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Book review: Ecstasy, Madness, and Spirit Possession in the Nepal Himalayas

Published on July 27, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, Asia, books, religion cosmology

Nepal News

Martino Nicoletti, an Italian anthropologist, explains Kulunge Rai’s practice of shamanism in Nepal in his book “Shamanic Solitudes. Ecstasy, Madness, and Spirit Possession in the Nepal Himalayas”. Shamanism is widely practiced among the Tibeto-Burman ethnic groups living in most parts of the mid hills of Nepal. Unlike the world’s two old religions – Buddhism and Hinduism – the Shamanism has its own root and unique rituals.

This is what one can find in detail in the book. Nicoletti has completed the book following his long stay in the region observing the practices side by side with the Kulunge Rai community. >>continue (LINK UPDATED 12.8.2020)

Nepal News

Martino Nicoletti, an Italian anthropologist, explains Kulunge Rai’s practice of shamanism in Nepal in his book "Shamanic Solitudes. Ecstasy, Madness, and Spirit Possession in the Nepal Himalayas". Shamanism is widely practiced among the Tibeto-Burman ethnic groups living in most…

A personal look at anthropology

Published on July 8, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology (general), anthropology in the news, Arctic / Northern Regions, books, culture traditions, indigenous people / minorities, inuit

Kenai Peninsula Online (Alaska)

Generations of anthropologists have appeared in Alaska Native villages and attempted, with varying degrees of tact, naivete or insight, to explain the villagers’ lives. Margaret B. Blackman who teaches anthropology at the State University of New York College at Brockport parts in “Upside Down: Seasons among the Nunamiut,” from typical scholarly writing to create a book of essays that read more like personal memoir than academic treatise.

” … I tired of academic writing,” she says in her introduction. ” … I became increasingly irritated with the uncanny ability of so many anthropologists to render, in stilted prose, the most interesting cultures hopelessly pedantic and unappealing. I wanted to write differently about Anaktuvuk Pass.” The result is a beautifully written exploration of an anthropologist’s life as well as a portrait of the remote Nunamiut village in the Brooks Range. >>continue

Kenai Peninsula Online (Alaska)

Generations of anthropologists have appeared in Alaska Native villages and attempted, with varying degrees of tact, naivete or insight, to explain the villagers' lives. Margaret B. Blackman who teaches anthropology at the State University of New York…

Book Review: Uqalurait – Oral history of Nunavut requires some refinement

Published on July 2, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, books, indigenous people / minorities, inuit

Nunatsiaq News

At 473 pages, the book is unlikely to appeal to the audience its authors say they’re aiming for: children, young parents, and teachers of Nunavut. It is more likely to attract academics, who should be its secondary audience. No one would refute the idea that Nunavut needs to hang onto the history that its elders can only safeguard temporarily. It’s to be hoped that in this case, the achievement will inspire someone else to produce a book that people want to read late into the night, and maybe pass on to someone else.
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Nunatsiaq News

Odyssey of an Anthropologist – new book about Malinowski

Published on June 21, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology (general), anthropology in the news, books, persons and theories

Daily Telegraph

Michael Young’s 690-page book is the first of two projected volumes. It takes Malinowski from his birth in Poland in 1884 to his return to England from the Trobriand Islands in 1920 – when his most famous work was yet to be written, and his public career lay ahead of him. Young has made use of a wealth of private papers, especially diaries and love-letters; he has also tracked down archival sources in Poland, England, Australia, Papua New Guinea and elsewhere >>continue

Daily Telegraph

Michael Young's 690-page book is the first of two projected volumes. It takes Malinowski from his birth in Poland in 1884 to his return to England from the Trobriand Islands in 1920 - when his most famous work was…

An anthropologist finds insight into Japan’s bad-loan crisis

Published on June 13, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, books, corporate & business anthropology, fieldwork / methods

The Japan Post

“Unless you understand how money is moving about the economy, it is impossible to have any meaningful analysis of a society or its culture; and unless you look at cultural issues, it is difficult to ever understand how a financial system works when it is outside your own culture”, says anthropologist Gillian Tett >>continue (link updated)

The Japan Post

"Unless you understand how money is moving about the economy, it is impossible to have any meaningful analysis of a society or its culture; and unless you look at cultural issues, it is difficult to ever understand how…