http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Weq_sHxghcg This video was prepared by the UK branch of Dorling Kindersley Books. Originally meant solely for a DK sales conference, the video was such a hit internally that it is now being shared externally. We hope you enjoy it (and make sure you watch it up to at least the halfway point, there’s a … Read more
http://www.zacharyzezima.com VIA Zachary Zezima This week’s issue in Erkan’s life maybe this message from Google Adsense service which is disabled at the moment: Hello, While reviewing your account, we noticed that you are currently displaying Google ads in a manner that is not compliant with our policies. For instance, we found violations of AdSense policies … Read more
Editor?s note: These are excerpts from material contributed by the Pew Internet Project to the Pew Research Center?s Project for Excellence in Journalism ?State of the News Media 2010? report. Read the full report at journalism.org »
Alternative TV News Reports from EU-DIGEST: Listed below are a few of these alternative TV news stations, which in streaming video and right on your own lap – or desktop can provide you with a different perspective of what is really happening in the world. EURO-News Live: http://www.livestation.com/channels/1?page=466 BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/video_and_audio/news_summary/8070822.stm RT Russian World News reports: … Read more
Nominations for Turkish Blog Awards Turkish Blog Awards started. Check out an interview (in Turkish) with Hasan Yalçınkaya, a pioneer in Turkish blogger… An ambitious Football Manager online game, Efsane Ol [Be a Legend], in Turkish is launched here. I guess I will start playing, too:) Two old time bloggers: http://nahnu.org/ http://ferruh.mavituna.com/ News.Az – 23 … Read more
Support the World Day against Cyber-Censorship, 12 March? Global: World Day Against Cyber Censorship from Global Voices Online by Diego Casaes Internet censorship is still a major issue in many countries worldwide. With that in mind, the Paris-based international organization Reporters without Borders (RSF) is promoting its yearly World Day Against Cyber Censorship on March … Read more
Special issue of Science as Culture on Identity and Narrative in STS from Somatosphere by Eugene Raikhel The latest issue of Science as Culture focuses on a topic which has long been central to cultural anthropology, but remains relatively novel in science and technology studies (STS): first-person narrative and the relationship between scholars and their … Read more
Ethan Zuckerman’s new piece on Worldchanging, “Internet Freedom: Beyond Circumvention,” looks at the technical and social limitations of circumvention of censoring firewalls that we love so much as a tool for helping people in repressive regimes liberate themselves. It’s an excellent and thought-provoking piece that raises more questions than it answers, but it points to some very meaty research problems that people who care about technology and freedom need to attend to.
Human Terrain on Google Ads? from ethnografix by Ryan Anderson Well, this wasn’t expected. So I was checking out an anthropology-related site a while ago, just to see what was going on around those parts. And I noticed an interesting ad in the Google sidebar (which is common on many blogs and others sites): Wherefore … Read more
Dear readers, would you let me know of new sites and blogs I haven’t mentioned yet for the next issues of this series of posting… TTNET, the major ADSL provider, launched a website, Tivibu, to watch TV channels online. First mostly positive impressions in Turkish here. Most visited Turkish news sites according to ComScore: Hurriyet.com.tr, Milliyet.com.tr, … Read more
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Anthropology Professor’s Book Inspires Oscar-Nominated Film Harvard Crimson Harvard Associate Professor of Anthropology Kimberly Theidon had no idea that her 2004 book of essays, ?Entre Prójimos,? inspired the Oscar-nominated Review Essay: Blogging Anthropology: Savage Minds, Zero Anthropology, and AAA Blogs AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST, Vol. 112, Issue 1, pp. 140?148, ISSN 0002-7294 online ISSN 1548-1433. c2010 by … Read more
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AAA Members Vote to Support Honduras Resolution from American Anthropological Association by Brian The following is a message from AAA Secretary Debra Martin: Dear AAA Member: As the Secretary of the American Anthropological Association, I am pleased to report to you the results of our latest ballot initiative. At the most recent annual meeting, a … Read more
The latest on love from anthropologyworks by admin What do cultural anthropologists know about love? To mark Valentine?s Day, a widely celebrated occasion in the United States, I did some research. Using the Anthropology Plus database available through my university library, and with love as my only search term, I came up with the following … Read more