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• March 10, 2010
• 23:55

  SXSW Bound!

   » ‎ Cyber Anthropology
  I’ll be heading in to Austin tomorrow to check in and get my badge before the crazy lines roll in Friday morning. Tomorrow night I’ll be at the Social Media BBQ at Emo’s. Friday I’ll start off in the Blogger’s ...

• 23:48

  Open Democracy on Ergenekon….

   » ‎ Erkan in the Army now...
  Turkey and Ergenekon: from farce to tragedy , - by openDemocracy Author: Bill Park Summary: An epic military, political, and security scandal continues to absorb Turkey. The affair’s latest bizarre sub-plots make the tensions between the country’s “deep state” and ...

• 22:19

  Debate on Chinese investment package in Guinea

   » ‎ Exporting China's Development to the World
  On ”China in Africa: The Real Story,” Deborah Brautigam takes issue with a new Chatham House report entitled “Guinea: Bought by Beijing.” The report says that to the surprise of many, after taking control in a coup and then violently suppressing civil ...

• 20:56

  AAA Annual Meeting Call for Papers Now Open

   » ‎ AAA blog
  The Call for Papers Site is now accepting submissions to participate in the 109th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association.  Submissions are due by 5pm EST on April 1st.  The meeting will be located in New Orleans, Louisiana November ...
• 20:29

  SAFN Launches New FoodAnthropology Blog

   » ‎ AAA blog
  Congrats to the Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition (SAFN) on the launch of the FoodAnthropology blog at foodanthro.wordpress.com. The launch was accompanied by a welcome message encouraging SAFN members to contribute news and research info by contacting ...

• 18:57

  New: Our Cognition and Culture Reader and our Bookstore

   » ‎ ICCI Home
  We are today putting online the beta version of a Cognition and Culture Reader with links to relevant papers, books and blog posts. All the papers are freely available on the Internet. All the books listed (and other books mentioned ...

• 18:04

  More confessions from a former media tycoon

   » ‎ Erkan in the Army now...
  It is not the first time Mr. Bilgin makes confessions, this time he is bolder. Dinç Bilgin Bilgin wishes he could be a reporter like Taraf’s Baransu YAVUZ BAYDAR – Dinç Bilgin speaks out One of the greatest myths about ...

• 16:27

  SACC Announces First All-Digital SACC Notes

   » ‎ AAA blog
  Congratulations to the Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges (SACC) on their first all-digital issue of SACC Notes, emailed to SACC members and subscribers today. This digital effort is a work-in-progress, and all reader feedback is welcome. If you are ...

• 16:08

  A film and An album, I recently discovered

   » ‎ Erkan in the Army now...
  A Prophet is a French movie I have recently watched. It is definitely worth watching. It is a story of “A young Arab man is sent to a French prison where he becomes a mafia kingpin.” Not all action packed ...
• 14:00

  A book on December 19-26, 2000 operation in Turkish prisons…

   » ‎ Erkan in the Army now...
  hapishanelerde katliam / massacre in prisons: During the week of December 19-26, 2000, 10,000 Turkish soldiers violently occupied 48 prisons to end two months of hunger strikes and “death fasts” by hundreds of political prisoners. The hunger strikers were protesting ...

• 13:57

  Beteille on Raj

   » ‎ Entertaining Research
  Here is Beteille on the economist K N Raj: I cannot assess Raj’s contribution to economic science, nor is this the place or the time to do so. But he certainly was an inspiration to many both within and outside ...

• 11:40

  Colossal Congo Crater

   » ‎ Intute blog
  According to reports from Italian researchers at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Texas, a large impact crater has been discovered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The crater measures 36-46km across, and was only recently revealed following ...

• 10:19

  Now PM points out the “Jewish lobby” for the course of genocide resolution…

   » ‎ Erkan in the Army now...
  The Resolution Saga Continues, Erdogan Points to “Jewish Lobby” from Turkish Politics in Action by Ragan Updegraff Prime Minister Erdogan said today that Ankara has no plans to send Turkish Ambasador to the United States Namik Tan back to Washington ...
• 9:41

  the European External Action Service- The EU’s new diplomatic service

   » ‎ Erkan in the Army now...
  The EU’s new diplomatic service from EurActiv.com by Giacomo Introduced by the Lisbon Treaty, the European External Action Service is intended to give the Union a greater role in foreign policy. Yet its scope and competences are the subject of ...

