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Category: Us and Them
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 »
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