E-mail is so last millennium. Young people see it as a good way to reach an elder - a parent, teacher or a boss - or to receive an attached file. But email is increasingly losing favor to instant and text messaging, according to an ap-article:
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by lorenz on Jul 8, 2006 in Us and Them, globalisation, fieldwork / methods, Northern America, migration, anthropology (general), cyberanthropology, internet, websites • 3 comments »
(via Livejournal Anthropology Community) Jesse de Leon, Master’s student in Social Anthropology, has started blogging on his research on Filipino bloggers - a very interesting blog about migration, transnationalism, identity and internet research. In hi… more »
by lorenz on Jun 11, 2006 in indigenous people / minorities, technology, development empowerment, inuit, internet
(via FieldNotes): These are the first words in an article on how the internet is changing life in First Nations communities in Canada:
"This year, the internet saved a child's life."
For Internet may mean different things to life up there in the N… more »
by lorenz on Jun 3, 2006 in Us and Them, Africa, journal articles / papers, cyberanthropology, internet • 3 comments »
Email scams constitute the third largest industry in Nigeria, after oil and drugs. These email-scammers succeed because they play on stereotypical understandings of Africa, anthropologist Elina Hartikainen concludes in paper, that she presented at a conf… more »
by Denise on May 25, 2006 in technology, anthropology (general), media, cyberanthropology, internet, GUEST BLOGGING • 7 comments »
In 1974, fascinated, I pressed my nose to the window at UMIST and watched huge tapes turning on large metal boxes that filled the ground floor of the building – yes – it was that big! Operators and programmers were hurrying around wearing white lab coats… more »
Is there life after a PhD? and Internet Nicknames – what’s in a name? are the titles of the first entries in a new anthropology blog by Denise Carter.
She has recently completed her PhD in Social Anthropology at the University of Hull, UK. Many might… more »
I've blogged about this in my Norwegian blog already, but this might be interesting for you out there as well. It seems that blogging has become mainstram in academica. Jill Walker, one of the first academic bloggers in Norway has won the Meltzer Foundat… more »
An old drawing style in Japan is being reintroduced as new in the United States, and USC anthropology research scientist Mizuko Ito presented the development of Anime at the UCLA Faculty Center, UCLA University writes on their homepage. Academics should… more »
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