Updated CFPs： Anthropological Applications in Management and Marketing （Tentative）

 

In order to promote phenomenon-driven study on management and marketing research in the Chinese context, the Business School at Eastern China University of Science and Technology will host The International Conference on Anthropological Concern and Local Knowledge Construction: Applications in Indigenous Management and…

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I want to shared with all the members my last published article. This its the abstract.

Among the first projects of German anthropologist Robert Lehmann-Nitsche as head of the Museum de La Plata’s Department of Anthropology in Argentina was his research on the inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego, deemed evolutionary ‘relics’ of humanity. The article explores the role of shows and exhibits as spaces where science was popularized and where late nineteenth- and early…

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http://fhs1973.wordpress.com/2011/12/10/an-impression-of-the-arab-contributions-at-the-venice-biennal-2011/

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PHOTO-ESSAY: Funerary Folk art in Ecuador (Photographer Birte Pedersen)



FOTO-ENSAYO: Arte Funerario Popular de Ecuador (Fotografa Birte Pedersen)



Con motivo de la convocatoria del especial “Relaciones entre…

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http://fhs1973.wordpress.com/2011/05/21/modern-and-contemporary-art-of-the-middle-east-and-north-africa/…

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http://fhs1973.wordpress.com/2010/06/11/living-in-exile-in-their-own-land-contemporary-native-american-artists/…

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"How would you define culture? "

"Culture is something that is all around us but hidden from sight."

"Culture is a visual symbol that represents an abstract idea; it is veiled in allegory yet illustrated in symbols..."



Added by Neil Turner on December 25, 2009 at 5:00pm — No Comments

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Culture is essentially based on aesthetics, I think. If one has an idea

of the evolution of aesthetics as "categorical… Continue

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If you are interested in anthropology of water and the environment, come an join the RAI for a free event on the River Thames on March 20th. The event focuses on the connections between water, conservation and community. Through presentations, films and exhibitions, participants will explore the economic, political and cultural meanings of water and its impact on the lives of communities around the world.



For more information and to book your free place visit:… Continue

Recently I read a paper co-authored by a number of social network social scientists on the dynamics of the news cycle as evidenced by a medium-grained examination of the diffusion and transformation of phrase variants across the web. The authors, Leskovec, Backstrom, and Kleinberg, have a supporting web site, http://memetracker.org. Its worth a look.



Leskovec, Backstrom, and Kleinberg note that the two principal approaches to the… Continue

The first issue of the peer-reviewed Journal of Humanities, a new open access journal, edited by Ahmad Kipacha in the University of Dodoma, Tanzania, is now online (click on the journal title). A second issue of this trilingual journal is currently in preparation and it is hoped will be ready before the end of the year.



Contents of Vol. 1, No. 1, 2009:



A Note on a… Continue

Dimensions of Social Exclusion: Ethnographic Explorations

Editor: K.M. Ziyauddin and Eswarappa Kasi

Dimensions of Social Exclusion focuses largely on social exclusion in the context of communities and social groups who have or have not been considered in discussing the benefits of mainstream inclusive society or development. Contemporary understanding of social exclusion has revived great interest among academics, researchers and policy makers in understanding problems from the… Continue

I have the great pleasure of taking British Literature I, Medieval through Restoration with an excellent teacher. I had her for BritLit II last winter and have looked forward to this class since that time. I get to spend the first six weeks wallowing in the roots of British literature, and Arthurian Legend. Our first reading was The Dream of the Rood. A lovely poem teaching the crucifixion from the tree's point of view. Much can be derived from this short but deep work, author unknown.… Continue

Meeting of Assembly of Experts - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/13/iran-demonstrations-viole_n_215189.html - go to the 2:01 AM post