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"Innvandring er nødvendig fordi vi trenger arbeidskraft". Jeg har aldri likt denne argumentasjonen fordi den er egoistisk og nasjonalistisk. Jeg foretrekker et rettighetsperspektiv (migrasjon som menneskerett) eller verdiperspektiv (kosmopolitisme).… more »

Germany arrested urban sociologist Andrej Holm because of his academic activities. He was accused of being member of a "terrorist association" called "militante gruppe" (militant group) who is suspected to be behind arson attacks against police and army… more »

"Det er blitt vanskelig å komme inn på nesten alle studier ved Universitetet i Oslo", melder Universitas. Hva slags studentmasse får vi ved UiO da, spør debattredaktør Anders Schiøtz Worren. Han skriver: Smak litt på disse tilfeldig valgte opptak… more »

Nettstedet Kilden intervjuer antropologen Kristin Engh Førde som har skrevet en masteroppgave om unge Oslojenters bruk av hijab. Hun mener at man i den offentlige debatten om hijab ofte tillegger selve sløret for stor betydning: Hijab berører maktspør… more »

"Demokratiet oppsto tidligere i Asia enn i Athen. Selv i nye globalhistoriske lærebøker er Europa-fokuset så stort at viktig fortid forsvinner", skriver Dag Herbjørnsrud i Ny Tid og kritiserer manglende globale perspektiver: I kapitlet Monitor 1, samf… more »

"Muslimske friskoler sender flest i gymnasiet", skriver Jyllands-Posten. 41 prosent av eleverne fortsetter på videregående - mot landsgjennomsnittet ligger på 26 prosent. "Elever og forældre føler sig ofte bedre tilpas i privatskolerne end i folkeskoler… more »

Bauern koennen das lokale Wetter durchaus besser vorhersagen als Meteorologen in der fernen Hauptstadt. Und ihr Wissen ueber die Beschaffenheit des Bodens ist "nach wie vor unersetzlich". Das Wissen von Landwirten ist Gegenstand einer interdisziplinaeren… mehr »

"Darf man die Kontexte weglassen oder herunterspielen, sollten auch Objekte außereuropäischer Kulturen als rein ästhetische Schaustücke ins Rampenlicht gerückt werden? Oder müssen die Entstehungszusammenhänge stets mitgeliefert werden?" In Berlin-Dahlem… mehr »

(via Kulturwissenschaftliche Technikforschung) "Wissenschaftlich arbeiten ist wieder gefährlich und wird, ehe man sich versieht, mit Freiheitsentzug bestraft", schreibt Harald Jähner in der heutigen Ausgabe der Berliner Zeitung. Der Berliner Soziologe An… mehr »

Popular anarchist anthropologist David Graeber is one of the editors of a new book on the relationship between academics and social action called Constituent Imagination: Militant Investigations, Collective Theorization: According to libcom.org: Th… more »

"Misjonsbilder" heter Marianne Gullestads nye bok som kommer ut idag. Misjonsbildene ble spredt via bøker, blader og lysbildeshow. De har, skriver antropologen i Dagbladet påvirket våre forestillinger om mennesker i andre deler av verden mer enn vi aner.… more »

The third issue of Ecological and Environmental Anthropology, an open access peer-reviewed journal published by the University of Georgia is out and consists of four book reviews and two papers: Keri Vacanti Brondo, Laura Woods: Garifuna Land Rights… more »

Volume 14 Issue 1 - Summer 2007 of the Durham Anthropology Journal is out. The Open Access journal is edited by postgraduate students at the Department of Anthropology of Durham University. The new issue consists of four articles: Chris Allen: The dea… more »

I've finished reading Talal Asad's new book On Suicide Bombing. It belongs to the category of books I like most: It challenges common assumptions, makes us think (not so important if you agree with him all the time or not). By showing that the world is m… more »

A group of anthropologists from Leuwen University, Belgium, has just launched anthropologynet.org, a new website that aims to be a "worldwide community of anthropologists": Anthropologists can register and look for other members sharing the same (or dif… more »

The majority-minority discourse in Canada doesn't seem to differ from the discourse here in Norway "Anglo culture is dominant and taken for granted; minority cultures are automatically 'different'", Yasmin Jiwani writes in the Vancouver Sun. There, rece… more »

Voices: Palestinian Women Narrate Displacement is a collection of oral histories recorded by Beirut-based anthropologist and oral historian Rosemary Sayigh. It was published as e-book, devoted to men and women living in Gaza, the West Bank, Jerusalem and… more »

