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Category: religion cosmology
28/09/09
France asks anthropologist for advice on burqa-ban
The French government has asked anthropology professor John Bowen to testify on a possible burqa-ban in public places in France. France banned burqas in public schools in 2004, Student Life and New York Times report.Bowen said that none of the Fren… more »
30/08/09
00:37:06, by Lorenz 
. Categories: religion cosmology, culture traditions, Europe, anthropology (general) For more Anthropology of Christianity
What is happening within Christianity today? This is a question that is exciting to study, but which has received little attention among anthropologists, says Norwegian anthropologist Edle Lerang Nes. For hundreds of years, Christianity has been the… more »
29/06/09
Thesis: Hijab empowers women
What is it like being veiled and working in Australian companies? Anthropologist Siham Ouazzif sent me her thesis "Veiled Muslim Women in Australian Public Space: How do Veiled Women Express their Presence and Interact in the Workplace?"
Siham Ouazz… more »
20/06/09
03:10:13, by Lorenz . Categories: politics, religion cosmology, Us and Them, Europe, applied anthropology, University / Academia, ethics Militarisation of Research: Meet the Centre for Studies in Islamism and Radicalisation
We have discussed a lot about the strengthening ties between the military and universities in the USA and Britain, but similar things are happening in Scandinavia. And there is no public debate about it here.
One example is a research center that was… more »
21/05/09
21:36:40, by Lorenz . Categories: religion cosmology, Us and Them, gender, journal articles / papers Anthropology, islam and homosexuality
Anthropology student Lykke Bjørnøy sent me an article on homosexuality and islam that she wrote as part of her studies at the University of Cairo. She tries to understand why homosexuality often is demonized. Not only in Islam, but also in Christianity (… more »
16/03/09
Book Review: How Indissoluble is Hindu Marriage?
Divorce does not belong to Hindu tradition, anthropologist Livia Holden was told when she started her research in India 14 years ago. But is this true? Tessa Valo reviews for antropologi.info Holden’s new book Hindu Divorce. A Legal Anthropology.
Ant… more »
29/11/08
14:05:39, by Lorenz . Categories: religion cosmology, culture traditions, websites, interdisciplinary The Cognition and Culture Blog
While browsing the web for Claude Levi Strauss posts, I stumbled upon a great site: Cognition and Culture.
It is run by International Cognition & Culture Institute, an initiative of the Department of Anthropology of the London School of Economics… more »
26/10/08
00:47:40, by Lorenz . Categories: religion cosmology, Asia, fieldwork / methods, anthropology (general) Accused of being CIA-spy: Anthropologist on fieldwork among Cambodian muslims
Are muslim communities getting more sceptical towards anthropologists? In an interview with Phnom Pen Post, anthropologist Bjørn Blengsli tells about his research among muslims in Cambodia - "one of the fastest-changing Muslim societies in the world".… more »
15/07/08
The death of Buddhism in Japan?
Will Buddism die out in Japan? Across Japan, Buddhism faces a confluence of problems, the New York Times reports.
Interest in Buddhism is declining in urban areas. The religion’s rural strongholds are being depopulated. Successors to chief priests a… more »
07/06/08
Anthropologist: Al-Qaeda uses dreams to justify violence
Militant jihadists are inspired by their night dreams according to a study by a social anthropologist Iain Edgar, according to Malaysia Sun.
The researcher interviewed individuals in the UK, Pakistan, Northern Cyprus and Turkey to identify the key fea… more »
30/04/08
"Racist" Buddhist monks hope for "ethnically clean" Tibet?
In his post Not only freedom: the dark ethnic side of the Tibetan Buddhist revolt, anthropologist Gabriele Marranci challenges mainstream images of Tibetans as peaceful and writes about Tibetan racism, ethno-nationalistic dreams, and attacks against musl… more »
16:01:05, by Lorenz . Categories: religion cosmology, persons and theories, journal articles / papers Maurice Bloch: Religion is a Figment of Human Imagination
Why did religions evolve? According to anthropologist Maurice Bloch, there is nothing special with religion. It's just a product of human imagination - in the same way as nations are, Bloch writes in an article to be published in June, the New Scientist… more »
23/04/08
01:38:08, by Lorenz . Categories: religion cosmology, Us and Them, Europe, books, persons and theories, journal articles / papers Phd-Thesis: That's why they embrace Islam
Our fellow anthro-blogger Martijn de Koning was awarded his doctorate at the Free University of Amsterdam last week.
In his Ph.D. thesis he shows how Islam has become the most important frame of reference for Moroccan-Dutch youth to reflect upon who… more »
10/04/08
00:48:54, by Lorenz . Categories: religion cosmology, Us and Them, Europe, anthropology (general), interdisciplinary, cosmopolitanism Interviews about moral cosmopolitanism, India-Pakistan, faith, populism, minoritiy-issues
Recently, several of my interviews with researchers of the interdisciplinary research program Cultural Complexity of the New Norway (Culcom) have been translated into English. Here are the most recent ones:
Does the answer exist in human nature?
