What anthropologists failed to do, a few thousand burned cars made possible: Public debates on inequality, discrimination and post-colonialism. In the recent volume of Anthropology Today (subscription required), Didier Fassin criticizes anthropologists… more »
Category: "Us and Them"
by lorenz on Apr 2, 2006 in indigenous people / minorities, technology, culture traditions, Us and Them, globalisation, language, books • 3 comments »
It is insufficient to understand deaf people as disabled. Most deaf people rather see themselves as members of a cultural and linguistic minority. They are proud of their culture. And they face identity obstacles similar to those faced by many other mino… more »
by lorenz on Mar 28, 2006 in indigenous people / minorities, Us and Them, Europe, books, migration, anthropology (general), persons and theories, journal articles / papers • 6 comments »
In her new book Plausible Prejudice: Everyday Experiences and Social Images of Nation, Culture and Race, Norwegian social anthropologist Marianne Gullestad identifies five major challenges for the discipline of anthropology. To understand the problems of… more »
by lorenz on Mar 26, 2006 in Us and Them, applied anthropology, books, poverty, Northern America, migration, anthropology (general), ethics
"The most important information, which we can get out of this study, is how and what kind of action one can take."
How much should anthropologists get involved in changing the lives of their informants? Johannes Wilm didn't limit his research to prese… more »
Gated communities are becoming more and more popular in America. They are no longer ghettoes for the rich and wealthy. Behind fences and walls, more than eight million Americans live in their own parallel societies. Setha Low, professor of environmental… more »
by lorenz on Mar 7, 2006 in Us and Them, globalisation, persons and theories, journal articles / papers, cosmopolitanism
Some days ago I registered for the conference Cosmopolitanism and Anthropology at Keele University (UK). As a preparation, here some notes on anthropology and cosmopolitanism.
After the controversis around the Mohammed-cartoons, media loved talking ab… more »
Two interviews that I've conducted for the research program "Cultural Complexity in the new Norway" have been translated into English:
Law and multiculturalism: When law crosses borders
How does multicultural society challenge the Norwegian legal s… more »
by lorenz on Feb 19, 2006 in indigenous people / minorities, Us and Them, Asia, journal articles / papers
Although race has typically been mobilized to justify and uphold social inequality, recently in Nepal race was used in a political movement to oppose those in power, Susan Hangen writes in her article The Emergence of a Mongol Race in Nepal in Anthropolo… more »
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