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May 17, 2012
4:48
Anthropology on Sex, Gender, Sexuality – as Social Constructions
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Hartwick College focused on The Human Question for its academic campus theme for 2011-2012. This brought periodic flares to the internal faculty e-mail listserv on a wide-ranging set of questions, mainly around the topic of possible machine consciousness. In May ...

3:41
By the rivers of Babylon
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Journalist writing Rachel Shabi is an Iraqi Jew, born in Israel to parents who migrated there from Iraq in the early fifties and then moved to England. In her book, We Look Like the Enemy: The Hidden Story of Israel's ...

3:33
Blizzard Challenge 2012
» ‎ Language Log

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Every year since 2005, speech synthesis researchers have organized a yearly Blizzard Challenge, "[i]n order to better understand and compare research techniques in building corpus-based speech synthesizers". Part of the research effort involves the general public, who are invited to ...

0:19
New gas and old worries in the Arctic – BBC radio Crossing continents
» ‎ Arctic anthropology

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Florian Stammler took a group of the BBC to his field site in Yamal, West Siberia, for a programme on herders and the gas industry. It was a challenging trip where we had planned much more than could be achieved ...

May 16, 2012
23:07
How easy is it for an African scholar to study Chinese companies in Africa?
» ‎ Exporting China's Development to the World

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The ever growing involvement of China in Africa through its enterprises and projects has retained the attention of the media and the academic world among others. China itself likes to recall its connections with Africa and prides itself to have ...

23:05
Announcements, May 16 2012: Call for Research Proposals and Conference Papers by Morgan Philbin
» ‎ Somatosphere

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Call for Research Proposals: _________________________________________ Global Development Network The Global Development Network invites researchers from developing and transition countries to submit proposals for the 2012 Global Research Competition. The themes in 2012—which is the pilot year of this program – ...
22:15
Annoucements by Morgan Philbin
» ‎ Somatosphere

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Social and Political Science Pre-Conference: “ENSURING A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR AN EFFECTIVE LONG-TERM HIV RESPONSE: SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CHALLENGES” 19th – 20th July, Washington DC, US [www.iasociety.org] The objectives of the pre-conference include: - To review research on ...

21:21
The bishops, the sisters, and religious freedom
» ‎ The Immanent Frame

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At its March 2012 meeting, the Administrative Committee of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops approved “Our First, Most Cherished Liberty: A Statement on Religious Liberty,” a document drafted by the USCCB’s Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty. Publicly ...

21:02
নিসর্গ নিয়ে ভাবনা : একাধিক সমবায়ী প্রয়াস Re-Thinking Environmentalism
» ‎ Open Anthropology Cooperative Blog Posts

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নিসর্গ নিয়ে ভাবনা : একাধিক সমবায়ী প্রয়াস Re-Thinking Environmentalism There are five parts in this booklet on non-conventional environmental science: [a] A prologue written by Bandyopadhyay on the issues of image processing and remote sensing techniques by means of which the ...

19:17
Anthropologists Write For The Huffington Post
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Have you read what AAA members are writing about on The Huffington Post? There are more than 40 AAA members who are contributing to the AAA Huffington Post blog throughout this year on a variety of anthropological topics. Here’s a ...

18:37
Sunni-Shia discord on the rise?
» ‎ The Immanent Frame

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The Economist reported recently on the state of Sunni-Shia relations only a few years after a seemingly pivotal moment: It seemed historic. Muslim scholars, 170 in number and representing nine schools of legal thought (including four main Sunni ones and ...

17:04
Riots, Ritual and Rage – ‘Salafists’ and PRO-NRW in Germany
» ‎ C L O S E R

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Closer Blog: Last week several Muslims were arrested in Germany after riots during a protest against a demonstration of the German radical right wing party PRO-NRW. During the election campaign for the regional elections in Nord-Rhein Westfalen, PRO NRW organized ...

17:02
Not allowed to have a small heart: Tourette Syndrome
» ‎ Neuroanthropology

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Sometimes I feel ashamed to be close with my friends. “How come you’re so distant? Just come over here, it’s no problem, you know.” I’m not allowed to have a small heart. Gusti Ayu Ketut Suartini, a young Balinese woman, ...