What… more »
15/11/07
Dissertation: Imam's influence on Muslims overestimated
Participants in the debate on Islam often overestimate the authority and influence of imams. The role of the imam is especially limited when it comes to so-called "second and third generation immigrants". This is the conclusion reached by anthropologist… more »
12/11/07
19:59:02, by Lorenz . Categories: indigenous people / minorities, religion cosmology, culture traditions, Us and Them, books, Caribbean Who are the people keeping the Jewish traditions alive in Cuba?
The Ann Arbor News (Michigan) interviews anthropologist Ruth Behar who has written a new book about Jewish life in Cuba. The island's tiny Jewish community is among the most diverse in the world.
"An Island Called Home: Returning to Jewish Cuba" offe… more »
06/11/07
02:18:16, by Lorenz . Categories: technology, religion cosmology, culture traditions, Us and Them, Middle East Kosher cell phones, kosher bus routes and kosher clothing: Israel's Ultra-Orthodox economy
For Jews, not only food needs to be kosher, the New York Times explains in an interesting article about Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox.
There are even kosher mobile phones. You cannot send text messages with them, take photographs or connect to the Internet… more »
30/10/07
New fieldwork blog: Struggling with antipathy for the field and "anthropology-fed-up-ness"
Norwegian anthropologist Jon Henrik Ziegler Remme has started blogging. He is currently on fieldwork in the Philippines among the Pentecostal Christians in Ifugao.
In his first two posts of his blog Jon Henrik in Ifugao, he describes parts of the fi… more »
18/10/07
Doctoral Thesis: Is Islam Compatible with Secularism?
Secularisation is often seen as a process that is associated with the "West" and modernisation, as a process that is opposed to islamisation. In his doctoral dissertation, anthropologist Sindre Bangstad shows that processes of secularisation also emerge… more »
04/10/07
15:47:56, by Lorenz . Categories: indigenous people / minorities, politics, religion cosmology, Asia, anthropology (general) Monks prosecute muslims? Free Burma International Bloggers' Day
Burma's protesters may have been silenced, but we must continue to support them, writes Brendan Barber in The Guardian. But maybe we should not focus too much upon the courage of the monks. Muslims in Burma are persecuted, not only by the military, even… 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 »
02/08/07
Extremism: "Authorities -and not Imams - can make the situation worse"
"Muslim religious leaders are not only working with local authorities but are helping to decrease radicalisation", stresses anthropologist (and blogger) Gabriele Marranci. During an International Conference on Extremism in London, key authorities were cr… more »
09/07/07
Akbar Ahmed's anthropological excursion into Islam
"One of the most famous anthropologists in the world" was he called by Alan MacFarlane. According to the BBC he is "probably the world’s best known scholar on contemporary Islam". Akbar Ahmed's new book Journey Into Islam: The Crisis of Globalisation is… more »
04/07/07
15:20:51, by Lorenz . Categories: politics, religion cosmology, Us and Them, Europe, anthropology (general), websites New blog: Islam, Muslims, and an Anthropologist
The Anthropology of Islam and Jihad Beyond Islam are the most recent books by Gabriele Marranci. In January this year he has started his own blog Islam, Muslims, and an Anthropologist. He is also writing for the excellent Middle East blog Tabsir.
Gab… more »
17/06/07
Cyberanthropology: "Second Life is their only chance to participate in religious rituals"
You can light virtual candles for Shabbat, teleport to a Buddhist temple or consult the oracle for some divine guidance. In Second Life, an online virtual universe with 3.7 million users, religious diversity and participation have skyrocketed. For some… more »
06/06/07
12:10:13, by Lorenz . Categories: politics, religion cosmology, Us and Them, books, persons and theories Anthropological perspectives on suicide bombing
"On Suicide Bombing" is the title of a new book by anthropologist Talal Asad. In the introduction he writes:
For many non-Muslims in the United States, Western Europe, and Israel, the suicide bomber quickly became the icon of an Islamic “culture of de… more »
02/06/07
04:30:17, by Lorenz . Categories: religion cosmology, Us and Them, fieldwork / methods, University / Academia, ethics Protests against British research council: "Recruits anthropologists for spying on muslims"
Reading my earlier post “The dangerous militarisation of anthropology” you might get the impression that this is something that only regards the U.S. But the same thing is happening in Britain. A few weeks ago the Association of Social Anthropologists of… more »
21/01/07
18:46:49, by Lorenz . Categories: religion cosmology, Us and Them, Europe, globalisation, fieldwork / methods, migration, youth, journal articles / papers Doctoral thesis: Towards a transnational Islam
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 »
17/12/06
Why the French Don't Like Headscarves
"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 »
Wanted: Cultural anthropologist to sort out Seattle's Christmas trees
Are public Christmas trees an "unconstitunal endorsement of one religion over another"? The debates about the removal of nine Christmas trees at the Seattle airport remind of the hijab-controversis and the display of (supposedly) religious symbols in the… more »
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