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CALL FOR ENTRIES!! DOCUMENTARY FILMS! DocMiami May 28-30, 2010!

Submit Your Film Now! http://docmiami.org/Festival.html Feature Documentary Feature Documentaries with a total running time from 61 - 180 minutes. (All films in a language other than English require English subtitles) Docume… Continue

Added by DocMiami International Film on November 29, 2009 at 12:19am — No Comments

Loose thoughts

Instead of explaining my whole reserch I will just point some thoughts that pass through my head (it can be really tiring writing all over again about one´s themes). Right now I am thinking if anti-semitism in 19th century Europe isn´t very deeply rooted in judeo-christian cosmology. The trend amongst reserchers/scholars is to differentiate rather sharply between the medieval anti-judaism and modern anti-semitism. Although there are obviously important differences, I ask myself if they do not m… Continue

Added by Barbara OW on November 25, 2009 at 11:00pm — 2 Comments

Theory & Practice of Ethnography: Readings from the Periphery-New Book

Theory & Practice of Ethnography: Readings from the Periphery Edited by Eswarappa Kasi and Ramesh C. Malik (2009). Jaipur: Rawat Publications: ISBN 81-316-0306-7, 356 pages; Rs. 950. Theory and Practice of Ethnography is an anthology of research papers contributed by illustrious scholars both from India and abroad. It accentuates theoretical and empirical layout of the Ethnography, language, Literature, Culture, Rethinking History and Social Development. Ethnography is highly entertained in… Continue

Added by ESWARAPPA KASI on November 25, 2009 at 11:11am — 1 Comment

HABITAT ANTHROPOLOGY

In the group ANTHROPOLOGY OF HABITAT AND ARCHITECTURE set up by Nold Egenter there is a new discussion opened. Its title is: ________________________________________________________________ - Homo Territorialis - HABITAT ANTHROPOLOGY The architecturally demarcated environment as basic factor of cultural evolution ________________________________________________________________ It has the following subtitles: _________________________________________ Introduction The so called spiritual scienc… Continue

Added by Nold Egenter on November 24, 2009 at 1:28am — No Comments

Systems: an extended glance at the obvious. Part I

Which among these three human artifacts is best described as a system: a hunting net, a shoe, or a gasoline powered motor? I think many of us are inclined to answer the third as being the most system-like. Why? When one is asked to give prototypical examples of some concept, it is natural enough that we choose those examples with which we are familiar. When we think about a concept we often do so with these prototypical examples in mind. This entails a kind of ethnocentric coloring to our think… Continue

Added by Jacob Lee on November 19, 2009 at 12:00am — 2 Comments

International InterCultural Communications - What would be your Seminar Proposals?

Cultural Anthropolgy studies the central social character of culture and civilizations - both past and present. Yet in the area of human connectiveness which is essential to the development of human society the present contemporary aspect of International InterCultural Communication [ I.I.C. ] in the present advances in social sciences are now causing younger - who are aware of this I.I.C. Process - professional Anthropologist to redeveloped their historic thinking of cultural tran… Continue

Added by Roger M. Christian on November 14, 2009 at 1:00am — No Comments

Engineered Objects, Systems, and State Spaces

Some anthropologists are uncomfortable with describing human-environment interactions in the language of systems. The concern seems to be that human-environment interactions don't work, in some fundamental way, like computers, engines, or other proto-typically designed things. These interactions are held to be too complex, too non-linear, too open for the systems metaphor to be appropriate, or at least useful. For my part, I think that the concept of a system is entailed by any non-trivia… Continue

Added by Jacob Lee on November 13, 2009 at 8:30pm — 6 Comments

In a way of Introduction

Just very briefly this time: My main research and teaching interests lie in anthropology of health, illness and mental distress. Have done participant observation among service users in Latvia since 2002. More on my webpage Further inquiries are welcome! Continue

Added by Agita Luse on November 11, 2009 at 9:39pm — 1 Comment

differences in sexual culture question...

sometime this week i started reading articles about differences in the way cultures approach the idea of sex. then i started to question the obvious differences. what do you think the major differences in sexual culture among larger global societies [for example, European values vs. US values], urban sexuality, globalization and sexuality? Continue

Added by Robert Garcia on November 8, 2009 at 12:08pm — No Comments

Some thoughts on intelligence and culture as constraint and resource

Maybe a year or more ago, in another context, John McCreery wrote: As an anthropologist I both feel attracted to describing culture as “the panoply of resources that show that a place is unique and distinctive” and also aware that attaching culture to place may be too limiting. Consider diasporas, for example, or pop culture worlds like those of gamers or musicians that spill across the boundaries and distances that separate geographical spaces. What strikes me most, however, is the notion… Continue