16:11
Is it wise to invest in Facebook?
» ‎ anthropologyworks

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By contributor Sean Carey I have a confession to make: I don’t have a Facebook page. A few years ago I was encouraged to sign up by friends and colleagues when Facebook was primarily used by university students and lecturers. ...

15:41
But Are They “The Good Muslims”?
» ‎ tabsir.net

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What we talk about when we talk about Egypt’s Salafis By Haroon Moghul, Religion Dispatches, May 3, 2012 After their strong showing in the Egyptian elections, Salafis are a hot topic. But despite all the talk of Salafis, we still ...

13:45
Deptford & New Cross Virtual Social Centre. Film Night. Housing. 17.5.2012 7.30PM
» ‎ trinketization

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Hi, Just a reminder about tomorrow’s film night: Subject: New Social Centre / Film night starts May17th at NX Library Deptford & New Cross Virtual Social Centre present Films to change the world with: Housing Films about ordinary people’s direct ...

13:42
The Good, the Bad, and the Unbuilt
» ‎ We Were Modern

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A new volume for the series 'Studies in Contemporary and Historical Archaeology' is published this month. The seventh volume in the series - The Good, the Bad, and the Unbuilt: handling the heritage of the recent past -brings together papers from ...

10:08
Michel Montecrossa's Futurist Courage & Love Climate Change Musical 'The House Of Time - Part I' - Filmvorführung am 18.05.2012
» ‎ Ethno::log

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Am Freitag, den 18. Mai 2012 wird Topical Songwriter Michel Montecrossa's Futurist Courage & Love Climate Change Musical 'The House Of Time - Part I' im NEW ART CINEMA (im Michel Montecrossa Rock Vision Diner in Gauting) vorgeführt, Beginn: 20:00 ...

9:58
Don’t Talk to Me About Sewing Machines (to rescue me from selling sex): Videos
» ‎ The Naked Anthropologist

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Two videos from Don’t Talk to Me About Sewing Machines at the AWID conference in Istanbul recently. The slogan comes from a couple of centuries of social work focused on Rescue and Rehabilitation: First remove the woman from prostitution, then give ...

9:27
Sosyal Medya Haber Siteleri (1): sosyalsosyal (@sosyalsosyal)
» ‎ Erkan in the Army now...

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TweetShare via emailErkan’s Field Diary yeni bir seriye başlıyor. Sosyal Medya Alanında haber veren siteler.. Sitenizin bilgilerinizi gönderin, seriye ekleyelim;) sakaerka@gmail.com İçinde bulunduğum bir çok projeyi ilk haberleştiren, güzel dosya haberler hazırlayan sosyalsosyal ile başlıyorum bu seriye… Özellikle röportajlar kısmına ...

9:09
Education in Context (draft notes for talk today at 10am RHB 306)
» ‎ trinketization

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Context. Maybe it makes sense to reflect, in the quiet aftermath of a period of activity, in order to gear up again for more, necessarily thinking this never stops, that the to and fro alternation of theory and praxis is ...

8:13
Sosyal Medya alanında çalışan ajanslar (37): “ping”
» ‎ Erkan in the Army now...

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TweetShare via emailErkan’s Field Diary sosyal medya alanında çalışan ajansları tanıtan seriye devam ediyor. sakaerka@gmail.com adresine logo, iletişim bilgileri, kısa tanıtım, varsa birkaç ekip fotosu gönderirseniz sizin ajansı da bu seriye dahil etmek isteriz… Ya da en azından haberdar ediniz;) ...

5:31
"Welcome signs for hearing impaired"
» ‎ Visual Anthropology of Japan

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Caption: A whiteboard at the Sign with Me cafe in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo, is full of messages from customers. It is also used to communicate with cafe staff. My friend recently came back from Tokyo and told me about a ...

5:13
because not all villagers were created equal…
» ‎ Shenzhen Noted

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The stereotype of the second generation of Shenzhen villagers being “rich, lazy, mah johng playing, playboys (who might also do drugs)” is not only predicated on the idea that all … Continue reading →...