• 8:23

  De curieuze verdwijning van Mohammed Chentouf

   » ‎ C L O S E R
  Enige tijd geleden zonder netwerk een item uit over Mohammed Chentouf. die is uitgezet nadat hij zijn straf heeft uitgezeten wegens terrorisme gerelateerde activiteiten: Mohammed Chentouf is veroordeeld in de zogenaamde Piranha-zaak Openbaar Ministerie – Piranha Wapengebruik, jihadistisch-salafi stische bedreigingen, ...

• 6:50

  Liquid droplet on liquid nitorgen

   » ‎ Entertaining Research
  An interesting one from PNAS: Vitrification and levitation of a liquid droplet on liquid nitrogen Y S Song et al The vitrification of a liquid occurs when ice crystal formation is prevented in the cryogenic environment through ultrarapid cooling. In ...

• 6:11

  A video: Maths and beauty

   » ‎ Erkan in the Army now...
  Comedian John Cleese and model and actress Liz Hurley investigate how mathematics can reflect our perception of beauty. Includes some great tests that you can try out yourself! Do parts of your body divide into the ratio 1 to 1.618? ...

• March 09, 2010
• 19:24

  National Science and Engineering Week

   » ‎ Intute blog
  National Science and Engineering Week will run from the 12th to the 21st March. This year’s theme is ‘Earth’ in support of International Year of Biodiversity see also: Heated debate on geoengineering solutions to climate change (Irish Times) Geoengineering divides ...

• 17:30

  Bytes for Mar 9

   » ‎ Conversations with Dina
  Daily updates on what I’m reading The Social Media Expert Crisis Descends – "If you’ve gotten 200 followers for your corporate Twitter account in Sydney, and sent out 20 tweets, that’s now ample qualification that you are a social media ...

• 15:45

  Chile Quake Shortens Days!

   » ‎ Intute blog
  The incredibly powerful earthquake which struck Chile on February 27th may have been the fifth largest since records began, but it has also had a surprising effect on the length of an Earth day! At magnitude 8.8, the quake was ...

• 15:40

  A video: Balkan Beat Box “War Again”

   » ‎ Erkan in the Army now...
  The first video from Balkan Beat Box’s album BLUE EYED BLACK BOY, out on National Geographic Records on 4/27/10 in North America and 3/1/10 on Crammed Discs in Europe.                            Related posts:Michael Jackson Tribute in Taksim Square and more to ...

• 15:26

  Another China-Africa conference

   » ‎ Exporting China's Development to the World
  China, Afrika en de Europese Unie: een gespannen relatie? (China, Africa and the EU: a tense relationship?) is being organised by  IOB at the University of Antwerp and the Euro-China Centre of its management school on 21-22 April....

• 14:04

  PR-Stelle für NGO in München

   » ‎ Ethno::log
  Die Aktion "Menschen fuuml;r Menschen" sucht einen Mitarbeiter(in) fuuml;r die Abteilung Kommunikation mit Schwerpunkt Online#29;Redaktion, Web 2.0 und Mailings. (a href="http://sonneR.antville.org/files/Menschen+f%C3%BCr+Menschen/" title=""Menschen für Menschen/a #10;span class="small"#10; (application/pdf, 33 KB)#10;/span#10;)#10;...

• 13:55

  from Ethan: how to fight net-censorship

   » ‎ Erkan in the Army now...
  Beyond breaking firewalls: how to fight net-censorship from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow Ethan Zuckerman’s new piece on Worldchanging, “Internet Freedom: Beyond Circumvention,” looks at the technical and social limitations of circumvention of censoring firewalls that we love so much ...