Added by Jacob Lee on November 5, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

Call for Interest: antropologia médica/da saúde-Portugal

Diferentes investigadores (estudantes em M.A., doutorandos, post-doc, docentes, professores...) em/de Portugal que trabalham no campo da antropologia médica, antropologia da saúde ou da doença ou sobre outros tópicos e áreas relacionados à saúde (a religião, a morte, os espaços humanitários, as migrações...). Para conhecer melhor o que se faz neste campo, e quem, convidamos a todos para uma reunião no dia 3 de Dezembro. A reunião será na sala 340, no ISCTE, Avenida das Forças Armadas, Lisboa. Fa… Continue

Added by Virginie Tallio on November 3, 2009 at 1:37pm — No Comments

The Anthropology Song: a viral video for people like us?

Thanks to Kerim and Savage Minds for Dai Cooper's Anthropology Song. Watch it, sing along and pass it on. Check out Daionisio's channel too. And now the interview (courtesy antropologi.info): Maybe nobody has better explained what anthropology is all about. "I wanted to be able to express all… Continue

Added by Keith Hart on October 19, 2009 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

New Issue of Museum Anthropology Review Published

The editors and staff of Museum Anthropology Review are pleased to announce the publication of the journal's latest issue, 3(2). Publication of the issue is timed to coincide with the celebration of Open Access Week. Thanks go to the authors, reviewers… Continue

Added by Jason Baird Jackson on October 19, 2009 at 3:14am — No Comments

Resisting Corporate Enclosure in Scholarly Communications

Members of the OAC concerned with questions and issues in scholarly communication may find an essay that I have recently written of interest. In it, I suggest 5 basic steps that scholars can choose to undertake to diminish the corrosive influence of for-profit scholarly publishing relative to not-for-profit publishing of several kinds. One need not be an advocate for open access publishing to see value in the proposition that we are harming ourselves by freely giving our time, labor, and intelle… Continue

Added by Jason Baird Jackson on October 18, 2009 at 3:03am — 12 Comments

Oral History: Oia mentar la hacienda San Agustin

Este libro recoge los testimonios de los pobladores de la Ex hacienda San Agustín. Quienes provienen de diversos lugares del Perú "la historia de trabajo, solidaridad, conflictos, discriminación, explotación, sueños y logros, leyendas y mitos, de una localidad que va a desaparecer en aras de la modernidad que se impone de manera desigual en nuestras sociedades. Visita: http://exhaciendasanagustin.blogspot.com/ En Google Bo… Continue

Added by Elizabeth Lino C. on October 11, 2009 at 4:00am — No Comments

the drum circle diaries: defense mechanisms

a story from my fieldwork on the Venice Beach drum circle, cross-posted from my blog, Praxis Mundi "They say that they're celebrating the sunset..." said the cop. He surveyed his handiwork, struggling to keep the smugness from corrupting his professional demeanor. As we spoke, the broken multitudes milled aimlessly, faces wiped of expression. There was an occasional angry glance at the three uniformed men. Eventually, like… Continue

Added by Jonathan Tanis on October 7, 2009 at 9:17pm — 1 Comment

Evala Kaybe Togo Male Rites of Passage 2007

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Added by Andy Graham on October 5, 2009 at 1:49am — No Comments

do creationists have well thought out arguments against evolution?

I'm troubled here, I've was raised Christian/ Catholic for half of my life. And when I started to think logically i couldn't find points that seemed well thought out nor seem legitimate in showing that creationists knew that evolution isn't true. i might be thinking this too hard, or I'm accidentally being closed minded. I really want to know what are the main Creationist positions. I want to know how they support them. I want to know this so i can know the other point of view--not to argue agai… Continue

Added by Robert Garcia on October 4, 2009 at 2:00am — 8 Comments

Well Know Travel Blogger Andy of HoboTraveler.com

Andy HoboTraveler.com Travel Journal Top 10 National Geographic Adventure Top 10 Budget Travel Top 5 Forbes.com Blah blah blah Read complete Bio Page Continue

Added by Andy Graham on October 1, 2009 at 7:03am — No Comments

Ethics and Blogging, some fun Monday morning reading

Here is an interesting article from Science Daily. It talks about the basic ethical codes that have come about in online blogging communities. Read on: "Whatever their reason for posting their thoughts online, bloggers have a shared ethical code, according to a recent study published in the journal New Media Society. Key issues in the blogosphere are telling the truth, accountability, minimizing harm… Continue

Added by ryan anderson on September 28, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

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