5:02
Tweezers!
» ‎ Jason Baird Jackson

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I encountered a large number of objects in my work with the William C. Sturtevant Collection today. An important sub-set of the objects that I looked at today was a collection of “German silver” (a.k.a. nickel silver) jewelry made by ...

1:04
Workers Inquiry refs and what not.
» ‎ trinketization

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Talk for Future Tense: I want to focus primarily on the development of workplace or workers inquiry. First of all reference is to Engels The Condition of the Working Class in Manchester, then the huge chapter ‘The Working Day’ in ...

May 15, 2012
23:30
A sentence more ambiguous than most
» ‎ Language Log

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On Facebook, Fahrettin Şirin shared this special card for linguists and other lovers of ambiguity: "I love ambiguity more than most people" is of course ambiguous, since it could mean "I love ambiguity more than most people (love ambiguity)" or ...

21:59
SLA Undergraduate Student Essay Contest
» ‎ Society for Linguistic Anthropology

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On behalf of the SLA Executive Committee, I invite you to participate in this year’s Society for Linguistic Anthropology student essay prize competition for the best undergraduate paper in linguistic anthropology. (PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DEADLINE FOR THE GRADUATE PAPER ...

21:59
SLA Undergraduate Student Essay Contest
» ‎ Society for Linguistic Anthropology

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On behalf of the SLA Executive Committee, I invite you to participate in this year’s Society for Linguistic Anthropology student essay prize competition for the best undergraduate paper in linguistic anthropology. (PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DEADLINE FOR THE GRADUATE PAPER ...

21:15
what is switched?
» ‎ xirdalium

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zeph’s pop culture quiz #29 What is caused by using the switch? Just leave a comment with your educated guess—you can ask for additional hints, too. [Leaving a comment is easy; just click the 'Leave a comment' at ...

20:36
Mac Pro Early 2008 - SATA DVD Drive Install
» ‎ Photoethnography.com Blog

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My main machine is an early 2008 Mac Pro. It's hard to believe it's four years old already... In any case, the DVD drives fail about once a year due to dust build-up. I replaced the original one with a ...

19:14
Writers: get up, stand up (for 2 minutes)
» ‎ hawgblawg

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Gretchen Reynolds in The New York Times:In an inspiring study being published next month in Diabetes Care, scientists at the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute in Melbourne, Australia, had 19 adults sit completely still for seven hours or, on ...
18:01
Gaza Surfing
» ‎ hawgblawg

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This is a gorgeous and moving set of photos of Gaza surfers from Andrew McConnell. There are 23 surfers there who own boards, and other surfers who borrow when possible. Supplies are impossible to get in, so international donors have ...

17:42
Workshop on “The Rise of Child Science and Psy-Expertise,” May 29-30, London by Dominique Behague
» ‎ Somatosphere

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Brunel University’s Centre for Research in International Medical Anthropology and the Royal Anthropological Institute will be holding a workshop on ‘The rise of child science and psy-expertise’ on May 29 and 30 in London. You can find out more information ...

17:39
Request for Proposals – Ethics Small Grant Program
» ‎ AAA blog

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Small Grants For Developing Ethics Curricular Materials Goals of the Program The AAA Small Grants Program seeks to foster the development and use of curricular materials for the teaching and communication of ethics and ethical practice across the discipline of ...

16:00
Picturing Yemen #8
» ‎ tabsir.net

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Thula’, May, 2005; Photo by Daniel Martin Varisco...

14:41
“No chapters in Turkey-EU negotiations likely to be opened until 2013… A foreign policy roundup…
» ‎ Erkan in the Army now...

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TweetShare via emailNo chapters likely to be opened until 2013 from Hurriyet Daily News Despite the positive climate between Turkey and France following the French presidential elections, Ankara will likely have to wait until 2013 before it can speed up ...

14:00
From Labrador to Samoa: the Theory and Practice of Eleanor Burke Leacock
» ‎ AAA blog

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Have you read From Labrador to Samoa: the Theory and Practice of Eleanor Burke Leacock? Edited by Constance R. Sutton, this book is published by the Association for Feminist Anthropology/American Anthropological Association in collaboration with the International Women’s Anthropology Conference, ...