• 12:57

  Ethno::Log Stammtisch

   » ‎ Ethno::log
  Der nauml;chste Ethno::Log-Stammtisch findet am br /#10;br /#10;Donnerstag, den 11. Mauml;rz 2010 br /#10;br /#10;statt. Eingeladen sind alle, die sich an der weiteren Gestaltung des Weblogs beteiligen wollen. Wir mouml;chten auch diesmal Ideen sammeln, um die Diskussionskultur innerhalb des Ethno::Log ...

• 12:31

  Readings: the private and the social

   » ‎ Entertaining Research
  Libby Gruner at Inside Higher Ed: It’s an odd thing, writing a blog. Folks I know — or colleagues I don’t know, for that matter — can stumble across it in ways they’re unlikely to come across my academic work, ...

• 12:21

  World Pi Day Magic

   » ‎ Intute blog
  Whilst the foodies among us dream of World Pi(e) Day, those of more mathematical leaning will of course be aware that this coming Sunday, March 14, is World Pi Day (03.14). To celebrate the event, a mathematician has teamed up with ...

• 7:12

  Rapporten Radicalisering, Salafisme en Jihadisme

   » ‎ C L O S E R
  Er zijn recent diverse rapporten gepubliceerd over radicalisering, salafisme en jihadisme. Een kort overzicht. De Nationale Coordinator Terrorismebestrijding (NCTb) heeft vorige week twee nieuwe rapporten gepubliceerd: Ideologie en strategie van het jihadisme De jihadistische beweging vormt de motor achter de ...

• 4:10

  Website

   » ‎ Anthropologist Community
  Hi everybody,br /Im looking for a website that Ive seen posted here before, where you can select various skulls to be juxtaposed. Does anybody have the link?br /Thanks...

• March 08, 2010
• 17:55

  Iraq elections – are they a milestone for democracy

   » ‎ Intute blog
  Over the weekend the Iraqi people have been voting. Barack Obama hailed it as a milestone for democracy in the area Here are some sites where you can discover more about the background to the elections, any associated violence and ...

• 17:30

  Bytes for Mar 8

   » ‎ Conversations with Dina
  Daily updates on what I’m reading Time to Rewrite the Brand Playbook for Digital – Advertising Age – CMO Strategy – CLIP: " .. a lot of marketing professionals also tend to forget that brands have always been the products ...

• 17:11

  International Women’s Day celebrated

   » ‎ Erkan in the Army now...
  More celebration photos here. Rights activist İlkkaracan: Turkey needs urgent initiative on gender equality by YONCA POYRAZ DOĞAN Activist and researcher Pınar İlkkaracan has said Turkey needs to work harder in order to reverse some downward trends in women’s participation ...

• 15:07

  Maths for scientists meeting, 26th May 2010, Loughborough University

   » ‎ Intute blog
  Undergraduates in the sciences need a level of mathematical ability that few possess when they first enter higher education. Consequently, curricula are designed with this in mind and maths support is invariably provided for all. This presents challenges for staff ...

• 14:59

  Anthro in the news 3/8/10

   » ‎ anthropologyworks
  • Religion and relief aid in Haiti BBC carried an article pointing to the low profile of voodoo in the aftermath of the earthquake. Some observers think that Christian organizations are dominating the scene and even denying benefits to Haitians ...

• 14:43

  Helene Flautre describes How the EU Has Impeded Judicial Reform in Turkey…

   » ‎ Erkan in the Army now...
  Helene Flautre: How the EU Has Impeded Judicial Reform from Turkish Politics in Action by Ragan Updegraff Helen Flautre, Co-Chairwoman of the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee Assessing the status of accession negotiations in an op/ed published in Today’s Zaman, Helene ...

• 13:54

  Een wekelijks portie burgerschap 10 – Vrouwen gaan voor

   » ‎ C L O S E R
  Uit de burgerschapskalender: Vrouwen doen de dingen anders dan mannen. Maar daar is op veel plekken in de samenleving nog te weinig van te merken. De top van grote bedrijven: bijna 100% mannen. Gemiddeld salaris: 23% lager dan mannen. Wereldwijd ...

