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Category: Latin- and Central America
16/11/09
02:28:49, by Lorenz 
. Categories: indigenous people / minorities, Us and Them, Latin- and Central America, medical anthropology / ethnobothany, Native American, journal articles / papers Where shamans understand colonialism as sickness
"I am here to save the people, to cure the people. In the city they are all sick, they are all domesticated. The shaman has to go together with disease."
Anthropologist Anders Burman talks to Don Carlos, an Aymara shaman in Bolivia. According to D… more »
23/08/09
19:49:02, by Lorenz . Categories: Latin- and Central America, gender, books, journal articles / papers, sports The Anthropology of Wrestling
How do you study wrestling as an anthropologist? By becoming a wrestler yourself! Heather Levi's book The World of Lucha Libre: Secrets, Revelations, and Mexican National Identity is featured in the new issue of American Ethnography on Lucha libre - Mexi… more »
01/08/09
00:31:10, by Lorenz . Categories: indigenous people / minorities, politics, Latin- and Central America, anthropology (general) Why was anthropologist Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez Ávila beaten to death?
One year after anthropologist, author and indigenous rights activist Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez Ávila was beaten to death in Southern Mexico, there has been silence from the Mexican authorities. The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of International PEN as… more »
12/06/09
Olivia Harris has passed away
One of antropologi.info's readers alerted me to the death of anthropologist Olivia Harris. She died suddenly of cancer aged 60 on the morning of 9th April.
Harris is the co-founder of the Anthropology Department at Goldsmiths College (also Universit… more »
25/09/08
20:54:49, by Lorenz . Categories: indigenous people / minorities, Us and Them, Latin- and Central America, Native American, media In Norwegian TV: Indian tribe paid to go naked to appear more primitive
(Norwegian version) In the reality program «Den store reisen» (Ticket to the tribes), a Norwegian family moved in with Waorani-indians in Banemo, Ecuador. The TV-pictures show people who go naked and live "primitively". What the TVstation NRK fails to me… more »
29/08/08
00:00:45, by Lorenz . Categories: Latin- and Central America, ecology nature, Native American, journal articles / papers "Untouched" Amazone hosted large cities - a model for the future?
The myth of the "untouched" Amazone is popular. But areas that look pristine today have been the home of large urban areas, anthropologist Michael Heckenberger has found out already five years ago.
In a new paper that was published today in Science h… more »
15/07/08
Study: Drug smuggling as vehicle for female empowerment?
An increasing number of women are becoming involved in Mexico's drug trade. Anthropologist Howard Campbell has conducted fieldwork among female smugglers on the U.S.-Mexico border, The Dallas Morning News reports.
Dallas Morning News refers to Campb… more »
04/06/08
02:26:23, by Lorenz . Categories: indigenous people / minorities, Us and Them, Latin- and Central America, globalisation, Native American, media The Double Standards of the "Uncontacted Tribes" Circus
The story of the so-called "uncontacted tribes" in the Amazon has made its way around the world (even to Norway!). At the same time, there is a complete lack of interest in the story of indigenous people being publicly humiliated in Bolivia, the CultureM… more »
27/04/08
21:20:54, by Lorenz . Categories: culture traditions, Latin- and Central America, Open Access Anthropology and Knowledge Sharing, Northern America, journal articles / papers, websites New e-zine: American Ethnography
Anthropologist Martin Høyem has launched the e-zine "American Ethnography", an "internet glossy on the study of cultures":
We cover ethnography that relates to anything we would call America. We aim to present the tradition and practice of ethnograph… more »
26/02/08
14:14:58, by Lorenz . Categories: Latin- and Central America, Open Access Anthropology and Knowledge Sharing, anthropology (general), journal articles / papers, websites “Focalizar o que é comum aos seres humanos” / Open Access Anthropology in Brasil