13:45
EPIC Europe 2012 - Review
» ‎ Ethno::log

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I visited the EPIC (Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference) Europe Meeting (as posted here before) and you can read my review on USEEDS° blog UX to go. The one interesting thing for me was, how many Germans were there. So there ...

12:03
Social fabric roundup: Turkey ranks 47th in mothers report, Turkish middle class ‘loves malls’, and more..
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TweetShare via emailTurkey ranks 47th in mothers report from Hurriyet Daily News Turkey ranks 47th on a list of the “best countries in which to be a mother,” in… nuclear power stations, turkey style (!) RedHack hacks Turkish family ministry ...
10:32
Serthatcan Yurdam: HDK 1. Genel Kurulu
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TweetShare via email [View the story "HDK 1. Genel Kurulu" on Storify] TweetShare via emailRelated posts: 10:25 Son KCK dalgasında KESK Genel Merkezi de hedef oldu… Serhatcan Yurdam: Cihan Kırmızıgül’e Adalet Yürüyüşü Serhatcan Yurdam: Medya Okulu’nda 6. Hafta: Gazete ...
9:30
Halil İbrahim İzgi: Saraybosna, Mayıs, Kar
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TweetShare via email [View the story "Saraybosna, Mayıs, Kar" on Storify] TweetShare via emailRelated posts: Halil İbrahim İzgi: Turkish Foreign Affairs had an interactive Twitter session… #DisislerineSorun @TC_Disisleri Halil İbrahim İzgi: KIRIK VAZO – Bosna-Hersek, Hırvatistan, Karadağ ve Arnavutluk ...

9:12
Maurizio Lazzarato (Paris) – ‘Indebted’ – Thursday, 31 May, 2012, 5pm, NAB LG01
» ‎ trinketization

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Conversations in Political Economy - In the current economic crisis we have entered into a new age of debt. In spite of emergency loans, bailouts and liquidity injections, waves of defaults, bankruptcies and capital drains have left the world economy ...

8:35
Spending time with Spent
» ‎ Architecture and Anthropology Curiosity Collaborative

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I recently purchased a book on the long-time suggestion of my anthropology professor in college. Spent: Sex, Evolution and Consumer Behavior takes a look at modern consumer behavior from the perspective of evolutionary psychology. Seeking to illuminate the unconscious decisions ...

8:27
Simge Sezer (@simgesezer): #istanbulgezileri4 Anneler Günü ÖZEL
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TweetShare via email [View the story "#istanbulgezileri4 Anneler Günü ÖZEL " on Storify] TweetShare via emailRelated posts: Simge Sezer Yurttaş Gazeteciliği’nde Özgür Uçkan’ın Dijital Aktivizm seminerini hikayeleştirdi.. @ozuckan @simgesezer Simge Sezer (@simgesezer): #istanbulgezileri3 Beyazıt ve Süleymaniye Camii’neydi Simge Sezer ...

6:45
And Thank FSM for That…
» ‎ The Global Sociology Blog

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From Manuel Castells’s Communication Power, discussing the regulatory framework of the digital communication system: “The impromptu evolution of Internet regulation and management parallels the serendipitous maturation of the Internet as the communication commons of the network society (Abbate, 1999; Castells, ...

5:56
It's Not Monday! It's Fry-Day.
» ‎ The Subversive Archaeologist

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I just pressed send on an email to Francesco Berna and Paul Goldberg, asking them to respond to my argument just the other day that they shouldn't have expected to see Berlinite in the fire-affected sediments at Wonderwerk Cave. Viz.Berna, et ...

5:40
渔一村：of old men and the landfilled sea
» ‎ Shenzhen Noted

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Yesterday’s bloggy romance with the sea continues and although I have shifted my gaze from Cuba to Shekou, it is worth mentioning that the writers’ emphasis on masculine conquest continues; … Continue reading →...

4:21
David Graeber in München
» ‎ Ethno::log

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Montag, 21.5.2012, 20:00 Uhr, Saal des Literaturhauses München. Schulden. Die ersten 5000 Jahre Ein Abend mit David Graeber und Frank Schirrmacher. Veranstaltung in englischer und deutscher Sprache. Seit der Erfindung des Kredits vor 5000 Jahren treibt das Versprechen auf Rückzahlung Menschen in die Sklaverei. ...

