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New book review: The Kirghiz and Wakhi of Afghanistan (Nazif Shahrani)

Published on September 21, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, Asia, books, culture traditions

Danny Yee’s Book Reviews

Originally published in 1979, The Kirghiz and Wakhi of Afghanistan is a study of the peoples of the Wakhan Corridor, the long, narrow portion of Afghanistan that reaches out to touch China. This 2002 edition adds a foreword and an epilogue.

I was only expecting to read parts of The Kirghiz and Wakhi, but I ended up reading it cover to cover. It offers all the pleasures of a well-written ethnography, along with plenty of connections to broader history and anthropology. >> continue

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American Ethnologist: Book Reviews in Full-Text!

Published on August 24, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology (general), anthropology in the news, books, Open Access Anthropology and Knowledge Sharing

You’re not allowed to read their articles, but American Ethnologist’s book reviews are available for the general public! >> continue

Currently, the American Ethnologist seems to reorganize its homepage and plans to add some interactive features like forums and blogs. >> continue

You're not allowed to read their articles, but American Ethnologist's book reviews are available for the general public! >> continue

Currently, the American Ethnologist seems to reorganize its homepage and plans to add some interactive features like forums and blogs.…

The Impact Of A Small-scale Irrigation Project On Gender In West Bengal Terai

Published on August 17, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, Asia, books, development empowerment, gender

The Hindu

“COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION” and “Community managed and government supported” approaches are buzzwords in the realm of development cooperation. The discourse on gender analysis in development planning has contributed to an increasing interest in women and water management issues.

This book attempts a historical analysis of gender by describing the prominent role played by women in the Tehbaga and Naxalbari agrarian peasant movements that swept the three districts of the small-scale irrigation projects. The volume should contribute to the ongoing theoretical debate in women’s studies and feminist anthropology on how to achieve an optimal “gender planning” with the aim to strengthen and/or to empower women in developmental interventions. >>continue

The Hindu

"COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION" and "Community managed and government supported" approaches are buzzwords in the realm of development cooperation. The discourse on gender analysis in development planning has contributed to an increasing interest in women and water management issues.

This book attempts…

The Magic Mountains: New Book on British Hill Stations and Hill Tribes in India

Published on August 11, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, Asia, books

Ideas Bazaar Weblog

An article about a book I retrieved from the shelves before I went away on the Raj in India and Hill Stations. The Magic Mountains examines the importance of these settlements as a means of racial separation and a subsuquent demonstration of superiority. More convincely, the author shows how much of ‘home’ was recreated up the hill rather than down on the plains. Fascinating stuff. >>continue

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Mary Douglas critical of the new anthropology

Published on August 9, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology (general), anthropology in the news, books, persons and theories

Haaretz, Israel

Mary Douglas:

“Today too much dominance is given to the anthropologists themselves within the research. This is strange, as it used to be that the main criticism was that anthropologists kept themselves invisible in the research in a way that was really artificial. This accusation – pretending to be anonymous on the part of the writers – changed, and in its stead there has been an opposite phenomenon: dominance of the writers over the research material. Thus, today we are exposed far more to the experiences and thoughts of the writer, while the methodology and the orderly method have declined considerably.”

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Haaretz, Israel

Mary Douglas:
"Today too much dominance is given to the anthropologists themselves within the research. This is strange, as it used to be that the main criticism was that anthropologists kept themselves invisible in the research in a way…