• 13:00

  App in action

   » ‎ ethnosnacker
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• 11:31

  A video to lighten up: “More than 5,000 Australians strip for the latest art

   » ‎ Erkan in the Army now...
  “More than 5,000 Australians strip for the latest art project by photographer Stanley Tunick on the steps of the Sydney Opera House. . Follow us on twitter at [twitter.com]                            Related posts:A video: Balkan Beat Box “War Again” The ...

• 9:44

  The John Griffiths Show interview

   » ‎ ethnosnacker
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• 9:11

  Our Web Application

   » ‎ ethnosnacker
  divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"object width="425" height="344"param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tKoL0C-Ptigamp;hl=enamp;fs=1"param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tKoL0C-Ptigamp;hl=enamp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"/embed/object/span/divdivbr //divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"/spanBefore you play the clip above, imagine that you have been ...

• 2:13

  Anthro connection: beauty in Japan

   » ‎ anthropologyworks
  Today’s Washington Post carried an article called “Big in Japan? Fat chance for nation’s young women.” Among other points, we learn that young women in Japan are slimmer than they were two decades ago. Young men, however, have become heavier. ...

• March 07, 2010
• 22:36

  Undergraduate Seminar: Doing that 1st fieldwork project for class

   » ‎ Ethnography.com
  At some point as an undergrad, particularly if you are taking a social science class you may be asked to do some kind of field project as an assignment.  The kind where you have to go out and talk to ...

• 19:01

  “”The first edition of ‘Istanbul 2010′ hits newsstands (#istanbul2010)

   » ‎ Erkan in the Army now...
  it can be dowloaded here. STARTING POINT: The first edition of ‘Istanbul 2010′ hits newsstands – Hurriyet Daily News and Economic ReviewIstanbul tops unemployment list among Turkish cities [ WORLD BULLETIN- TURKEY NEWS, WORLD NEWS ] Your Travels: Mesmerizing Old ...
• 15:50

  “Human Terrain on Google Ads?

   » ‎ Erkan in the Army now...
  Human Terrain on Google Ads? from ethnografix by Ryan Anderson Well, this wasn’t expected. So I was checking out an anthropology-related site a while ago, just to see what was going on around those parts. And I noticed an interesting ...

• 14:18

  Closing the week 9 – Dutch local elections II

   » ‎ C L O S E R
  NEW on Closer! The official website of ISIM is closed and the repository of Leiden University works like…well it doesn’t work so well. Which is a problem if you want to read the ISIM Review articles. Therefore I’m happy to ...
• 11:57

  Oorlogsmisdaden in Afghanistan?

   » ‎ C L O S E R
  Top row, left to right: Atiqullah, 15, Attahullah, 15, Ismael, 12, Matiullah, 16. Bottom row, left to right: Samiullah, 12, Rahimullah, 17, Sebhanullah, 17 and guest Samar Gul, 12 (Times Online) Als bondgenoot van de VS is Nederland een belangrijke ...

• 11:32

  Erkan’s field diary: Top posts of the week and month

   » ‎ Erkan in the Army now...
  Top Posts for 7 days ending 2010-03-07 1- Recep İvedik 3 on February 2010 2- A super busy week end with a disappointing news. 3- Is Democracy possible in a country where journalists write op-eds in NYT to support the ...

• 10:01

  Ethnologie Symposium 2010

   » ‎ Ethno::log
  Die Zuuml;rcher Kollegen, unter ihnen das houml;heren Semestern noch bekannte Wolferl, organisieren das diesjauml;hrige Symposion der Ethnostudenten aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum. Findet vom 22.-25. April 2010 in Zuuml;rich statt. Es werden auch noch Referenten fuuml;r kleine Vortrauml;ge gesucht. Anmeldung bis ...

• March 06, 2010
• 19:42

  A super busy week end with a disappointing news.

   » ‎ Erkan in the Army now...
  This semester I have four courses to teach. It is a relatively heavy workload but I am fine with that. I like teaching anyway. One of the courses is an MA course on Cyberculture studies which is very satisfying. In ...

• 17:47

  A heresy is occurring in Australia

   » ‎ anthropologyworks
  Guest post by Helen Caldicott Ever since white men appeared 200 years ago on the shores of Sydney Harbour in their uniforms, with their guns and flags, the aboriginal people have been hunted, shot at and herded off cliffs and ...