4:09
Pot Holders, Or William C. Sturtevant Collections Research, Day 1
» ‎ Jason Baird Jackson

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I am in Washington at the start of a period of research studying the collection of objects gathered over much of the career of Smithsonian anthropologist William C. Sturtevant (1927-2007). (For background on W.C.S., see this biographical sketch that I ...

2:11
It depends on what "the" means …
» ‎ Language Log

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Semantics in the John Edwards trial (James Hill and Beth Lloyd, "John Edwards Defense Relies on Definition of 'The'", Good Morning America 5/13/2012): Not since Bill Clinton challenged the definition of "is" has so much hinged on a very short ...

1:07
Kufiyas galore, courtesy The Palestine Poster Project Archives
» ‎ hawgblawg

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Dan Walsh, who runs the amazing Palestine Poster Project Archive, has very helpfully put together all the kufiya posters in the collection, available for viewing online here. As of this writing here are 803(!) images, but more to come for ...
0:54
More exoticism and humanitarianism: Lauren Bush
» ‎ hawgblawg

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Back in 2007, Lauren Bush was spotted wearing a kufiya.More recently, she has been promoting a designer (feed)bag, the proceeds of the sale of which will help feed starving children. Read about it here, from the blog Africa Is A ...

0:31
Sweet Darkness
» ‎ Design Culture Lab

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“Sweet Darkness” When your eyes are tired the world is tired also. When your vision has gone no part of the world can find you. Time to go into the dark where the night has eyes to recognize its own. ...

May 14, 2012
23:49
The Visual Du Jour – Visualizing Decline
» ‎ The Global Sociology Blog

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Through higher education: As the article notes: “In the 1970s and 1980s, the US led the world on college enrollment. In fact, since the passing of the GI bill in 1944, America had been forging a path. That bill led ...

22:21
William Armstrong on “AKP & Fethullah Gülen alliance”, Presidential system debates, New constitution writing…
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TweetShare via emailNew constitution formula takes shape from Hurriyet Daily News Parliament’s Constitutional Reconciliation Commission started writing the new constitution beginning with the section on “fundamental rights and freedoms.” Charter team draws first border from Hurriyet Daily News Turkey’s Constitution ...

22:01
Conceptions of reciprocity: The Navarro transplant case, organ allocation and undocumented immigrants – Emily Avera
» ‎ ACCESS DENIED

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Emily Avera TransplantInformers Organ donors give the gift of life, but the sheer volume of patients hoping for transplants far outstrips donor generosity. How should we make decisions to ensure the equitable distribution of a limited supply of organs? In ...

20:00
Tunisian Jews and the Arab Spring
» ‎ The Immanent Frame

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In a recent article, Lin Noueihed and Terek Amara discuss the racism and fear of harassment Tunisian Jews have experienced since the overthrow of Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali. The island of Djerba, home to one of North Africa’s largest Jewish ...

19:58
#pub204 öğrencilerinden Pinterest galerileri (@bilgi_pr)
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TweetShare via email Final sınavının ilk sorusuna verilen cevapları burada bulabilirsiniz. En ilgi çekici galeri buradan paylaşırsanız pek güzel olur… Ders Twitter hashtagi: #pub204 Sorumuz buydu. Sorularımız devam edecek… İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Halkla İlişkileri Bölümü PUB 204 Dijital Kültürler dersi ...
17:55
A video: Last Saturday Night at Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium… And an Istanbul news roundup
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TweetShare via email–> Bu video Adobe Flash Player’ın son sürümünü gerektirmektedir. @semaankarali Hundreds of Istanbul’s Fenerbahce football club fans clash with police New York Daily News AP Galatasaray players celebrate after their soccer derby match against Fenerbahce inIstanbul, Turkey, ...

17:34
Cyclical Moral Panic Time: Attacks on Same-Sex Families Defy Science
» ‎ The Other Sociologist

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I tweeted about this earlier. Then I felt annoyed all over again, so I thought I would write this post. …Continue reading »...

17:32
Anthro in the news 5/14/12
» ‎ anthropologyworks

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• Remembering the mother of POTUS An op-ed in the Washington Post explores the relationship between President Barack Obama and his mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, a cultural anthropologist. It concludes that she shaped his “essence” in many ways including multilayered, ...