What do all humans have in common? My interview with anthropologist Christoph Antweiler in German about his book on cultural universalisms has been translated into Portuguese and will be published in the journal Revista ANTHROPOLÓGICAS. You can download… more »
12/11/07
21:30:50, by Lorenz . Categories: Latin- and Central America, development empowerment, applied anthropology, poverty Urban anthropologist: "Recognize that people want to come to the big cities"
More and more people live in mega cities. Rather than fixating on investing in the countryside, donor agencies need to recognize that people want to come to the big cities. And rather than demolishing squatter developments one should integrate these sel… more »
28/10/07
15:09:46, by Lorenz . Categories: politics, Latin- and Central America, globalisation, poverty, persons and theories, youth Anthropologist calls for a greater appreciation of child labor
There are many campaigns against child labour. But anthropologist Thomas Offit also views child labour as a chance for children to improve and take control of their lives. In an interview with The Lariat Online (Baylor University) he criticizes ethnocent… more »
30/09/07
23:35:17, by Lorenz . Categories: culture traditions, Us and Them, Latin- and Central America, fieldwork / methods, Northern America, anthropology (general), journal articles / papers When Norwegians do business in Brazil, Lowrider Culture and 9 more anthropology theses (part 1)
Norwegian anthropologists no longer hide their master theses in distant libraries. Most theses are now available online in digital archives. Last week, more than 20 new theses (among them 11 in English) have been put online at DUO, the digital library of… more »
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 »
22/06/07
13:50:18, by Lorenz . Categories: culture traditions, Latin- and Central America, Native American, ethics Infanticide: "We are fighting against anthropologists"
Babies born into some Indian societies in the Amazon are being buried alive, a practice that is being covered up by the Brazilian authorities and anthropologists "out of respect for tribal culture" according to the Telegraph. "We are fighting against doc… more »
09/02/07
15:30:37, by Lorenz . Categories: Latin- and Central America, fieldwork / methods, University / Academia Fieldblogging from Nicaragua
It's a privilege to be an anthropologist on fieldwork. Reading Cicilie's field blog from Paris and now also Antropyton's field blog from Nicaragua makes me wonder: Why am I still sitting on my messy desk (picture) in Oslo?
A few weeks ago, Antropyton… more »
08/02/07
22:20:56, by Lorenz . Categories: Latin- and Central America, applied anthropology, books, poverty, anthropology (general), ethics "Anthropology needs to engage in an activist way"
"Anthropology needs to develop a listening capacity and to engage in an activist way, to become involved with the problem, not just to observe it from a distance", says Brazilian anthropologist João Biehl in a portrait on the website of his university (P… more »
27/08/06
21:38:10, by Lorenz . Categories: indigenous people / minorities, politics, Latin- and Central America, Native American Bolivia: More and more indigenous influence on politics
President Evo Morales, Bolivia's first indigenous head of state, is holding up indigenous values of common ownership and consensus decision-making as a model for his country, the Miami Herald / Latin American Post reports. Morales frequently spells out w… more »
21/07/06
19:07:00, by Lorenz . Categories: Us and Them, Latin- and Central America, development empowerment, fieldwork / methods, anthropology (general), websites New blog: Blogging anthropological fieldwork in Brazil
(via Gumsagumlao.dk) One more Danish anthroblogger: Rune Kier Nielsen is doing research on the black consciousness movement in Brasil. In his first post (three months ago) he writes:
I am writing this blog for me to reflect on an upcomming challenge i… more »
16/05/06
Engaged anthropologists beaten by the Mexican police
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 »
11/05/06
23:31:42, by Lorenz . Categories: indigenous people / minorities, Us and Them, Latin- and Central America From Stone Age to 21st century - More "fun" with savages
Read this (we've had many stories like this before, but this one here is extremly "funny" - or let's rather say ethnocentric. The people are escaping from the Colombian drugs war, but this article reads more like an explorers account 200 years ago):
S… more »
27/10/05
