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Category: Us and Them
15/02/10
03:17:17, by Lorenz 
. Categories: culture traditions, Us and Them, Africa, gender, medical anthropology / ethnobothany, aboriginees, journal articles / papers Yes to female circumcision?
The problem with the representation of various forms of female circumcision as ‘mutilation’ is that the term, among other things, presupposes some irreversible and serious harm. This is not supported by current medical research on female circumcision. (s… more »
16/11/09
02:28:49, by Lorenz . Categories: indigenous people / minorities, Us and Them, Latin- and Central America, medical anthropology / ethnobothany, Native American, journal articles / papers Where shamans understand colonialism as sickness
"I am here to save the people, to cure the people. In the city they are all sick, they are all domesticated. The shaman has to go together with disease."
Anthropologist Anders Burman talks to Don Carlos, an Aymara shaman in Bolivia. According to D… more »
02/10/09
00:42:02, by Lorenz . Categories: politics, Us and Them, Asia, aboriginees, anthropology (general), ethics Correction (and Update): "Army-Anthropologists don't call Afghans "Savages"
My most recent post Army-Anthropologists call Afghans "Savages" received a lot attention, so it might be necessary to write a new post after the debates in the comment field and via email. It seems that the Sydney Morning Herald reporter misunderstoo… more »
28/09/09
Army-Anthropologists call Afghans "Savages"?
Do you want to know what anthropologists who work for the US military in Afghanistan write about the people America is at war with? I resist to believe it but according to the Syndney Morning Herald they call some Afghan societies for "utter savages".… more »
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 »
10/09/09
04:48:44, by Lorenz . Categories: politics, Us and Them, medical anthropology / ethnobothany, aboriginees, journal articles / papers The Anthropology of Suicide - World Suicide Prevention Day
It was around four months ago, I received the message of my friend's sudden death. "Nobody knows", I was told, "why she stepped in front of a train". Afterwards I often wondered if her life could have been saved if we all had known and talked more about… more »
30/07/09
09:37:18, by Lorenz . Categories: indigenous people / minorities, politics, Us and Them, Asia, anthropology (general), ethics IUAES-anthropologists "praise" Chinese government's relation to minorities
Chinese authorities continue using the 16th congress by the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) to spread propaganda. This is the most recent article: Overseas anthropologists: Adventure in Chinese ethnic village "e… more »
27/07/09
12:29:02, by Lorenz . Categories: indigenous people / minorities, Us and Them, Asia, anthropology (general), University / Academia Chinese media propaganda at IUAES anthropology conference in Kunming
(update 30.7: IUAES-anthropologists "praise" Chinese government's relation to minorities) As I wrote a few days ago, the vice president of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) Petr Skalník decided to boycott the IU… more »
24/07/09
03:32:09, by Lorenz . Categories: indigenous people / minorities, politics, Us and Them, Asia, anthropology (general), ethics Anthropology in China: IUAES-conference boycott due to Uyghur massacre
(UPDATE 27.7.09: Chinese media propaganda at IUAES anthropology conference in Kunming? / UPDATE 30.7: IUAES-anthropologists "praise" Chinese government's relation to minorities )
Last year, the conference was cancelled by the Chinese government for fea… more »
00:15:36, by Lorenz . Categories: indigenous people / minorities, Us and Them, anthropology (general), persons and theories Identity politics: Have anthropologists gone too far?
Inspired by a lecture by Peter Geschiere, anthropologist Yara El-Ghadban discusses a difficult and central question in our discipline: How to deconstruct a notion without destroying the meaning that it has for people?
In order to challenge stereotypi… more »
09/07/09
Book review: How the Ganges boatmen resist upper-caste and state domination
Caste, Occupation and Politics on the Ganges is the title of a new book by anthropologist Assa Doron that Tessa Valo reviews here for antropologi.info. It is a book about the life of a marginalized group of people in India - the boatmen at the river Gang… 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 »
07/06/09
Is the anthropologist a spy? New Anthropology Matters is out
When anthropologist Michael Madison Walker did research in rural Mozambique, he - as a white man - was variously assumed to be a priest, a development worker, a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer, and even a spy. Fieldwork identities is the topic of the new issu… more »
28/05/09
03:24:35, by Lorenz . Categories: Us and Them, Asia, persons and theories, journal articles / papers, history, cosmopolitanism Interview with Benedict Anderson: Being a cosmopolitan without needing to travel
During my research for the new overview over open access anthropology journals, I made many great discoveries. I'll try to present some of them.
One of the discoveries was Invisible Culture. An electronic journal for visual culture. The most recent is… 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 »
22/04/09
Mahmood Mamdani: "Western concern for Darfur = Neocolonialism"
300 000 people have been killed and 2.5 million been made refugees in the war in Darfur. In his new book, anthropologist Mahmood Mamdani describes the Save Darfur campaign as representing a refracted version of the moral logic of the "War on Terror" with… more »
29/03/09
Earth Hour - The first globalized ritual?