Hvorfor har vi alle så dårlig tid selv om vi egentlig kan jobbe mer effektivt enn tidligere? Grunnen er at akselerasjon - kontinuerlig fartsøkning - er vår tids grunnprinsipp, mener sosiolog Hartmut Rosa. Hele modernitetens historie lar seg skrive som e… more »

Finansministeren synes inntektsnivået til stjernemeglerne er "rene galskapen", samtidig mener "rødstrømper" at rikmannsfruenes "likestillingsregressive" valg er et tilbakeslag: Det er liten grunn til å moralisere over andres valg: "Folk oppfører seg slik… more »

Podcasting - publishing mp3-interviews on websites - has become more popular in the social sciences, including anthropology. But as Paul Ayres writes in an article for ALISS Quarterly, the journal of the Association of Librarians and Information professi… more »

For tre uker siden startet Anne-Marie Christensen opp et nytt nordisk nettverk for antropologer med eget firma, som jobber som erhvervs- og bedriftsantropologer. 11 antropologer har hittil meldt seg inn. For mer informasjon se Starter opp nordisk nettver… more »

En leser av og til om rasisme i fotball, men der er det også mye kosmopolitisme. Antropolog Hans Hognestad har doktorgrad på fotball og identitet. I et intervju med Bergens Tidende sier han at tilskuerne heier ikke mindre på en norsk klubb om spillerne k… more »

Det å forsøke å eksportere lek med foreldrene som en fundamental rettighet for barn til resten av verden, dreier seg om en lyst til å sivilisere ”de irrasjonelle innfødte”, mener antropolog David Lancy. Han lar seg provosere over samstemtheten om at fore… more »

Hvorfor folkemord, "etnisk rensning" og diskriminering av minoriterer i en tid med globalisering, demokratisering og økt spredning av idéer om menneskerettigheter? Antropolog Arjun Appadurai tar opp dette spørsmål i sin nye bok Fear of Small Numbers som… more »

En tredjedel av Danmarks sykehusleger kommer fra utlandet. Og det vil komme mange hundre flere i de kommende årene. Regioner og sykehus rekrutterer dem aktivt. Uten de utenlandske legene "kunne danskerne godt glemme alt om kortere ventetider og kvalitets… more »

Nanette Andersen skal om en drøy måned dra til Sør-Afrika for å studere "forestilt fare" i Gated Communities i Sør-Afrika. Gated communities er avgrensende boområder med murer og vakter. På bloggen i Nyhedsavisen presenterer hun prosjektet for sitt "spec… more »

Prinsesse Märtha Louise vil starte en ny alternativ skole, for blant annet lære folk å komme i kontakt med engler. Mens PR-rådgiver Hans Geelmuyden mener at slike utspill skaper en avstand til kongefamilien, betegner antropolog Aina Engtrø Solem prinsess… more »

Paul Bohannan, the anthropologist who was known for his research on the Tiv culture of Nigeria (especially the economic spheres) died July 13. He was 87. Later, Bohannan studied U.S. culture, particularly family life and divorce among the middle class.… more »

Inspiring research contradicts journalistic and academic presumptions. It seems that the multidisciplinary research program Cultures of Consumption has produced inspiring papers. Anthropologist Daniel Miller gives us a summary of a public presentation of… more »

"Muslim religious leaders are not only working with local authorities but are helping to decrease radicalisation", stresses anthropologist (and blogger) Gabriele Marranci. During an International Conference on Extremism in London, key authorities were cr… more »

The Penan people from the jungles of Sarawak are threatened by rampant commercial logging and palm oil plantations for bio-fuel, a Malaysian government report said. European and North American demand for "green" bio-fuels made from palm oil means rainfor… more »

Some weeks ago I wrote a few lines about the book On Suicide Bombing by anthropologist Talal Asad. Among other things, he questions our notions about legitimate violence. On Sunday, the book was reviewed in the New York Times: Asad (...) takes aim… more »

Anthropologist Reining died July 19 at the age of 84. "Anthropologist Broke Ground on AIDS, Satellite Mapping", writes the Washington Post in an orbituary. Last winter I wrote about anthropological studies that showed that male circumcision reduces t… more »

When the sun has set in Guinea, one of the world's poorest nations, and the floodlights come on at Gbessia International Airport, the parking lot begins to fill with children. It is among the only places where they can count on finding the lights on. Th… more »

