Iranian Cultural Heritage News Agency
“Nomads constitute a cultural treasure, not a simple community, because the Iranian society can trace back its roots among them and still feeds on their agricultural products,” said Dr. Jalaludin Rafifar, nomad ex… more »
Category: "culture traditions"
by lorenz on Jul 9, 2004 in indigenous people / minorities, culture traditions, Us and Them, inuit, anthropology (general), Arctic / Northern Regions
Nunatsiaq News
Erin Brubacher, who, with Odile Nelson, is co-directing and acting in the play in Iqaluit this weekend, says this is a play that "fits with the community". "The issues involved are universal: interracial marriage, the concept of cultura… more »
by lorenz on Jul 8, 2004 in indigenous people / minorities, culture traditions, inuit, books, anthropology (general), Arctic / Northern Regions
Kenai Peninsula Online (Alaska)
Generations of anthropologists have appeared in Alaska Native villages and attempted, with varying degrees of tact, naivete or insight, to explain the villagers' lives. Margaret B. Blackman who teaches anthropology at t… more »
by lorenz on Jul 8, 2004 in corporate & business anthropology, design anthropology, culture traditions, persons and theories
Tom's Hardware Guide
Tech firms flood consumers which new products every month. In an interview with Tom's Hardware Guide, Intel's anthropologist Genevieve Bell explains why cultures will determine the development of new products. Dell initiated at In… more »
by lorenz on Jul 7, 2004 in indigenous people / minorities, culture traditions, Asia, migration • 2 comments »
University of California, Center for Southeast Asian Studies
There are more Hmong people today than Tibetans, yet the campaign to "Free Tibet" is widely popular in the U.S. and is internationally recognized, while the plight of Hmong people is relativ… more »
Houston Chronicle
They call each other negro and sing and joke about living in an all-black community. But ask the villagers here about their African ancestry, and they respond with blank stares. Around the turn of the 17th century, Mexico imported mo… more »
Christian Science Monitor
For centuries, it was tribal leaders rather than kings who truly ruled Afghanistan. "Given the fact that the present administration neither is very strong nor has a great deal of legitimacy, tribal structures have rebounded",… more »
The New Zealand Herald
Moves to give more independence to one of the world's smallest and last remaining colonies are being held up by the population of the country itself. Each atoll has a single village, and there are no harbours, no airstrips and n… more »
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