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26/04/13
15:12:00, by Lorenz 
. Categories: Us and Them, anthropology (general), journal articles / papers, history How scholars in the Middle East developed anthropology more than 1000 years ago
Anthropology emerged in a relatively high scientific level in the wider Middle East before it existed as a discipline in the West. Therefore, the label of colonialism often coupled to its emergence must be removed.
This is the main point of an articl… more »
24/10/12
17:34:00, by Lorenz . Categories: Open Access Anthropology and Knowledge Sharing, anthropology (general), websites When anthropology is begging for attention: PopAnth website launched
Regularily, new initiatives are launched to make anthropological knowledge more accessible to the general public. A few weeks ago, PopAnth was launched - a highly ambitious project that “translates anthropological discoveries for popular consumpti… more »
11/10/12
03:39:00, by Lorenz . Categories: indigenous people / minorities, Us and Them, anthropology (general), journal articles / papers Minority scholars treated as second class academics: Still a racial bias in anthropology
In a blog post at AnthroNow, Manissa McCleave Maharawal draws our attention to an important article in the American Anthropologist that was already published in november 2011: Anthropology as White Public Space?
Here, Karen Brodkin, Sandra Morgen, an… more »
08/10/12
12:34:00, by Lorenz . Categories: Open Access Anthropology and Knowledge Sharing, anthropology (general), journal articles / papers, University / Academia Why are academic articles so expensive?
30 US Dollars in order to read a single academic article? Why? Is it about making money? No. “The high price is designed to maintain the barrier between academia and the outside world. Paywalls codify and commodify tacit elitism”, writes anthropologist Sarah Kendzior in Al Jazeera. more »
05/07/12
Teenthropologist: Reasons for studying anthropology instead of medicine
“At the age of 18, why do I want to settle down and commit myself to Medicine when I can really investigate for example why there are health differences between the different classes and areas in Britain?”
Teenthropologist is the name of… more »
19/06/12
16:19:00, by Lorenz . Categories: corporate & business anthropology, Open Access Anthropology and Knowledge Sharing, anthropology (general), journal articles / papers Journal of Business Anthropology: Open Access and "Without Jargon"
“Please write for us, but write in plain English!” The new Journal of Business Anthropology (JBA) does not only provide open access to all articles. It demonstrates that open access should mean more: What’s the point with free access… more »
19/01/12
Consuming Space: On "blood timber", chewing gum, and free roaming hens
Book Review. Consuming Space: Placing Consumption in Perspective edited by Michael K. Goodman, David Goodman & Michael Redclift. Ashgate, 2010. Tereza Kuldova, PhD Fellow, Department of Ethnography, Museum of Cultural History, Oslo Chicken i… more »
20/11/11
02:09:26, by Lorenz . Categories: Open Access Anthropology and Knowledge Sharing, anthropology (general) Here is the Preview of "Hau. Journal of Ethnographic Theory" - New Open Access Journal
It's Open Access, Copy Left, and Peer Reviewed: Hau. Journal of Ethnographic Theory. Only ten days left, then the first issue will be available online. Yesterday, the preview (=table of contents) of the inaugural issue was posted at http://haujournal.or… more »
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