Anthropologists and Ecological Research Last fall a group of anthropologists participated in the 2012 All Scientists Meeting (ASM) of the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network in Estes Park, Colorado. They were there to make a case for integrating more anthropologists into the study of ecosystems. Read about their experience in Anthropology News. Below is … Read more
The Afflictions Series: An Interview with Ethnographic Filmmaker Robert Lemelson by Neely Myers from Somatosphere by Neely Myers When Robert Lemelson, an anthropologist, filmmaker, and research professor at UCLA, recently visited the George Washington University to speak at a conference on how ethnographic films can help us understand torture, I had to request an interview. … Read more
Anthropologist investigates African penis theft from Boing Boing by David Pescovitz Penis thefts are on the rise again in West and Central Africa. UC Berkeley cultural anthropologist/geographer Louisa Lombard investigated while visiting the tiny village of Tiringoulou. According to the town doctor, “Western medicine is no match for this magic. It is a mysterious thing.? … Read more
You find information about Manfred and his work in English: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_Kremser And German: http://www.univie.ac.at/voelkerkunde/html/inh/pers/wiss/krem.htm Among his publications related to cyber / digital anthropology are: 2004 [with Philipp Budka] ?CyberAnthropology ? Anthropology of CyberCulture?, in Stefan Khittel, Barbara Plankensteiner & Maria Six-Hohenbalken (eds), Contemporary Issues in Socio-Cultural Anthropology: Perspectives and Research Activities from Austria. Wien: Löcker. … Read more
‘Noble Savages’ Anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon talks to Inside Higher Ed about his new book, Noble Savages, and his lengthy and exceptionally controversial career. The New York Times on Chagnon from Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology ? A Group Blog by Ryan I received this link via the e-anth listserv and thought I would … Read more
40,000-year old “Lion Man” from Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog by Dienekes Ice Age Lion Man is world?s earliest figurative sculpture Even more exciting than the discovery of new pieces, the sculpture?s age has been refined using radio-carbon dating of other bones found in the strata. This reveals a date of 40,000 years ago, while until recently … Read more
Check out the comments in this post: Anthropology: The landmark books Last year I posted an open thread called ?Anthropology: Five Books,? in which I asked readers to list the five books they feel best represent the discipline. The responses were great. I think it?s time to try another open thread along similar … Read more
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Opening our anthropological conversations: An Interview with Tom Boellstorff from Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology ? A Group Blog by Ryan I had the chance to conduct an email-based interview with Tom Boellstorff during this past month to explore some of his views about Open Access (hereafter OA) publishing in anthropology. Update: You … Read more
Attempts to undermine professors’ abilities to teach and do research are increasingly directed at scholars who seek to provide a contextualized and critical view of recent international developments and their interaction with US foreign policies and practices. The first draft of the handbook was based on research undertaken by the Taskforce on Middle East Anthropology … Read more
Al Jazeera Travel Show Explores World Cities Through Their Street Food from Open Culture by Colin Marshall Anthropology: the major, the career from American Anthropological Association by Joslyn O. During this week there has been quite the conversation about adjuncts and their working conditions in the press. These articles have lead to further conversation in … Read more
Anthropological Field Research in the Internet Age from Ethnography.com by Tony Another classic question in the age of the internet: How do indigenous peoples feel about anthropology graduate students doing fieldwork? Mark Dawson first reported his research about this subject in a classic post here at Ethnography.com on April 1, 2007. Facebook Anthropology ? … Read more
In Memoriam: Michel-Rolph Trouillot from American Anthropological Association by Joslyn O. Photo courtesy of University of Chicago Michel-Rolph Trouillot, 62, world-renowned anthropologist and historian, died July 5, 2012 following long struggles to recuperate from an aneurism suffered in 2002. Born in Haiti on November 26, 1949, Trouillot came to the U.S. in 1969, during the … Read more
Keith Hart and Online Anthropology from Anthropology Report by Jason Antrosio Back in anthropology graduate school, I read (but did not fully understand) Keith Hart?s Heads or Tails? Two Sides of the Coin. Now, over 20 years after that publication?and over 40 years after his first publications?Keith Hart is a force in online anthropology and … Read more