The International Herald Tribune writes about how European low-cost airlines "are drawing a new map of how people and money travel in Europe". An example:
Andrzej Majewski, a Pole who works as a thoracic surgeon in Britain, catches a ride to the airpo… more »
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Anthropology in India is losing relevance. Many anthropology departments are shutting down, especially in Western India. "Gifted anthropologists" are also shifting to other professions. At the Second Indian Anthropological Congress, KK Basa, director of… more »
by lorenz on Feb 9, 2007 in Latin- and Central America, fieldwork / methods, University / Academia • 2 comments »
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 »
by lorenz on Feb 8, 2007 in Latin- and Central America, applied anthropology, books, poverty, anthropology (general), ethics • 1 comment »
"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 »
"Now the world is upside down," complaines 90-year-old Cesar Okrane. "Men are running after women, instead of waiting for them to come to them." Christian missionaries challenge a unique tradition on Orango Island (Guinea-Bissau). Here it's women who cho… more »
by lorenz on Jan 21, 2007 in religion cosmology, Us and Them, Europe, globalisation, fieldwork / methods, migration, youth, journal articles / papers
Young muslims are moving from an Islam based on the culture of their homeland to an increasingly transnationally embedded Islam of Muslims from many different countries and cultures. That's one of the findings in the doctoral thesis by Norwegian anthrop… more »
"Why the French Don't Like Headscarves: Islam, the State and Public Space" is the title of a new book by American anthropologist John R. Bowen. For nearly three years ago, the French government banned headscarves and similar clothing that indicates relig… more »
Two major studies have found that male circumcision reduces the risk of HIV infection by half, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Dozens of studies conducted since the 1980s found similar results but lacked the scientific rigor of a randomized cli… more »
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