University of Buffalo Reporter
In a new book published last month by Random House, Barbara Tedlock, professor of anthropology, challenges the historical hegemony of the male shamanic tradition, restores women to their essential place in the history of… more »
Category: "culture traditions"
Edward P. Wolfers, The National (Papua New Guinea)
The book "The Name Must Not Go Down: Political Competition and State-Society Relations In Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea" by Dr Joseph Ketan is primarily a study of political competition in the area ar… more »
by lorenz on Apr 6, 2005 in indigenous people / minorities, religion cosmology, culture traditions, Us and Them, Native American
Sabina Magliocco, Anthropology News April 2005, American Anthropological Association
The commodification of indigenous spirituality is based on Romanticism’s construction of indigenes as more authentic, closer to nature and the sacred than Westerners;… more »
Ronald Hutton, Times Online
Piers Vitebsky is one of a tiny number of British experts on the region and an internationally renowned anthropologist. This book "REINDEER PEOPLE: Living with Animals and Spirits in Siberia" is the record of successive vis… more »
AP
The intimate moments that once were the glue of American family life are disappearing amid job demands and nonstop activities. Scientists at UCLA Center on Everyday Lives of Families have spent the past four years observing 32 Los Angeles families… more »
St.Petersburg Times
As almost 1,400 Somali refugees poured in this nearly all-white New England town, the natives weren't quite sure what to make of them. Here were people who looked different, spoke little English and had little money. And expected t… more »
Cairo Magazine
Moulids are multi-faceted festivals held in honor of holy people. The surrounding area is transformed into a festive space that, in the case of large moulids, may engulf an entire neighborhood. Anthropologist Farouk Ahmed Mostafa says,… more »
by lorenz on Mar 8, 2005 in culture traditions, fieldwork / methods, anthropology (general), journal articles / papers
Here are three more articles from the Anthropology News March 2005 by the American Anthropological Association:
Vishvajit Pandya: "When Land Became Water". Tsunami and the Ongees of Little Andaman Island
I had a chance to visit the Ongees in the last… more »
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