The website of The Association of Feminist Anthropology is another place to look for anthropology books and ethnographies. One of the books reviewed is written by folklorist Carol Burke "Camp All-American, Hanoi Jane, and the High-And-Tight: Gender… more »
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by lorenz on Sep 5, 2005 in development empowerment, applied anthropology, Northern America, anthropology (general) • 1 comment »
(post in progress)
A quick round-up of some news and blog-entries on the Katrina-disaster:
Anthropologist Anthony Oliver-Smith has researched how communities re-emerge from destruction. He's surprisingly pessimistic according to a press release (U… more »
by lorenz on Sep 2, 2005 in indigenous people / minorities, culture traditions, books, Northern America, Native American, journal articles / papers
Very interesting review by David Trigger in the August-edition of The Australian Journal of Anthropology. Michael F. Brown's book "Who Owns Native Culture?" discusses Indigenous assertions of ownership of cultural information. These can be in tension wi… more »
"Despite the fascinating content, the book is a methodical anthropological study, and thus heavy going at times. One longs to hear more Na voices, to read more stories of their ways", David Loftus writes in his review of the book A Society without Fathe… more »
The African Studies Quarterly is an Open Access Online Journal for African Studies.
In their recent issue there's an article by anthropologist Rebecca Gearhart on Taking American Race Relations on the Road...to Africa:
"As an anthropologist who… more »
You can download several articles and papers on Anthropology of Mongolia on Christopher Kaplonski's website. He is currently doing research on concepts of democracy in Mongolia and political Violence and its legacy.
He writes:
Among other things,… more »
(via Vizuális Antropológia.lap.hu) A critical article by Patrick Harries, University of Cape Town, dealing with the history of visual anthropology in South Africa. "Many early practitioners thought photographs reflected reality in an objective and unbia… more »
by lorenz on Aug 10, 2005 in indigenous people / minorities, Latin- and Central America, development empowerment, Native American
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- 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 »
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