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Biased media: Are African Students Respected?

Published on November 5, 2004 by lorenz Posted in Africa, anthropology in the news, Europe, media, Us and Them

PRICILLA DE WET, Utropia, University of Tromsø, Norway

While watching TV within a circle of Norwegian friends and a Sudanese friend, a documentary about the living conditions in Sudan started. I couldn’t bear the look of disappointment on my Sudanese friend’s face. None of the world’s giant media companies ever dare to show such negative realities about their own countries, namely America and Europe.

The biased broadcasting of Africa by international media companies is of great concern to many Africans living in European countries. This kind of pessimism retards the progress of reaching our ethical goal as a world community for making the world a better place as it promotes disrespect for Africa’s peoples. >> continue

PRICILLA DE WET, Utropia, University of Tromsø, Norway

Challenges of Providing Anthropological Expertise: On the conflict in Sudan

Published on October 26, 2004 by lorenz Posted in Africa, anthropology (general), anthropology in the news, applied anthropology, politics

Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban, Anthropology News, AAA

What is an anthropologist-expert to do in this highly charged international political situation where an anthropologist’s understanding of realities conflicts with the major media and political analysis of events?

A Darfur Task Force was initiated by UCLA anthropologist Sondra Hale at this year’s Sudan Studies Association annual meeting. This task force has drafted resolutions calling for consideration of the complexities and advocating an African solution lead by the African Union. >> continue

Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban, Anthropology News, AAA

A Darfur Task Force was initiated by UCLA…

Thousands of Creoles throng Seychelles’ capital, showcasing a dying culture?

Published on October 25, 2004 by lorenz Posted in Africa, anthropology in the news, culture traditions, globalisation

Utusan Malaysia Online

Women dressed in bright yellow and green swirling skirts joined men in straw hats and colourful cummerbunds, while musicians playing instruments made from bamboo and goatskins led a procession through Victoria.

“The Creoles are a tiny population worldwide, making up only a few million people,” said Jean Claude Mahoune, an anthropologist and expert on Creole culture at Seychelles’ ministry of culture. “With globalisation and strong western influences, our culture and our language is endangered, if we don’t do something to keep everything that is Creole alive,” he said. >> continue

Utusan Malaysia Online

``The Creoles are a tiny population worldwide, making…

African Voices – a Multimedia Online-Exhibition

Published on September 8, 2004 by lorenz Posted in Africa, anthropology in the news, culture traditions, websites

Smithsonian Institution

African Voices is a permanent exhibition that examines the diversity, dynamism, and global influence of Africa’s peoples and cultures over time in the realms of family, work, community, and the natural environment. Video interactives and sound stations provide selections from contemporary interviews, literature, proverbs, prayers, folk tales, songs, and oral epics. >> visit the exhibition

Smithsonian Institution

The Okavango Delta Peoples of Botswana and The Maithil Brahmans in India

Published on September 4, 2004 by lorenz Posted in Africa, anthropology in the news, Asia, fieldwork / methods, websites

Two new links, found via Science Blog/ Open Directory Project:

The Okavango Delta Peoples of Botswana: Short overview, many links. By John Bock, professor in the Department of Anthropology at California State University, Fullerton: “The Okavango Delta of the Republic of Botswana is a large wetland surrounded by the Kalahari desert. The Okavango is a unique ecosystem and has large populations of African mammals, birds, and other animals. Of less interest have been the 100,000 people who call the Delta home. This site is dedicated to the dissemination of information concerning the Okavango Delta People” >> continue

The Maithil Brahmans in India: an online ethnography by Carolyn Brown Heinz, Department of Anthropology California State University, Chico – including fieldnotes and many pictures. Confusing site navigation. >> continue

Two new links, found via Science Blog/ Open Directory Project:

The Okavango Delta Peoples of Botswana: Short overview, many links. By John Bock, professor in the Department of Anthropology at California State University, Fullerton: "The Okavango Delta of the Republic…