• 16:00

  This is what you get when you do not punish anti-Kurdish violence in the first game

   » ‎ Erkan in the Army now...
  Diyarbakırspor fans want an apology. Fanatic Bursaspor fans had their anti-Kurdish violence in the first term’s game against Diyarbakırspor. This had gone almost unpunished. If Football Federation does not act accordingly, this is what happens. Today’s game between Diyarbakır vs. ...
• 15:32

  Turkish angers builds up today

   » ‎ Erkan in the Army now...
  And I am sure this will boost the sequel of Valley of the Wolves… U.S. “genocide” resolution casts shadow over Turkey- Armenia normalization process The Morning After from Turkish Politics in Action by Ragan Updegraff Newly-appointed Turkish Ambassador to the ...
• 14:08

  Fitna arrives Britain

   » ‎ Erkan in the Army now...
  Fitna (pl. fitan) (فتنة) is an Arabic word with connotations of secession, upheaval and chaos. It is often used to refer to civil war, disagreement and division within Islam and specifically alludes to a time involving trials of faith, similar ...
• 13:07

  “Political streetartings from various cities of Turkey….

   » ‎ Erkan in the Army now...
  Tens of street art samples from  Anticopyright-tr blog.                            Related posts:Political street-art Political streetartings from various cities of Turkey Check out the... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin....

• 8:10

  New Book – A world of insecurity: Anthropological perspectives on human security

   » ‎ C L O S E R
  The concept of Human Security was introduced by the UN Development Programme in 1994, in order to expand the scope of development work and research. Human Security was defined as ‘freedom from want and freedom from fear’. This collection of ...

• 4:20

  Tales From the Field

   » ‎ AnthroYogini
  In the last few weeks we’ve had more than our entire year’s rainfall. The country is  striking – almost like a slap in the face as you travel through green, green grass, violet blue sky… …and burnt red earth. I ...

• 3:47

  If Barbie and Ken dolls were real people...

   » ‎ Anthropologist Community
  Hi guys, br /br /I am taking a sociology and education class (for grades 1 - 6), and I am tying in self-esteem in boys and girls, with Barbie. So, I am looking for articles de-constructing Barbie and Ken. I ...

• March 05, 2010
• 18:43

  Fitna in the Netherlands – Elections and the myth of tolerance

   » ‎ C L O S E R
  I have read several of the reactions outside the Netherlands about the recent local elections which were ‘won’ by the progressive liberals of D66 and the radical anti-islam party PVV of Geert Wilders. Consider some of the headlines: [www.independent.co.uk] ...

• 18:16

  How many minutes does it take for social norms to inhibit survival instinct?

   » ‎ ICCI Home
  Forthcoming in PNAS, an innovative study entitled "Interaction of natural survival instincts and internalized social norms exploring the Titanic and Lusitania disasters" by Bruno S. Frey, David A. Savage and Benno Torgler (and already available here alas with subscription; earlier ...

• 17:30

  Bytes for Mar 5

   » ‎ Conversations with Dina
  Daily updates on what I’m reading The net generation, unplugged | The Economist – CLIP: "Michael Wesch, who pioneered the use of new media in his cultural anthropology classes at Kansas State University, is also sceptical, saying that many of ...

• 16:12

  Sonisphere festival in Turkey. 25-27 June. A lineup beyond imagination

   » ‎ Erkan in the Army now...
  Rammstein, Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer and Megadeth confirmed for Sonisphere … The Gauntlet Sonisphere has announced the lineup for the Istanbul, Turkey stop running from June 25th-27th at F1 Park. The shows will include the Big Four – METALLICA, Testament Interview ...

