A Montreal newspaper story has rapidly sent Filipino tempers rising around the world. Luc Cagadoc, a 7-year-old pupil, was punished by a lunchtime day-care monitor: “You are in Canada. Here in Canada you should eat the way Canadians eat,” the Quebecois e… more »
Category: "culture traditions"
by lorenz on May 10, 2006 in indigenous people / minorities, culture traditions, Africa, development empowerment • 2 comments »
Journalists often draw strict lines between "us" - the modern - and "them" - living in the stone age - although, as anthropologist Kerim Friedman put it we're all modern now.
According to a recent story by Knight Ridder Newspapers, a gift to Maasai p… more »
On the recent conference by the Society for Applied Anthropology, Mary Odell Butler from Battelle suggested that anthropologists ought to quit using the word ‘culture’ wherever possible, according to Judd Antin at Technotaste who writes:
"The larger a… more »
by lorenz on Apr 4, 2006 in technology, corporate & business anthropology, culture traditions, applied anthropology • 10 comments »
Intel recently advertised four anthropologist openings and had more than 300 applicants, including top-notch researchers from the best schools according to Union Tribune San Diego. The newspaper portrays several IT-anthropologists, among others Anne Kira… more »
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 »
Weaving is a tradition dear to the Rupshupa of Ladakh. But the craft is at the crossroads because many youngsters are leaving in search of a better lifestyle, says anthropologist Monisha Ahmed in The Hindu. "There are very few ethnic communities in the w… more »
by lorenz on Feb 19, 2006 in indigenous people / minorities, culture traditions, applied anthropology, journal articles / papers, websites
For some reason, information on what is going on on anthropology conferences is difficult to obtain. Accidentally, I stumbled upon the website on a conference by the Association of Social Anthropologists on Approaches to Indigenous Knowledge that was he… more »
Priceton University presents a new book which might be an example for good anthropological writing. It's a book about the Hajj-pilgrimage to Mecca by anthropologist Abdellah Hammoudi:
Written in the first person, “A Season in Mecca” reads like a novel… more »
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