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Category: Northern America
14/01/08
02:45:47, by Lorenz 
. Categories: technology, gender, Northern America, media, cyberanthropology, internet Anthropological research: Online dating as disappointing as the real-life dating scene
Sounds familiar: People on online dating sites are experiencing frustration because it does seem that the internet in many ways is just the same old bar scene. This is one of the findings of research by anthropologist Susan E. Frohlick. She is conductin… more »
09/12/07
"The insecure American needs help by anthropologists" - AAA-meeting part II
(Photo: Dean Terry, flickr, from the film Subdivided, see below)
The annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association received more media attention than usual. One important topic was the relationship between anthropology and the military as… more »
07/11/07
Study: Anti-immigration steps are doing the opposite of what they intend to do
Restrictions to keep immigrants from entering the United States are having the effect of encouraging those who are already here to stay by any means necessary, a study by anthropologist Maxine L. Margolis finds.
“The restrictions are doing exactly th… more »
31/10/07
10:27:20, by Lorenz . Categories: politics, Us and Them, Northern America, University / Academia, ethics "Arabs and Muslims should be wary of anthropologists"
News of anthropologists in the US. military starts circulating on one of the largest Muslim websites, Culture Matters reports. Anthropologist Donald Abdallah Cole says to IslamOnline.net that "Arabs and Muslims should be wary of western anthropologists"… more »
09/10/07
15:23:53, by Lorenz . Categories: politics, Us and Them, applied anthropology, Northern America, University / Academia, ethics "No wonder that anthropology is banished from universities in the 'decolonized' world" (updated)
The debates about the militarisation of anthropology have recently made the front page of the New York Times and several other newspapers (f.ex. The Boston Globe) and blogs discussed the story.
Are more and more (American) anthropologists willing to… 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 »
08/08/07
23:52:12, by Lorenz . Categories: politics, religion cosmology, Us and Them, books, Northern America, Middle East Selected quotes from "On Suicide Bombing" by Talal Asad
I've finished reading Talal Asad's new book On Suicide Bombing. It belongs to the category of books I like most: It challenges common assumptions, makes us think (not so important if you agree with him all the time or not). By showing that the world is m… more »
15:29:34, by Lorenz . Categories: culture traditions, Us and Them, Northern America, persons and theories "Minority cultures are automatically 'different'"
The majority-minority discourse in Canada doesn't seem to differ from the discourse here in Norway "Anglo culture is dominant and taken for granted; minority cultures are automatically 'different'", Yasmin Jiwani writes in the Vancouver Sun. There, rece… more »
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