Anthropology and Photography Material World by Haidy Geismar Anthropology & Photography (ISSN 2397-1754) is a new open-access RAI publication series edited by the RAI Photography Committee. Emerging from the international conference of the same name organized by the RAI at the British Museum in 2014, the series will highlight and make available to the widest possible … Read more
Paleolithic Ax Debunks Colonial Myth SAPIENS by Jacqueline Matthews and Martin Porr Earlier this year, a team of Australian researchers led by Peter Hiscock from the University of Sydney published new findings about a fragment of a ground-edge ax—which might have been similar to the hafted ax shown here—that had been discovered in the Kimberly region … Read more
The haunting picture shared during the Nepal earthquake This was one of the most shared photos in the wake of the Nepal earthquake in April. It’s not a fake, but misleading nonetheless. Labelled as showing a “two-year-old sister protected by four-year-old brother in Nepal”, it was shared across Facebook and Twitter and prompted calls for … Read more
IFLA Publishes a Statement on Privacy in the Library Environment At its 14 August 2015 meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, the IFLA Governing Board endorsed an IFLA Statement on Privacy in the Library Environment. The FAIFE Committee oversaw preparation of the Statement and benefitted from consultation with IFLA units and various Internet civil liberties advocacy … Read more
The Anthropology A-level, introduced in 2010 in UK schools, is now at risk to be discontinued by the exam board AQA. The curriculum is very VA-based, using films and media for teaching and as learning devices… so perhaps you join by signing the campaign? The campaign to #SaveAnthropologyALevel is gathering pace. Over the weekend the … Read more
ODTÜ denies agreement with municipality over removal of trees amid fresh clashes Middle East Technical University has returned the money transferred by the Ankara Metropolitan Municipality for the removal of trees in its campus ******************* Happening right now:
Ankara Büyükşehir Belediyesi ekiplerinin 18 Ekim 2013 Cuma günü gece saatlerinde habersiz ve izinsiz olarak yerleşkemize girmesi ile başlayan süreçle ilgili olarak mensuplarımızdan, basın organlarından ve kamuoyundan gelen bilgilendirilme talepleri nedeniyle aşağıdaki açıklamanın yapılması gerekli görülmüştür. ODTÜ Koruma Amaçlı İmar Planı?nın Çevre ve Şehircilik Bakanlığı tarafından onaylandığı, 2 Ekim 2013 tarihli Bakanlık faksıyla ilgili kurumlara … Read more