I have to confess I have an ambivalent relation to initiatives like the Earth Hour. But anthropologist Stephen Bede Scharper casts an interesting perspective on this new way to save our planet.
He describes Earth Hour as "the first globalized ritual"… more »
27/01/09
04:05:59, by Lorenz . Categories: politics, Us and Them, anthropology (general), Middle East, University / Academia Boycott Israel? - More anthropologists on Gaza (II)
(text changed, name removed, see comments below) Four anthropologists are among a long list of scholars who in The Guardian call for a boycott of Israel:
We must do what we can to stop Israel from winning its war. Israel must accept that its security… more »
07/01/09
Anthropologists on the war on Gaza (updated)
(See also part II David Graeber: Boycott Israel! - More anthropologists on Gaza) After two weeks war in Gaza, it's time to round up: How have anthropologists contributed to a better understanding of the conflict? According to my overview, they have bee… more »
03/01/09
01:41:02, by Lorenz . Categories: indigenous people / minorities, culture traditions, Us and Them, Asia, development empowerment, journal articles / papers, tourism Headhunting as expression of indigenousness
Anthropologists often criticize mainstream media for exoticizing people. But in Borneo you'll find indigenous people who promote themselves as headhunters and are proud of it. The journal Cultural Analysis has recently received a prize in the Sav… more »
25/09/08
20:54:49, by Lorenz . Categories: indigenous people / minorities, Us and Them, Latin- and Central America, Native American, media In Norwegian TV: Indian tribe paid to go naked to appear more primitive
(Norwegian version) In the reality program «Den store reisen» (Ticket to the tribes), a Norwegian family moved in with Waorani-indians in Banemo, Ecuador. The TV-pictures show people who go naked and live "primitively". What the TVstation NRK fails to me… more »
22/09/08
21:54:52, by Lorenz . Categories: politics, Us and Them, applied anthropology, Northern America, Middle East, ethics How the Human Terrain System people think
"They’re natural born killers. They’re good, they’re lethal, they’re fantastic. I love working with them", says Major Robert Holbert. He was part of the first Human Terrain Team in Afghanistan in 2007 and tells his story in a fascinating interview with L… more »
07/09/08
14:51:37, by Lorenz . Categories: Us and Them, books, anthropology (general), persons and theories, history, cosmopolitanism Jack Goody: "The West has never been superior"
Are democracy, capitalism, freedom and the concept of romantic love unique inventions of the West? No. In his new book, anthropologist Jack Goody shows that the superiority of the West is largely unreal, even if we look to the recent past.
In "The T… more »
28/08/08
00:44:08, by Lorenz . Categories: Us and Them, globalisation, migration, persons and theories, University / Academia, interdisciplinary How to challenge Us-and-Them thinking? Interview with Thomas Hylland Eriksen
As some of you might know, I work as a journalist at the interdisciplinary research programme Culcom - Cultural Complexity in the New Norway. I've just put online the English translation of my interview with Thomas Hylland Eriksen, research director of C… more »
13/08/08
17:54:07, by Lorenz . Categories: indigenous people / minorities, culture traditions, Us and Them, Asia, globalisation, music Ainu in Japan: Cool to be indigenous
Better times for the Ainu in Japan? There is an "revival of ethnic pride" going on in Japan according to ap.
At the forefront are the Ainu Rebels (image). They use music and dance to rebel against a history of institutionalized discrimination. They c… more »
03/08/08
16:15:59, by Lorenz . Categories: culture traditions, Us and Them, globalisation, music, Visual Anthropology, cosmopolitanism Anthropologist explores heavy metal in Asia, South America and the Middle East
In 2005 his movie Metal - A Headbanger's journey took the world with storm. Now anthropologist and metal musician Sam Dunn has released "Global Metal" - a film about the global expansion of heavy metal music.
Together with his co-director Scot McFayde… more »
03/07/08
01:38:26, by Lorenz . Categories: indigenous people / minorities, Us and Them, Native American, media "Tribal wives" - Pseudo-anthropology by BBC?
The BBC has sent six British women to be "second wives" to so-called "tribesmen" in - according to the BBC "some of the world's most remote communities". "Any anthropologist feels pleased when the hidden peoples of the world get a chance to appear on tel… more »
04/06/08
02:26:23, by Lorenz . Categories: indigenous people / minorities, Us and Them, Latin- and Central America, globalisation, Native American, media The Double Standards of the "Uncontacted Tribes" Circus
The story of the so-called "uncontacted tribes" in the Amazon has made its way around the world (even to Norway!). At the same time, there is a complete lack of interest in the story of indigenous people being publicly humiliated in Bolivia, the CultureM… more »
21/05/08
20:22:56, by Lorenz . Categories: corporate & business anthropology, Us and Them, media, youth, internet How to get more young readers? Associated Press turns to anthropologists
The number of young newspaper readers is declining. In order to better understand the behaviors of young readers, Associated Press commissioned a team of anthropologists to follow 18 young individuals around the world and examine their media habits, the… more »
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