17:14
The graduation wars
» ‎ The Immanent Frame

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In Il Sussidiario, Michael Sean Winters gives his opinion on the recent controversies surrounding commencement speakers invited to Catholic institutions of higher education: The graduation wars have begun. As thousands of students at Catholic colleges and universities prepare to celebrate ...

16:41
New AAA Gear
» ‎ AAA blog

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Have you checked out AAA’s Cafe Press shop yet? – ShopAAA Head on over to the shop to check out all the new merchandise available for purchase. In the shop you’ll find all the essential gear you need proudly donning ...

16:16
The new capitalists by Fawaz Gerges/ Yale’s Open Courses/ Massive Courses, Massive Data and more.. Academic roundup
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TweetShare via emailMassive Courses, Massive Data Harvard and MIT hope their free online courses will not only give learners access to top courses, but also give education researchers access to unprecedented pools of learning data. The new capitalists: Islamists’ political ...

15:07
Teaching yoga to migrant workers: so exotic
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Teaching yoga to migrant workers: so exotic...

12:50
Regional traditions of ethnographic writing
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There’s a lively #anthropology debate on over at the collective blog Savage Minds. Do check it out! Here’s my tuppence worth (as posted in the comments section): I’d like to accept Kerim’s invitation to go with the quasi-orality of blogging ...

10:29
Emre Sevimbige (@fable_edgar): BİR DERS İÇİN YAPILAN BİR DENEY. FACEBOOK VE TWITTER’SIZ 1 HAFTA… İnternetsiz Geç(EMEY)en 1 Hafta
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TweetShare via emailEmre Sevimbige emre_bige@yahoo.com BİR DERS İÇİN YAPILAN BİR DENEY. FACEBOOK VE TWITTER’SIZ 1 HAFTA… İnternetsiz Geç(EMEY)en 1 Hafta Bu dersi aldığım gün biliyordum, 1 hafta internet orucu olacak falan diye. Komple internet olarak mı? Yoksa sadece facebook, twitter ...

10:14
The Barbarian Has to Keep It Real
» ‎ tabsir.net

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Sinan Antoon (far right) near the Symbolic Tomb at the Martyr’s Monument in Baghdad (2003). Image from Encounter Productions. The Barbarian Has to Keep It Real: Interview with Jadaliyya Co-Editor Sinan Antoon Interview with Nahrain Al-Musawi, al-Jadaliya, May 03 2012 ...

8:34
"Japan faces 'extinction' in 1,000 years, researchers say"
» ‎ Visual Anthropology of Japan

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Image borrowed from "Japan's Children Population Clock." Story from Japan Today, 5/12/12: Japanese researchers on Friday unveiled a population clock that showed the nation’s people could theoretically become extinct in 1,000 years because of declining birth rates. Academics in Sendai ...
8:26
Oh no! Osaka garbage collectors with tattoos!
» ‎ Visual Anthropology of Japan

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Here's an update on the tattoo situation in Hashimoto's Osaka. Story from The Daily Yomiuri Online, 5/14/12: 50 Osaka City Bureau Officials Sport Tattoos Despite Ethics Code About 50 employees in the Osaka city government's Environment Bureau said in a ...

8:08
Tactical Tech Videos: Survival in the Digital Age
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TweetShare via email“ONO’s guide to safe surfing on the web, episode 4 of Tactical Tech’s animation series, “Survival in the Digital Age”. More at www.onorobot.org…. TweetShare via emailRelated posts: Document: Mapping Digital Media: Turkey Sonisphere Istanbul 2010 aftermath, ...

7:19
In praise of academic tactics
» ‎ Design Culture Lab

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If you’re an early career research you should read Mel Gregg’s recent post, “In praise of strategic complacency.” (Seriously, no matter what anyone says–and you’ll hear it even more if you’re a woman–it’s NOT selfish to figure out what you ...

4:36
reading the old man and the sea (in shenzhen)
» ‎ Shenzhen Noted

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I am currently reading The Old Man and the Sea with two 16 year old Chinese high school sophomores. They are cousins. One is a “good” student, strong and sly … Continue reading →...

