from the first British postgraduate MA in Applied Anthropology and Community and Youth Work. Most of the students ar… more »
Participants in the debate on Islam often overestimate the authority and influence of imams. The role of the imam is especially limited when it comes to so-called "second and third generation immigrants". This is the conclusion reached by anthropologist… more »
by lorenz on Sep 30, 2007 in Europe, ecology nature, medical anthropology / ethnobothany, food and drink
Ethnobotany in not only about "exotic" plants in the rain forest: "The ethnobotany of British home gardens: diversity, knowledge and exchange" is the title of a new research project at the Department of Anthropology at the University of Kent. Among other… more »
by lorenz on Aug 17, 2007 in politics, Europe, anthropology (general), University / Academia • 1 comment »
Germany arrested urban sociologist Andrej Holm because of his academic activities. He was accused of being member of a "terrorist association" called "militante gruppe" (militant group) who is suspected to be behind arson attacks against police and army… more »
"Muslim religious leaders are not only working with local authorities but are helping to decrease radicalisation", stresses anthropologist (and blogger) Gabriele Marranci. During an International Conference on Extremism in London, key authorities were cr… more »
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