Anarchist anthropologist David Graeber agreed to leave Yale University this spring, dropping an appeal over whether his termination was politically motivated, according to ap. David Graeber said he will teach two classes next semester, then take a yearlo… more »
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Anna Tsing, professor of anthropology, has received the 2005 Senior Book Prize from the American Ethnological Association (AEA) for her book, Friction: An Ethnography of Global Connection (Princeton University Press, 2004). Tsing shares the prize with Mi… more »
It's the probably the largest meeting of anthropologists in the world, nevertheless it's hard to find information on what has been discussed the recent days. I was about to write that I've found more news reports on an anthropology conference in Borneo… more »
by lorenz on Nov 30, 2005 in corporate & business anthropology, fieldwork / methods, cyberanthropology, internet
"I predict that we will slowly see the return of the “armchair anthropologists” Malinowski so famously dethroned." The reason: "The web offers a tremendous, and ever growing database of lived experience", Kerim Friedman wrote in an earlier post on Savage… more »
by lorenz on Nov 28, 2005 in Open Access Anthropology and Knowledge Sharing, books, anthropology (general), University / Academia • 1 comment »
As anthropology has grown, its perceived wider relevance has diminished. Why is this so? In his second chapter in the book Engaging Anthropology, Norwegian anthropologist Thomas Hylland Eriksen gives us several possible explanations. On the one hand, the… more »
by lorenz on Nov 23, 2005 in Open Access Anthropology and Knowledge Sharing, books, anthropology (general) • 5 comments »
"Anthropology is exceptionally relevant as a tool for understanding the contemporary world, yet it is absent from nearly every important public debate in the Anglophone world. In fact, it has almost gone underground in the English-speaking world. Paradox… more »
Recently, the summer issue of Durham Anthropology Journal was published online. Here some articles:
Edward Croft (Aberdeen University):
Dutton Higher Status Behaviour and Status Ambiguity: A Discussion of Exaggerated Higher Status Identity at Oxford… more »
The website of one of the best online anthropology journals Anthropology Matters has been down for about a week now ("404 Page Not Found"). Let's hope that this isn't the end for this journal!
UPDATE (30.11.05): Now, the site is up again! more »
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