• 13:55

  Asteroid DID Wipe out Dinosaurs

   » ‎ Intute blog
  Findings from a panel of more than 40 international experts have brought them to conclude that a massive asteroid impact did indeed spell the end for the dinosaurs, according to a newly-published report in Science journal. Whilst this theory has ...
• 12:02

  Virtual Training Suite – funding news

   » ‎ Intute blog
  Over the past few months, we have received a lot of feedback asking us about the future of the Virtual Training Suite (VTS). We are pleased to be able tell you that we now have some good news about future ...
• 10:49

  Wonders of the Solar System

   » ‎ Intute blog
  In a new 5 part series for the BBC, Manchester University’s Professor Brian Cox will be examining a range of Solar system phenomena. Cox will be travelling to a number of locations around Earth to compare sights found on our ...
• 10:19

  New UK government publications 1-5th March 2010

   » ‎ Intute blog
  Here is the latest round up from Intute and the LSE Library Aiming High for Young People: Engaging through social media guidance from the Department for Children, Schools and Families how youth workers can use social media to engage with ...

• 8:55

  Annual drama between US and Turkey continues

   » ‎ Erkan in the Army now...
  US congressional move will definitely help US favorability in Turkey (!) Via:What other countries think of the United States Turkey recalls ambassador over US vote from FT.com – World, Europe Barack Obama’s project of building a “model partnership” with Turkey ...

• 0:08

  Why are some wars worse for women?

   » ‎ anthropologyworks
  Guest post by Laura Wilson The United State Institute of Peace recently presented the second part of its program on The Other Side of Gender: Masculinity Issues in Violent Conflict. Panelists Elisabeth Wood, Professor of Political Science at Yale University, ...

• March 04, 2010
• 18:52

  Informs funding news

   » ‎ Intute blog
  Since we posted the news about the JISC funding cuts for Intute, many of you have been in touch with us to ask about the future of Informs. We are pleased to tell you that we now have some good ...
• 16:42

  Airburst over Antarctica

   » ‎ Intute blog
  Scientists examining Antarctic ice cores have determined that the explosion of a huge extraterrestrial rock occurred over the continent almost half a million years ago. Presenting at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) in Texas, a group including Imperial ...
• 16:17

  March Hot Topics

   » ‎ Intute blog
  Three new hot topic articles have been published on Intute. Tubes in space Carbon nanotubes form in space but use a metal-free chemistry until now unavailable to chemists on Earth. The discovery is a surprising outcome of laboratory experiments designed ...

• 12:56

  Problems in our education

   » ‎ Entertaining Research

  Enclosure: [download]

  Are all due to “stultifying presentations of information” argues Bruce Eckel: After an hour of listening to this intensity, you’re hungry for another one. It makes you realize that most of the problems in our education system come from taking ...

• 9:42

  Togo elections – are they fair?

   » ‎ Intute blog
  This week voting will take place in the presidential elections in Togo. Intute has chosen some useful starting points to find out more The BBC has a basic summary of the issue and list of candidates. The page also includes ...

• 9:28

  Introducing Turkish Cybersphere (5)- Tivibu and more…

   » ‎ Erkan in the Army now...
  Dear readers, would you let me know of new sites and blogs I haven’t mentioned yet for the next issues of this series of posting… TTNET, the major ADSL provider, launched a website, Tivibu, to watch TV channels online. First mostly ...

• 6:12

  Seksisme in de politiek

   » ‎ C L O S E R
  We zijn een land waarin vrouwenemancipatie hoog in het vaandel staat. Vrouwen zijn hier gelijkwaardig aan mannen. Daar kunnen anderen een voorbeeld aan nemen. Toch? Nou een reden om misschien toch wat minder hard te roepen zijn de reacties die ...

• 0:11

  FieldNotes is Done

   » ‎ FieldNotes: for the Anthropology of British Columbia
  Since I stopped posting regularly on this blog last May, I have found I really enjoy not blogging regularly. I have appreciated the discussion that this blog has generated – and occasionally still generates – but my online attention has ...

• March 03, 2010
• 23:41

  2020 economic roadmap for Europe

   » ‎ Erkan in the Army now...
  Brussels unveils 2020 economic roadmap for Europe from EurActiv.com by frederic If implemented, the strategy should bring “at least 2% growth” to Europe, Barroso said, presenting his proposals in Brussels on Wednesday (3 March). Hanging In The Balance Over At ...