22:36:20, by Lorenz . Categories: technology, corporate & business anthropology, Asia, Latin- and Central America, development empowerment, internet INTEL-ethnographers challenge our assumptions of the digital divide
(via Bits and Bytes Interesting story by INTEL-etnographers Tony Salvador and John Sherry (one of them - Sherry - is actually an anthropologist!) on their work in India, Peru and Hungary. They summarize some of their findings after four years circling th… more »
29/09/05
23:57:07, by Lorenz . Categories: indigenous people / minorities, Latin- and Central America, fieldwork / methods, poverty, Native American, journal articles / papers Ethnic hybridity within identity politics: Thesis on Being A Nobel Savage in Brazil
Interesting thesis in social anthropology by Knut Olav Krohn Lakså. The thesis has recently been published in the Digital Library at the University of Oslo
Knut Olav Krohn Lakså conducted fieldwork among the Pataxó Indians in Brazil. He wanted to see… more »
11/09/05
18:31:39, by Lorenz . Categories: indigenous people / minorities, Us and Them, Africa, Europe, Latin- and Central America, books, Northern America, migration, Native American, anthropology (general), music American Ethnologist - New book reviews on Indian Resurgence in Brazil, Anthropology of Britain, Race and Transnationalism
The August reviews of the journal American Ethnologist are now online.
Among them we'll find:
Mapping Yoruba Networks: Power and Agency in the Making of Transnational Communities. By: Kamari Maxine Clarke
Kamari Clarke is an Afro-Canadian who join… more »
10/08/05
12:38:55 am, by Lorenz . Categories: indigenous people / minorities, Latin- and Central America, development empowerment, Native American Indigenous Peoples' Day: New Universities for a Multicultural Mexico
IPS
- Seven intercultural universities in Mexico are going a long way towards preserving the historical and cultural roots of the country's indigenous community, which comprises more than 10 percent of the country's 106 million people. The universitie… more »
21/06/05
23:24:39, by Lorenz . Categories: indigenous people / minorities, politics, religion cosmology, Latin- and Central America, Native American Islam Is Gaining a Foothold in Chiapas / Red Alert in Chiapas
Der Spiegel
Long a bastion of Catholicism, southern Mexico is quickly turning into a battleground for soul-savers. Islam, too, is gaining a foothold and the indigenous Mayans are converting by the hundreds. "In Islam, race plays no role," Anastasio Go… more »
02/03/05
17:51:14, by Lorenz . Categories: indigenous people / minorities, Us and Them, Latin- and Central America, Native American, persons and theories, media Disney-Film depicts indigenous people as involved in cannibalism
IPS
The producers of "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" are eagerly gearing up to film the sequels. But the project, due to be released on Jul. 7, 2006, is already proving to be a problem, as the descendants of the Caribs, histor… more »
27/02/05
23:38:45, by Lorenz . Categories: indigenous people / minorities, Latin- and Central America, language, Native American, media UPDATED - The future lies behind: How languages reflect our conception of time
Laura Spinney, The Guardian
For the Aymara people living in the Andes, the past lies ahead and the future lies behind. The Aymara word for past is transcribed as nayra , which literally means eye, sight or front. The word for future is q"ipa , which t… more »
18/09/04
10:06:05, by Lorenz . Categories: indigenous people / minorities, Latin- and Central America, Native American Mexico: Pride in Indigenous Heritage - Literally a Thing of the Past
IPS News Service
Mexico's National Museum of Anthropology and History (MNAH), one of the ten most important institutions of its kind in the world, is celebrating its 40th anniversary with cocktail receptions and new exhibitions. Sadly, however, there… more »
29/08/04
14:39:19, by Lorenz . Categories: indigenous people / minorities, religion cosmology, Latin- and Central America Missionaries focus their efforts on the most remote indigenous groups on earth
RICHARD N. OSTLING, The Associated Press
The Missions Institute of New Tribes Mission specializes in evangelism among the 3,000 indigenous groups in the world’s remotest tracts, places that remain isolated from the outside world and thus untouched by… more »
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