(via CultureMatters) While Israelis celebrate the 60th anniversary of their state's founding, Palestinians around the world are mourning the "Nakba" - or "catastrophe" - that drove so many into exile. SPIEGEL ONLINE interviewed anthropologist Lila Abu-Lu… more »
Category: "Us and Them"
In his post Not only freedom: the dark ethnic side of the Tibetan Buddhist revolt, anthropologist Gabriele Marranci challenges mainstream images of Tibetans as peaceful and writes about Tibetan racism, ethno-nationalistic dreams, and attacks against musl… more »
by lorenz on Apr 23, 2008 in religion cosmology, Us and Them, Europe, books, persons and theories, journal articles / papers
Our fellow anthro-blogger Martijn de Koning was awarded his doctorate at the Free University of Amsterdam last week.
In his Ph.D. thesis he shows how Islam has become the most important frame of reference for Moroccan-Dutch youth to reflect upon who… more »
by lorenz on Apr 13, 2008 in technology, corporate & business anthropology, design anthropology, Us and Them, applied anthropology, anthropology (general), media, internet
(via Bits and Bytes) The true value of IT will come not from information or technology per se but from the social side. Therefore anthropologists and other social scientists will become more important to Information Technology (IT) Departments than IT it… more »
by lorenz on Apr 10, 2008 in religion cosmology, Us and Them, Europe, anthropology (general), interdisciplinary, cosmopolitanism
Recently, several of my interviews with researchers of the interdisciplinary research program Cultural Complexity of the New Norway (Culcom) have been translated into English. Here are the most recent ones:
Does the answer exist in human nature?
What… more »
He's not an aboriginal Australian. Nevertheless he has to learn the local indigenous language. He and many other children say it's fun. Teachers, parents and linguists say it is improving self-esteem, literacy and school attendance, rescuing indigenous l… more »
by lorenz on Feb 17, 2008 in indigenous people / minorities, Us and Them, Asia, books, anthropology (general), history
Paul Pimomo reviews in The Morung Express a book that might not only be interesting for area specialists. The History of Naga Anthropology is, he writes, "a valuable contribution to the broad area of postcolonial studies".
In History of Naga Anthropo… more »
Both in Norwegian and international media, the recent crisis in Kenya has often been described as an ethnic or an tribal conflict. But is this a correct view? "There is a tendency in media in the West to portray Africa as a place where tribal rivalries i… more »
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