According to official statistics, Cameroon's population of about 16.5 million encompasses 350 ethnic groups. The sporadic eruption of inter-ethnic conflict in Cameroon has prompted concern about the future of this Central African country, according to IP… more »
Category: "Us and Them"
"The ethnopolitical Maori-Pakeha movement in New Zealand is subverting democracy, erecting ethnic boundaries between Maori and non-Maori and promoting a cultural elite within Maoridom", Elizabeth Rata claims. She has just published her second book, "Publ… more »
"Anthropologists Should Participate in the Current Immigration Debate" was the title of an earlier entry. Josiah McC. Heyman is one of the engaged anthropologists. He wrote several newspaper articles about the US-Mexican border where he showed that more… more »
by lorenz on Oct 31, 2006 in Us and Them, medical anthropology / ethnobothany, anthropology (general), journal articles / papers, websites
On the day of the one-year anniversary of Anthropology.net Kambiz Kamrani has launched the First Round of the Four Stone Hearth - The Anthropology Blog Carnival - a great initiative to promote anthropological blogging:
A blog carnival is a type of bl… more »
by lorenz on Oct 30, 2006 in religion cosmology, culture traditions, Us and Them, gender, Middle East • 9 comments »
(via Alexandre Enkerli at Disparate) "Excellent", a reader comments Lila Abu-Lughod's article: The Muslim woman. The power of images and the danger of pity and adds:
Why do Anthropologists so seldom speak up when it's more important than ever to under… more »
by lorenz on Oct 23, 2006 in indigenous people / minorities, Us and Them, Asia, migration, youth, journal articles / papers • 1 comment »
"Their history deserves to be known in every other country where one can expect to be served a cup of Ceylon tea", Norwegian anthropologist Haakon Aasprong writes in his thesis Making a Home Away from Home: On Up-country Tamil identity and social complex… more »
by lorenz on Oct 16, 2006 in Us and Them, Europe, books, fieldwork / methods, poverty, youth • 7 comments »
"Our politicians are so obsessed by race that they have forgotten the importance of class", writes Daily Telegraph journalist Andrew Gimson and points to a new book by anthropologist Gillian Evans called Educational Failure and Working-Class White Childr… more »
by lorenz on Oct 16, 2006 in religion cosmology, culture traditions, Us and Them, Europe, migration, food and drink
Ramadan is being increasingly observed by France's Muslim community - but also for a few French non-Muslims, afp reports. "I do it sometimes to show my support for my Muslim friends," said Lorie, a schoolgirl in the eastern suburb of Montreuil.
The tr… more »
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