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24/03/08
The special thing about the Tibet protests
Six months after the protests for democracy in Burma, we see similar things happen in Tibet. That's of course not the first time but according to anthropologist Carole McGranahan, China has for the first time acknowledged that there is something like pr… more »
17/02/08
19:21:01, by Lorenz 
. Categories: indigenous people / minorities, Us and Them, Asia, books, anthropology (general), history Sheds light on the collaboration between science and colonial administration in Naga ethnography
Paul Pimomo reviews in The Morung Express a book that might not only be interesting for area specialists. The History of Naga Anthropology is, he writes, "a valuable contribution to the broad area of postcolonial studies".
In History of Naga Anthropo… more »
12/11/07
19:59:02, by Lorenz . Categories: indigenous people / minorities, religion cosmology, culture traditions, Us and Them, books, Caribbean Who are the people keeping the Jewish traditions alive in Cuba?
The Ann Arbor News (Michigan) interviews anthropologist Ruth Behar who has written a new book about Jewish life in Cuba. The island's tiny Jewish community is among the most diverse in the world.
"An Island Called Home: Returning to Jewish Cuba" offe… more »
28/10/07
19:54:04, by Lorenz . Categories: Open Access Anthropology and Knowledge Sharing, Native American, anthropology (general), journal articles / papers Now online: Up to 100 year old anthropology papers
(via Museum Anthropology) More and more open access to anthropology online: The American Museum of Natural History has digitalized their up to 100 year old Anthropological Papers and put them online.
We find both more recent papers like Green revolu… more »
04/10/07
15:47:56, by Lorenz . Categories: indigenous people / minorities, politics, religion cosmology, Asia, anthropology (general) Monks prosecute muslims? Free Burma International Bloggers' Day
Burma's protesters may have been silenced, but we must continue to support them, writes Brendan Barber in The Guardian. But maybe we should not focus too much upon the courage of the monks. Muslims in Burma are persecuted, not only by the military, even… more »
30/09/07
13:56:15, by Lorenz . Categories: indigenous people / minorities, Us and Them, Latin- and Central America, Native American Peru: Another "uncontacted tribe"?
"Ecologists have photographed a little-known nomadic tribe deep in Peru's Amazon, a sighting that could intensify debate about the presence of isolated Indians as oil firms line up to explore the jungle", the Vancouver Sun writes. But Suzanne Oakdale, an… more »
28/08/07
00:37:45, by Lorenz . Categories: technology, culture traditions, language, Native American, Arctic / Northern Regions, internet, websites New website helps save Kenai Peoples language (Alaska)
Their language is nearly dead. Maybe a new website can revitalize Kahtnuht'ana Qenaga: The Kenai Peoples Language in Alaska? For more than two years, the two anthropologists Alan Boraas and Michael Christian have taken pictures, navigated through HTML an… more »
02/08/07
Malaysia: Penan people threatened by demand for "green" bio-fuels
The Penan people from the jungles of Sarawak are threatened by rampant commercial logging and palm oil plantations for bio-fuel, a Malaysian government report said. European and North American demand for "green" bio-fuels made from palm oil means rainfor… more »
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