I sometimes get annoyed at books by established scholars. Where most junior scholars cite heavily when making theoretical claims, established scholars often seem to feel little need to cite theory (although they will cite empirical claims). But even more annoying, where most junior scholars make a point and then move on, established scholars often seem [...]A month ago, due to a lack of news about how the #occupy movement was affecting the universities, I posted an open thread that got very little response. Well, what a month it’s been! Within a few weeks #occupyharvard and #occupyberkeley made the news. Especially notable was the use of violence against peaceful protesters at [...]
. antropologi.info social and cultural anthropology in the news Blogroll Nordisk auf Deutsch Journals Bulletin Board Search Guestbook Contact 20 11 11 02:09:26, by Lorenz Categories : Open Access Anthropology and Knowledge Sharing anthropology general Here is the Preview of Hau . Journal of Ethnographic Theory New Open Access Journal It’s Open Access , Copy Left , and Peer Reviewed : Hau . Journal of Ethnographic Theory Only ten days left , then the first issue will be available online . Yesterday , the preview table of contents of the inaugural issue was posted at http : haujournal.org By drawing out its potential to critically engage and challenge Western cosmological assumptions and conceptual determinations , HAU aims to provide an exciting new arena for evaluating ethnography as aSo what’s going down at this year’s AAA meeting in Montreal? What are YOU up to? What panels are looking good? What are people talking about? Any big debates heating up? Any amazingly fantastic talks so far? Have you met your anthropological hero? How’s the food in the city? Who’s there? Are the elevators crowded? [...]
antropologi.info social and cultural anthropology in the news Blogroll Nordisk auf Deutsch Journals Bulletin Board Search Guestbook Contact 15 11 11 15:56:16, by Lorenz Categories : Open Access Anthropology and Knowledge Sharing aboriginees anthropology general Updated overview over anthropology blogs and their newest posts Nearly every hour an anthropologist somewhere on this planet publishes a blog post in English . The antropologi.info overviews over the newest blog posts in English are now updated with several new blogs . I’ve also removed some blogs that haven’t been updated for a while and tried to fix some . bugs It’s not the edited overview with hand picked posts that Greg Downey at Neuroanthropology is looking for though and I hope will be realised somehow in the near future asEach month we do a round up of weblinks, current events, and anthropologists in the news that were originally broadcast daily (or at least in semi-reliable fashion) via @savageminds. Here’s a sampling of what we were reading in October. If you’ve seen someting around the web that you want to share with the Savage Minds [...]
Spotted at Downtown Books & News, Asheville, NC – The Rejected Quarterly, fine literature rejected at least five times. Interesting idea that may or may not play out in the sciences. Still, you gotta love the moxie. I guess the proof is in the pudding: I didn’t actually buy it. Went with Creative Nonfiction, #42, [...]
: . antropologi.info social and cultural anthropology in the news Blogroll Nordisk auf Deutsch Journals Bulletin Board Search Guestbook Contact 03 11 11 14:33:55, by Lorenz Categories : politics Us and Them Northern America migration Anthropologist : Stop the abuse of migrants at the U.S . Mexican boder They beat children and adults during apprehensions and in custody , they deny people with life-threatening medical conditions treatment , separate family members and confiscate their belongings . We were held with another woman who was coughing so badly that she threw up violently , over and over . The others in the cell called for help . An officer came over and said , Que se muera Let her die Two months ago anthropologists Rachel Stonecipher Sarah Willen alerted the public on the Access