Is the AAA mainly concerned for the interests of the publishers when the association now protests against open access to research articles on the internet?
That's what is it about:
A proposed legislation would require final manuscripts of peer-revi… more »
Categories: "anthropology (general)"
At Vanderbilt University, students will work with health organizations in Uganda this summer as part of that country’s response to HIV/AIDS. They are part of a project called "The Kampala Project on Global Citizenship" that has a nice website and they wi… more »
Recent political events have shown an alarming lack of awareness in western countries of life in the Middle East. Anthropologists play an important role in making social and cultural developments in the Middle East more comprehensible to a wider world, s… more »
by lorenz on Jun 6, 2006 in indigenous people / minorities, corporate & business anthropology, fieldwork / methods, ethics, internal notes
(post in progress) Threatening deadlines prevented me from updating this blog as often as I should/ would like to and I haven't checked the news for a while. Here are at least some of recent blog posts:
Alex Golub: Article on the Ipili in the Ottowa C… more »
by Denise on May 25, 2006 in technology, anthropology (general), media, cyberanthropology, internet, GUEST BLOGGING • 7 comments »
In 1974, fascinated, I pressed my nose to the window at UMIST and watched huge tapes turning on large metal boxes that filled the ground floor of the building – yes – it was that big! Operators and programmers were hurrying around wearing white lab coats… more »
Back from the annual conference of the Norwegian Anthropological Association, I must say that I prefer Norwegian conferences to British ones - at least regarding the way papers are presented. While papers in Britian are read - in a formal (and mostly bor… more »
by lorenz on May 24, 2006 in culture traditions, Africa, anthropology (general), persons and theories
Kerim Friedman at Savage Minds recently announced a new series about classical works in anthropology which are available online. The idea, he writes, is to "both encourage newbies to read some classical anthropological texts as well as allow those with P… more »
by lorenz on May 16, 2006 in politics, Latin- and Central America, anthropology (general) • 2 comments »
There has been a lot of focus on anthropologists and human rights recently. But being engaged is easier said than done. Police Beat and Gas Students at the National School of Anthropology and History is the headline of a story on Narco News. They were pa… more »
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