• 21:28

  Public Anthropology Reviews debut in American Anthropologist

   » ‎ AAA blog
  The March 2010 issue of American Anthropologist, available now on Anthrosource and Wiley-Interscience, features the debut of the new ”Public Anthropology Review” section.  As we announced last fall, these reviews will highlight anthropological work principally aimed at non-academic audiences, including websites, blogs, white papers, journalistic ...

• 20:01

  Webtwitch Wednesday

   » ‎ Cyber Anthropology
  The Australian Government publishes a paper on Cyber Crime: Crime risks of three-dimensional virtual environments Fastweb reveals that Google Chrome won the browser wars for February. AP Reports (via Google News) are ruling by German high court: Telecom data cannot ...

• 19:44

  Blogs and a new way of communication 3

   » ‎ Digital Young
  http://startub.unibuc.ro/?page_id=1201 This is another example of how to make a blog work. From a technically point of view, it is very well put together. Also, it is a blog for and about students and student life. It is full of ...
• 19:37

  Blogs and new ways to communicate 2

   » ‎ Digital Young
  This is a blog for mass-media members and other kinds of public. It has videos, photos, articles, press releases, event agendas, etc. It is a model of how to do a good institutional blog. This is the blog of University ...

• 18:55

  Cyberculture roundup: “10 Types Of People Who Try To Quit Facebook… And Fail

   » ‎ Erkan in the Army now...
  Facebook sends more traffic to broadcast sites than to newspaper sites from Editors Weblog – all postings by Maria Conde 10 Types Of People Who Try To Quit Facebook… And Fail from All Facebook by Neil Vidyarthi Social Media Shapes ...

• 18:26

  Anthropology of user-generated connections and mobilization

   » ‎ C L O S E R
  I have been thinking about online mobilization by social movements for quite some time now. It is clear by now that social movements (environmental, women, labor, religious, and so on) try to recruit and mobilize their constituency online by building ...

• 17:30

  Bytes for Mar 3

   » ‎ Conversations with Dina
  Daily updates on what I’m reading Putting people first » Internet on mobiles: evolution of usability and user experience. PhD dissertation. – Overview and Article Downloaded. [lib.tkk.fi] and [lib.tkk.fi] /> <br /> <br /> Clip: "Anne Kaikkonen, a ...

• 14:09

  Another major step: General Staff acknowledges authenticity of Çiçek’s coup plot

   » ‎ Erkan in the Army now...
  Military finally stops turning blind eye, deaf ear to coup plans Today’s Zaman Ergenekon is a clandestine criminal organization accused of working to overthrow the government. According to Reşat Petek, a retired chief prosecutor, General Staff acknowledges authenticity of Çiçek’s ...

• 12:47

  Autism strategy for England published

   » ‎ Intute blog
  There is now an official autism strategy for England, following the new Autism Act, the first ever strategy of its kind in this country.   It sets out key recommendations for central government and local authorities.  These mainly affect adults, who ...
• 11:32

  Should the BBC be cut?

   » ‎ Intute blog
  The BBC has announced that it plans to make dramatic cuts to its services in order to reinvest savings in more original and distinctive content – “to make fewer things better”, in the words of Director General Mark Thompson. Proposed ...
• 10:59

  The end of the miner’s strike

   » ‎ Intute blog
  25 years ago today the National Union of Mineworkers announced that it was calling off the 1984-1985 coal miner’s strike. The nearly year long strike became the totemic struggle of the Thatcher years, polarising a country with lasting and often ...

• 10:43

  Sriram on Sister Devamata

   » ‎ Entertaining Research
  Days in an Indian Monastry is a book that I have wanted to read for quite some time now, though, I have not yet managed to find a copy. Here is Sriram on the sister and her book. While we ...

