In a new Anthropology News article, Anthropologist Kerim Friedman gives a short introduction in folksonomies and provides examples of how folksonomy web sites can be used by anthropologists. The term folksonomy, he explains, "owes its roots to the anthro… more »
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by lorenz on Apr 28, 2005 in culture traditions, medical anthropology / ethnobothany, books, fieldwork / methods, Northern America
USA Today
Medical anthropologist and University of California-San Francisco professor Sharon Kaufman, relies on extensive research and two years of firsthand observations in three hospitals. Kaufman's book wrestles with death and dying. She describes… more »
IPS News
Scientists involved in the Genographic Project will go in search of the genes of indigenous communities worldwide in a bid to decipher the puzzle of how ancient peoples were disseminated around the planet. Negative experiences in the past, cu… more »
anthropologist Andrea Ben Lassoued, zerzaust
In their introduction to "Media Worlds" Ginsburg, Abu-Lughod and Larkin argue, that the anthropology of media is an important field of study, as the "ubiquity of media worldwide means, that anthropologists… more »
by lorenz on Apr 18, 2005 in technology, gift economy gift giving, Us and Them, anthropology (general)
Jill Walker (University of Bergen, Norway) reports from a seminar I've missed to attend:
Lars Risan is the first speaker at the network seminar I’m at in Oslo. Don’t you love the idea of code as sacrament? Lars is an anthropologist, and he starts his… more »
Linux Electronics
A University of California, Berkeley, professor is spearheading a team just awarded $3.3 million to study "digital kids." The study will document how youth from ages 10 to 20 are using new digital media to create and exchange knowled… more »
Denver Post
University of Colorado anthropologist Donna Goldstein has been named winner of the 2005 Margaret Mead Award, given every other year to a young anthropologist in recognition of excellent research. The American Anthropological Association an… more »
Anthropologist Kerim Friedman, Keywords
Last year, when I was offered the opportunity to teach a course on anthropology and photography at Haverford College, I immediately knew I wanted to do something with Flickr. I have to admit that it was exhausti… more »
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