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Ethnographic lecture confronts female gang myths

Published on February 21, 2005 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, books, fieldwork / methods, gender, Northern America, youth

The Lantern, Ohio State University

In a presentation titled “The Politics of Representation,” ethnographer Marie “Keta” Miranda addressed the general misrepresentation of gang members, but focused largely on women. She discussed the knowledge she gained through her ethnographic collaboration with Chicana youths in Oakland, Calif., published in the 2003 book “Homegirls in the Public Sphere”.

It is important to recognize that women in gangs do have agency and they do make significant decisions. She said the gangs she studied in northern California were unique because they consisted entirely of young women. Miranda stressed the need for people in power to change their approach in order to provide more understanding of subculture groups. >> continue

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Homegirls in the Public Sphere – Reviewed by Ramona Lee Pérez, New York University (Association of Feminist Anthropology)

The Lantern, Ohio State University

In a presentation titled "The Politics of Representation," ethnographer Marie "Keta" Miranda addressed the general misrepresentation of gang members, but focused largely on women. She discussed the knowledge she gained through her ethnographic collaboration with Chicana…

Women in Cameroon:Information technology as a way out of the cultural cul-de-sac

Published on February 7, 2005 by lorenz Posted in Africa, anthropology in the news, culture traditions, gender, technology

IPS News Service

As is the case in much of Africa, cultural and religious factors in Cameroon have proved formidable obstacles to the advancement of women in the workplace. Traditional beliefs dictate that a women’s place is in the home, prompting many parents to take their daughters out of school at an early age – and allow them to be married. Information technology has proving especially useful in showing women a way out of the cultural cul-de-sac they so often find themselves in. >> continue

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IPS News Service

Stories of an African Bar Girl – “an ethnography done by an illiterate”

Published on January 27, 2005 by lorenz Posted in Africa, anthropology in the news, books, fieldwork / methods, gender

Anthropologist Eric Gable, allAfrica.com

It is hard to decide what to call this remarkable book, the first of two volumes. It is for the most part a collection of stories told by a West African bar girl,”Hawa,” to anthropologist and musicologist John Chernoff in the mid 1970s. She tells about her life as a girl in a Muslim village and as a young woman in Accra, Lomé, and several other places, the lives of her fellow bar girls and about the men (mostly European but also African) she encountered, took from, gave to and left.

Chernoff wants the reader to approach Hawa’s stories as “an ethnography done by an illiterate.” Hawa is not only an ethnographic subject; she is also an observer, an ethnographer. Like all ethnographers her observations are partial, skewed, but also enlightening. >> continue

Anthropologist Eric Gable, allAfrica.com

It is hard to decide what to call this remarkable book, the first of two volumes. It is for the most part a collection of stories told by a West African bar girl,"Hawa," to anthropologist and musicologist…

Men Face New Role in Society – Interview with anthropologists

Published on December 16, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, culture traditions, gender

NPR (Radio)

In the third and final part of his series, NPR’s Joe Palca talks to two anthropologists about how men are coping with changes in modern society and whether they’re sliding down the social ladder as women make their way up. >> continue

NPR (Radio)

In the third and final part of his series, NPR's Joe Palca talks to two anthropologists about how men are coping with changes in modern society and whether they're sliding down the social ladder as women make their way…

TIF – a new tech-savvy woman has emerged

Published on December 9, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, corporate & business anthropology, gender, technology

Buisiness Wire / Intel

A new, tech-savvy woman has emerged and Intel calls her “Tif,” short for Technology Involved Female. Tif is closing the technology gender gap, with women at the youngest end of the spectrum actually surpassing men in their intent to purchase a laptop. The survey reveals that women are using computing technology in their daily lives now more than ever.

“Women are a driving force in technology adoption, and it is important for us to understand how women use technology so we can meet their needs, too,” said Dr. Genevieve Bell, a cultural anthropologist with Intel, who observes how people around the world use technology in daily life. >> continue

Anthropologists at Intel (TheStarOnline Malaysia)

Buisiness Wire / Intel

A new, tech-savvy woman has emerged and Intel calls her "Tif," short for Technology Involved Female. Tif is closing the technology gender gap, with women at the youngest end of the spectrum actually surpassing men in their…