• 9:48

  Kein Überleben ohne Wachstum

   » ‎ Ethno::log
  Menschen tragen das Streben nach mehr Wohlstand und Status anscheinend im Erbgut. Das hat Ethnomediziner Wulf Schiefenhouml;vel anhand von Urkulturen analysiert. br /#10;br /#10;Von FOCUS-Redakteur Martin Kunzbr /#10;Link: a href="http://www.focus.de/wissen/wissenschaft/anthropologie/tid-17428/ethnologie-kein-ueberleben-ohne-wachstum_aid_485961.html" title="http://www.focus.de/wissen/wissenschaft/anthropologie/tid-17428/ethnologie-kein-ueberleben-ohne-wachstum_aid_485961.html"www.focus.de/abr /#10;br /#10;img src="http://www.interaktiv-net.de/images/leer.gif" alt="iphone 4g" width="1px" border="0" height="1px"a href="http://iphonekoenig.www.de/category/allgemein/2010/03/03/iphone-4g-neue-ger-chte" ...

• 8:36

  Old titles from Korea Development Institute available as pdf

   » ‎ Hunjangûi karûch'im
  I was happy to find old titles by Korea Development Institute (KDI) that have been out of print since long available as pdf files from the Institute homepage. As none of these titles is available in Iany/I Finnish library, this ...

• 6:06

  interzone radio, march 2

   » ‎ hawgblawg
  a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G_ctFbLwC5I/S43wrbQVyXI/AAAAAAAAB9A/2TxzPLgJuVU/s1600-h/Picture+2.png"img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 275px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_G_ctFbLwC5I/S43wrbQVyXI/AAAAAAAAB9A/2TxzPLgJuVU/s400/Picture+2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444272153402132850" border="0" //abr /div style="text-align: center;"podcast for the show is a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?yjqycmwfjnd"here/a. and the playlist is a href="http://interzoneradio.blogspot.com/2010/03/interzone-radio-show-podcast-playlist.html"here/a.br ...

• 5:41

  Upcoming film screening

   » ‎ anthropologyworks
  In honor of International Women’s Day, please join us for this upcoming event at the Elliott School of International Affairs: Poto Mitan: Haitian Women, Pillars of the Global Economy a film screening a panel discussion following the film with: Mark ...

• 0:14

  Genocide tension season for TR-US relations begins

   » ‎ Erkan in the Army now...
  People upset over Armenia’s warming diplomatic relations with Turkey, protest in front of the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California in 2009. Turkey warned US lawmakers Monday against passing a bill that brands World War One-era massacres of Armenians ...

• 0:00

  3 Quarks Daily's Arts and Literature Prize: Nicolas Baumard on the universality of music in the competition

   » ‎ ICCI Home
  The great 3 Quarks Daily blog is holding a competition for the best Arts and Literature blog post and one of Nicolas Baumard's posts on our blog, "The universality of music: Cross-cultural comparison, the recognition of emotions, and the influence ...

• March 02, 2010
• 23:25

  Een wekelijks portie burgerschap 9 – Een stemadvies

   » ‎ C L O S E R
  Uit de burgerschapskalender: Stemrecht is de basis van de democratie. Of, zoals een jongere over de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen zei: “Als je niet stemt, mag je ook niet klagen. Pas als je je stem uitbrengt, heb je recht van spreken.” In de ...

• 22:49

  2011: 150th adniversary of Italy...

   » ‎ Gopk
  This is a nice article, in view of a debate which in my opinion will not have anything to envy to what is happening around national identity in France...Il manifesto, 2 marzo 2010. Alberto Mario Banti Il mito strabico del ...

• 19:11

  Back from Mexican 'ciber'space

   » ‎ Constructing Amusement
  Back from Mexican 'ciber'space...

• 18:44

  ATT2: Study Advice to my Students

   » ‎ Headnotes: The Informal Ethnographer Blog
  Some last minute study advice to get students to understand what the midterm is about....

• 18:36

  Enough of Erdoğan’s media-bashing!

   » ‎ Erkan in the Army now...
  PM Erdoğan makes himself into an indefensible position. He has to find a new target to release his anger. I have always been uncomfortable with his approach to media but I could tolerate it to a large extent. Because Turkish ...

• 17:17

  European conference in Bath

   » ‎ Intute blog
  Look out for this conference to be held at Bath University from 29-30 April 2010.   The UACES Student Forum are hosting their annual conference in Bath.  It’s a friendly event,  and hopes to provide a good environment for postgraduate students ...