The Penan people from the jungles of Sarawak are threatened by rampant commercial logging and palm oil plantations for bio-fuel, a Malaysian government report said. European and North American demand for "green" bio-fuels made from palm oil means rainfor… more »
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by lorenz on Jul 10, 2007 in indigenous people / minorities, Us and Them, Pacific Oceania, anthropology (general) • 2 comments »
Quote from an article about tourism in Papua New Guinea (reads more like advertising, though):
Tourism is good for PNG," asserts Dr Nancy Sullivan, a Madang-based anthropologist with an abiding affection for Papua New Guineans. "It brings much-needed… more »
In the 1960s and 1970s, elders in Greenland feared their language would be lost. Today, the vast majority of Greenlanders - 92 per cent - are fluent in their native tongue. Inuit language thrives in Greenland, Nunatsiaq News reports:
You can find a co… more »
by lorenz on Jul 2, 2007 in indigenous people / minorities, Us and Them, Asia, books, history • 2 comments »
According to Hindu-reviewer Jyotirmaya Sharma, anthropologist and sociologist Nandini Sundar has written an interesting book about the Adivasi in India. The book Subalterns and Sovereigns — An Anthropological History of Bastar (1854-2006) "tells a very c… more »
by lorenz on Jun 22, 2007 in culture traditions, Latin- and Central America, Native American, ethics • 3 comments »
Babies born into some Indian societies in the Amazon are being buried alive, a practice that is being covered up by the Brazilian authorities and anthropologists "out of respect for tribal culture" according to the Telegraph. "We are fighting against doc… more »
Help out the Hadza, urges Kambiz Kamrani on anthropology.net. A United Arab Emirates royal family is trying to use the land of the Hadza as a “personal safari playground”. After a helicopter tour, they have worked out an arrangement with the Tanzanian g… more »
by lorenz on Jun 11, 2007 in indigenous people / minorities, Asia, ecology nature, persons and theories, journal articles / papers • 1 comment »
Are hunter-gatherer communities able to rely completely on the rainforest environment for their food, without any dependence on food traded from farming societies? How has their life changed as a result of settling down? How has the community responded… more »
"Anthropologists should shed light on the violence in Balochistan Province in Pakistan, anthropologist Hafeez Jamali writes in Anthropology News May 2007. Balochistan is presently the scene of a bitter and violent struggle. Multinationals are exploiting… more »
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