3:54
Giving Maneki Neko a Run for Its Money...
» ‎ Visual Anthropology of Japan

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Image borrowed from Maneki Neko Luck Cat. The cat in the story and video below is apparently doing Russian Sign Language. It might look a bit familiar to cat people in Japan... Anyway, seems like a good way to start ...

2:34
Cyberculture roundup: Pirate Bay vs. Anonymous, Cybarmegeddon, New smartphone user research, “Few Companies Fight Patriot Act Gag Orders
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TweetShare via emailPirate Bay to Anonymous: DDoS is censorship, cut it out from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow A good-tempered rebuke from The Pirate Bay to the Anons who staged a raid on Virgin Media in protest of the ISP’s ...

0:58
Bible Science stories, revisited
» ‎ Language Log

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William Deresiewicz, "Capitalists and Other Psychopaths", NYT 5/12/2012: THERE is an ongoing debate in this country about the rich: who they are, what their social role may be, whether they are good or bad. Well, consider the following. A recent ...

0:03
The 95 Percent Solution
» ‎ Museum Anthropology

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The 95 Percent Solution...

May 13, 2012
22:50
Eurosphere roundup: “Germany’s Pirate Party riding high”, “Fear grows of Greek euro exit…
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TweetShare via email The German Pirate Party’s national conference was a riot of colour and noise Germany’s Pirate Party riding high from BBC News | Europe | World Edition Germany’s Pirate Party sets sail for a role in national politics ...

22:40
Ethnography and Virtual Worlds: A Handbook of Method
» ‎ Ethno::log

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Tom Boellstorff, Bonnie Nardi, Celia Pearce & T. L. Taylor With a foreword by George E. Marcus Kommt leider erst im September, trotzdem will ich es hier kurz verlinken: "Ethnography and Virtual Worlds is the only book of its kind--a concise, comprehensive, ...

22:10
Iran helps freeing the Turkish journalists, another symbolic blow to Turkey’s Mideast policies?
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TweetShare via emailFreed Turkish journalists arrive from Iran from Hurriyet Daily News Two Turkish journalists who went missing while reporting on the uprising in Syria two months ago ************** France: a chance to restart from Today’s Zaman, your gateway to ...

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Awww, Depp.comms
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http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/339678/20120510/italy-depp-johnny-communist-manifesto-newspaper.htm Its a long way from the filthy undercover school cop he played in 21 Jump St. Filed under: commodity, education, left curve...

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Transcriptions – Broadsheets – May 2012 by Abigail Baim-Lance
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Broadsheets Summaries – April 15-May 11 2012 Welcome to Broadsheets! Here you will find “cut and clip” summaries of the HIV/AIDS-related news moving quickly through the web-o-sphere. The first posts will track the news making its way through virtual reportage ...

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After the notorious Cihan Kırmızıgül case… A mapping project on imprisoned students…
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TweetShare via emailThe Unknown Student Ushahidi project aims to map students- mostly undergraduate students- who are in jail… The project is organized by Solidarity with the Jailed Students Initiative… *** Demonstrators occupying Beyoglu in protest at Kirmizigul sentencing, May 11, ...
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Ergun Babahan, the coumnist, loses his jobs after his anti-Gülen and anti-police tweets…
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TweetShare via email He later apologized for his angry tweets related to Fethullah Gülen movement but pro-Gülen Today’s Zaman was quick to fire him last night… A video about the first clash between Fenerbahçe fans and police forces. Police forces ...

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Thurber on "Who and Whom"
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In her review of Henry Hitchings' The Language Wars: A History of Proper English, Joan Acocella expressed some annoyance that Hitchings could dare to suggest "that the “who”/“whom” distinction may be on its way out". As evidence that this distinction ...

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On Steven Weinberg's "Without God"
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In 2008, the renowned physicist, Steven Weinberg, delivered the Phi Beta Kappa lecture at Harvard. His oration, entitled "Without God" was edited and printed in The New York Review of Books in the September 25, 2008 issue. Although I may ...

