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20/01/11
03:26:23, by Lorenz 
. Categories: indigenous people / minorities, culture traditions, anthropology (general), media, websites Human Planet: Ambitious BBC "anthropology" multi media project launched
The Dictionary of Man: Will Bob Geldof and the BBC reproduce racist anthropology? was the title of a (rather sceptical) post back in 2007. Now this ambitious project, four years ago described as "the largest ever living record of films, photographs, anth… more »
12/01/11
Book review: No fashion outside the "West"?
"The subject of fashion in non-Western world is largely understudied. The whole research community is to be blamed for viewing fashion too narrowly", Tereza Kuldova writes in her new book review for antropologi.info. She has read a new book on fashion st… more »
26/12/10
22:18:28, by Lorenz . Categories: culture traditions, Us and Them, books, Northern America, anthropology (general), University / Academia How racist is American anthropology?
Why does anthropology tend to focus on "exotic others"? Why this obsession with Africa? How come calls by well-known anthropologists such as Paul Rabinow to "anthropologize the West not brought forth much fruit? How racist is American anthropology?Ke… more »
07/12/10
04:15:25, by Lorenz . Categories: gift economy gift giving, development empowerment, globalisation, books, anthropology (general), interdisciplinary – Use Anthropology to Build A Human Economy
Book launch in the House of Literature (Litteraturhuset) in Oslo with Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Keith Hart and Desmond McNeill. Photo: Lorenz KhazalehAnthropologists, sociologists, philosophers, economics and activists have come together and written a… more »
27/11/10
New Orleans: 6000 anthropologists, much tweeting, some blogging, no press coverage
It has been one of the best attended conferences ever. More than 6000 anthropologists went to the 109th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Society (AAA) in New Orleans. But as usual, it's hard to find any press coverage. There are some b… more »
26/11/10
The Visual Anthropology of Fashion and Running
More and more anthropology videos and documentaries are available on Youtube and Vimeo. Among the more recent additions we find these ones here that I enjoyed watching - and at the same time show the diversity of the discipline:[video:vimeo:17148719]… more »
17/11/10
00:22:02, by Lorenz . Categories: Open Access Anthropology and Knowledge Sharing, anthropology (general), websites New overview: Discover hidden treasures in open anthropology repositories
Inspired by the relaunch of the anthropology repository Mana'o, I have finally finished a first overview over anthropology repositories.The overview is far from complete and if you know of some more I should know, leave a comment or sent an email. N… more »
04/11/10
Anthropology and Publicity - new blog (and workshop)
In a new blog called Anthropology & Publicity several authors discuss the reasons for the underexposure of anthropological knowledge and explore ways to improve its dissemination and application in society. The blog is part of a worksshop at the Rad… more »
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