University of Buffalo Reporter
In a new book published last month by Random House, Barbara Tedlock, professor of anthropology, challenges the historical hegemony of the male shamanic tradition, restores women to their essential place in the history of… more »
Category: "persons and theories"
A few days ago, Armand Marie Leroi, an evolutionary developmental biologist at Imperial College in London, wrote a controversial article in the New York Times. She claimed, that contrary to what anthropologists have to say on the subject, perhaps "race"… more »
Anthropik Network
When asked this question directly, many people answer that a civilization is simply a synonym for "society"--that a civilization is simply a group of people living together. This definition is betrayed when you press the point with b… more »
by lorenz on Mar 13, 2005 in Open Access Anthropology and Knowledge Sharing, books, anthropology (general), persons and theories • 2 comments »
This classic study in early anthropology (all in all 12 volumes, I think) is published online as part of Project Gutenberg. del.icio anthropology pointed to the book published on Bartleby's website. But the book can also be downloaded from Sacred Texts-w… more »
Interesting thoughts by Alex Golub incl. links to articles.
"I spend a lot of the class slowly unprying my student’s idea of race. “Why are so many african americans professional athletes?” becomes “Why are so many professional athletes african americ… more »
by lorenz on Mar 2, 2005 in indigenous people / minorities, Us and Them, Latin- and Central America, Native American, persons and theories, media • 2 comments »
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 »
Linda McQuaig, The Toronto Star
About the same time the tsunami was hitting the shores of southeast Asia, North Americans were hitting the stores in the usual Boxing Day shopping frenzy. North Americans were behaving in a way we consider "normal." Ind… more »
by lorenz on Dec 19, 2004 in indigenous people / minorities, Africa, persons and theories, journal articles / papers, San-bushmen • 1 comment »
Richard B. Lee, Natural History, December 1969“Eating Christmas in the Kalahari” by Richard Borshay Lee was published in the December 1969 issue of Natural History. It is one of the’s most frequently reprinted stories. In the final paragraph, Lee won… more »
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