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Ayşe Özer (@ayseozer): Duhule müsait yarın [bir 12 Eylül yazısı]
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TweetShare via emailDuhule müsait yarın Dayım anlatmıştı. 70’lerde bizim oralara gazeteler birkaç gün sonra gelirken, dedemle İstanbul’a gittiklerinde akşamüstleri gazeteci çocukların “Yarının gazetesi!” diye bağırarak bir sonraki günün gazetesini sattıklarını görmüş. “Çocuk aklımla “yarın ne olacağını nereden biliyorlar da yazıyorlar? ...

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Haat, Ongelijkheid en Vrijheidfetisjisme
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Closer Blog: Ayaan Hirs Ali is in Nederland met haar retoriek over vrijheid en oorlog tegen islam. Een korte reminder over haar islamofobie, confrontatiepolitiek en vrijheidfetisjisme. Een mild pleidooi voor een milde beperking van de vrijheid van meningsuitingRead more: Ayaan ...

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A Poem for Mother’s Day
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Art by Kahlil Gibran by George N. El-Hage, May 13, 212 You are mother to the universe and to the stars. The trees and the flowers are your children. You are a symbol of eternity, for you are immortal Like ...

May 12, 2012
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Serhatcan Yurdam: Cihan Kırmızıgül’e Adalet Yürüyüşü
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TweetShare via email [View the story "Cihan Kırmızıgül'e Adalet Yürüyüşü" on Storify] TweetShare via emailRelated posts: Deniz, Yusuf, Hüseyin’in idamlarının 40. yıldönümü yürüyüşü… @140journos bildirdi Serhatcan Yurdam: Medya Okulu’nda 6. Hafta: Gazete Tasarımı #medyaokulu Serhatcan Yurdam: Bilgi Medya Konferansı, ...

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"The world's oldest in-use writing system"?
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[This is a guest post by Gene Buckley.] I was catching up on my stack of New York Times magazines, and I came across a mini-article in their "One-Page Magazine" feature from January 15. I couldn't find it on their ...

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Ian Hacking – “The New Me: What Biotechnology may do to Personal Identity” by Eugene Raikhel
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I recently came across a video of a relatively recent lecture which Ian Hacking gave at Huron University College, entitled, “The New Me: What Biotechnology may do to Personal Identity.” The short (15 min) talk — embedded below — reprises ...

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brand on drugs
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via ↑entry at ↑boingboing share this post...

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UX Book Club: Cyberanthropology
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In the next UX Book Club we are going to have the honor to have Alexander Knorr with us. He is the author of “Cyberanthropology”, an exciting work on humans, technology, cyberpunk, online role playing games and more. It is ...

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Galatasaray, champion of Turkish Super League 2012
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TweetShare via email Fatih Terim and his players… photos of GS players here. photos of upset FB players here. A developing story.. In the mean time: Fenerbahce fans clash police after Galatasaray clinches Turkish league championship | The ...

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MEME: Concept or Toy?
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"Meme" as Dawkins' intended the term, as the second replicator and meme as it has become popular culture's new word for "fad" or trait are two entirely different concepts. My focus is on the former and I see the latter ...

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DSM-5: Plus ça change … by Constance Cummings
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Cross-posted from The FPR Blog. John Gever of MedPage Today, has done a terrific summary of the proposed changes to the DSM (“DSM-5: What’s In, What’s Out“). The umpteenth person just described the DSM-5 process to me as a major ...

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A half century of usage denial
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Yesterday, I discussed Joan Acocella's strange misreading of two essays introducing the fifth edition of the American Heritage Dictionary ("Rules and 'rules'", 5/11/2012). John Rickford wrote that "the patterns of variation and change … are regular rather than random, governed ...

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Yeni anayasa gündemi: haberler/yorumlar/etkinlikler/öneriler
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TweetShare via emailKolektif anayasa yazılıyor! haberler/yorumlar TBMM Anayasa Uzlaşma Komisyonu, yeni anayasanın yazımına başladı. Sabah AK Parti Karabük Milletvekili Mehmet Ali Şahin, gazetecilerin, ”Bugün Anayasanın yazım aşaması başlıyor, neler düşünüyorsunuz?” sorusuna, yeni anayasanın en önemli safhasını geldiklerini belirterek, yazıma temel ...

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