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Category: Us and Them
14/08/10
03:09:00, by Lorenz 
. Categories: Us and Them, Europe, globalisation, books, migration, journal articles / papers The "illegal" anthropologist: Shahram Khosravi's Auto-Ethnography of Borders
Globalisation means for most people on this planet higher fences and less movement across borders. The new book by anthropologist Shahram Khosravi is an auto-ethnography of illegalised border crossing. 'Illegal' Traveller is based on the anthr… more »
04/08/10
Book review: The deep footprints of colonial Bombay
Antropologi.info’s main book reviewer Tereza Kuldova has read another book for us.“One wonders how little has changed”, she writes in her review of the book The Making of an Indian Metropolis: Colonial Governance and Public Culture… more »
19/07/10
The return of colonial anthropology?
“A dysfunctional ethnic and tribal brawl has been the norm in Afghanistan for centuries. Afghanistan is a mess. ” Who said that? A frustrated U.S. military officer? No, a professor of anthropology, Robert L. Moore.
In his article Tribes, Corruption Ai… more »
12/07/10
14:37:32, by Lorenz . Categories: religion cosmology, Us and Them, Asia, journal articles / papers, cosmopolitanism Thesis: That's why there is peace
The Rumi Darwaza ("the Turkish Gate") in Lucknow. Foto: Himalayan Trails / Rajesh, flickr Why are some areas of this world more peaceful than others? In her master’s thesis Networks That Make A Difference, anthropologist Tereza Kuldova explai… more »
06/07/10
Football World Cup = an arena of everyday cosmopolitanism?
Oslo, Saturday afternoon. Several thousands people are watching Germany-Argentina on the big screen. The man opposite to me is wearing the German jersey. He is not German, but Norwegian. He is not the only one who identified with the"others" during the W… more »
30/06/10
23:22:03, by Lorenz . Categories: Us and Them, globalisation, Pacific Oceania, aboriginees, migration, anthropology (general), journal articles / papers, history, cosmopolitanism - Highlight the connections between people!
It happened already around 200 years ago: Aboriginal Australians marry Indians. Afghan cameleers open up the interior of Australia for transport and development. Indian seamen fight for Indonesian independence. And long before Australia was colonised by… more »
14/06/10
"Encouraging to see a Muslim anthropologist studying American society"
Days and weeks before the launch of the new book by anthropologist Akbar Ahmed called Journey into America: the Challenge of Islam, it was already reviewed in major Pakistani newspapers. "Usually it is Western anthropologists who study Muslim societies.… more »
03/06/10
00:36:39, by Lorenz . Categories: Us and Them, Europe, music, journal articles / papers, cosmopolitanism ”Eurovision produces a new form of unity”
”The Eurovision Song Contest is torture to my ears”, was one of my recent Facebook status messages. But as I learnt, the mega event is not primarily about music, it’s a ritual, a transnational social event that connects people and that - according to a r… more »
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