Culture Matters points to "exciting" working papers by the Information Society Research Group about the social and economic benefits of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in low-income communities in Jamaica, India, South Africa and Ghana: "T… more »

Recently, we cound find a portrait of anthropologist Melissa Leach in the Guardian. At the age of 35, Leach became professor of the Institute of Development Studies at Sussex University. Now, at 42 and proficient in four African languages, she has been m… more »

Michelle Shildkret from the National Geographic Channel writes to me and informs about a new TV-program called taboo. This season of Taboo premieres Sunday, August 5th. Taboo is an hour-long program that challenges the way we look at other cultures a… more »

Stefan Haderer von der Uni Wien hat mir einen Essay geschickt, der auf seiner Diplomarbeit über Australiens rassisistischer Politik gegenüber Aboriginees basiert. Er schreibt über Australiens "gestohlene Kinder" - Kinder mit einem Aborigines- und einem e… more »

Vom 23.-26. September findet der 36. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Volkskunde statt. Schon jetzt existiert eine vorbildliche Webseite. Thema des Kongresses ist die Bedeutung der Medien im Alltag der Gegenwart und Vergangenheit. Normalerweise… mehr »

Obwohl in Deutschland Religionsfreiheit herrscht, loest ein Moschee-Neubau hitzige Diskussionen aus. In einem Interview mit dem Kölner Stadtanzeiger ueber die geplante neue Moschee in Köln, fordert Ethnologe Erwin Orywal die Verantwortlichen auf, die Ein… mehr »

Das ist teilnahmende Beobachtung: Wenn man als Ethnologin ueber die Filmszene forscht, wird man schnell selber zu einer Schauspielerin. So erging es der Mainzer Ethnologin Claudia Böhme. Für ihre Doktorarbeit beobachtete sie die Film- und Videoszene Tans… mehr »

I'm back from my holidays and have upgraded the blog software I'm using (b2evolution). Upgrading is a tricky thing, so as you can see (especially if you don't use Firefox, but Internet Explorer, Opera or Safari), there are some layout issues (sidebar f.e… more »

In alten Zeiten erzaehlte man sich Maerchen ueber Zwerge, Trolle und Ungeheuern. Heutige Maerchen handeln gerne um sogenannte wilde Staemme, Indianer, Kannibalen. Die faz schreibt ueber einen dieser - wie es scheint - modernen Maerchenerzaehler, Rick Wi… mehr »

One of the anthropologists who is working for the military has started blogging about his experiences with the U.S. Army. His name is Marcus Griffin, professor at Christopher Newport University, Virginia (USA). He now works at Ft. Hood, Texas, for the t… more »

For å gjøre antropologisk baserte virksomheter mer synlig overfor den offentlige og private sektor har Anne-Marie Christensen startet opp et nordisk nettverk for erhvervs- og bedriftsantropologer. Flere og flere antropologer jobber som selvstend… more »

Mer enn halvparten av de 15-17årige på Grønlands østkyst har prøvd å ta sitt eget liv. Ifjør tok 40 menn og 18 kvinner selvmord. Grønland har fortsatt verdens høyeste selvmordstall (i forhold til innbyggertallet). - Selvmord er både en gammel tradisjon… more »

Antropolog Karin Ask stille på nettmøte i Dagbladet.no om situasjonen i Pakistan etter stormingen av den Røde moskeen. Hun måtte nok nyansere endel oppfatninger blant Dagbladets lesere, for eksempel her: Hvilke syn har muslimer på vesten? Hva mener d… more »

Quote from an article about tourism in Papua New Guinea (reads more like advertising, though): Tourism is good for PNG," asserts Dr Nancy Sullivan, a Madang-based anthropologist with an abiding affection for Papua New Guineans. "It brings much-needed… more »

Der Themenschwerpunkt Religion im Alltag der neuesten Ausgabe des Magazins Journal Ethnologie zeigt wie Menschen „Religion“ in ihr alltägliches Leben integrieren. Im Editorial lesen wir: „Alltag“ soll hier nicht als Gegensatz zu Feiertag verstanden w… mehr »

Lijang Sommer 1992 Als ich 1992 in Lijang im Suedwesten Chinas war, rund 20 lebensgefaehrliche Busstunden vom nachsten Bahnhof (Kunming) entfernt, war der Ort noch eine Art Geheimtip fuer Backpacker. Dem ist nicht mehr so. "Die Veränderungen brachen ü… mehr »