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Pro Ethnologica – an anthropological journal with articles in full tekst online

Published on October 13, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology (general), anthropology in the news, journal articles / papers, Open Access Anthropology and Knowledge Sharing

Pro Ethnologia is one of the few free accessible anthropological journals. It is published by Eesti Rahva Museum in Tartu, Estonia.

Recent issues include articles on Studies on Socialist and Post-socialist Everyday Life, Multiethnic Communities in the Past and Present Tartu, Cultural Identity of Arctic Peoples. Most articles are written in English

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Pro Ethnologia is one of the few free accessible anthropological journals. It is published by Eesti Rahva Museum in Tartu, Estonia.

Recent issues include articles on Studies on Socialist and Post-socialist Everyday Life, Multiethnic Communities in the Past and Present Tartu,…

AnthroSource – AAA announces new anthropology portal. Great, but….

Published on October 12, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology (general), anthropology in the news, Open Access Anthropology and Knowledge Sharing, websites

(via Ethno::log)

“The American Anthropological Association (AAA) is proud to announce the development of AnthroSource, the premier online resource serving the research, teaching, and professional needs of anthropologists. Combining low-cost digital access to the AAA’s peer reviewed journals, newsletters and bulletins with high-level electronic content functionality, AnthroSource is an indispensable research tool for your patrons.”

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Sounds good, but it looks like to be one more of those scientific pay-sites. Shouldn’t knowledge circulate freely and be free accessible to all of us?

>> Budapest Open Access Initiative >> Creative Commons – an alternative to full copyright

>> Copyleft

>> Paper in First Monday on AnthroSource and anthropologists’ use of the Internet

(via Ethno::log)
"The American Anthropological Association (AAA) is proud to announce the development of AnthroSource, the premier online resource serving the research, teaching, and professional needs of anthropologists. Combining low-cost digital access to the AAA's peer reviewed journals, newsletters and bulletins…

“I think that anthropology has never been as strong as it is now…”

Published on September 13, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology (general), anthropology in the news, persons and theories, University / Academia

Anthropolis (Hungary)

An interview, about the current perspective of Central-European and Polish anthropology, with Dr. Marcin Brocki (PhD adjunct professor – Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology – University of Wroclaw, Poland).

– We are surprised how popular ethnology is now. There are almost 200 candidates each year for the study in Wroclaw. It is definitely fashionable discipline. I suppose that it is because of interdisciplinarity of the course, emerging “anthropologization” of humanities and social sciences (especially sociology and philosophy), and also general trend toward searching for more stable structures in our culture.

– People are seeking for something to rely on against globalization, “McDonaldization”, “hypermarket” culture, and they usually think of ethnology as a kind of remedy or a good source of alternative knowledge (alternative views). Due to those processes we are observing a growing interest in ethnical issues, ethnic music, roots searching, so that is the reason why students come to us in such a “giant” number.
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Anthropolis (Hungary)

An interview, about the current perspective of Central-European and Polish anthropology, with Dr. Marcin Brocki (PhD adjunct professor - Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology - University of Wroclaw, Poland).

- We are surprised how popular ethnology is now. There…

History’s New Look – an Unusual Approach to the Story of Native Americans

Published on September 13, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology (general), anthropology in the news, indigenous people / minorities, Native American, Us and Them

Washington Post

No other museum in the world has, on such a scale, devoted itself to this fresh and unusual approach to the story of Native Americans. Its planners have created what they call a “museum different” that might make it very hard for museums on the drawing board ever again to tell a story about people from a detached, third-person point of view. The new National Museum of the American Indian is built around native communities expressing their own authentic voices and their own interpretations of events — part of its mission to change myths and stereotypes. >> continue

Washington Post

No other museum in the world has, on such a scale, devoted itself to this fresh and unusual approach to the story of Native Americans. Its planners have created what they call a "museum different" that might make it…

Multiculturalism or anti-racism?

Published on September 3, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology (general), anthropology in the news, culture traditions, persons and theories, Us and Them

Alana Lentin, Open Democracy

The multiculturalist model that elevates difference to a social principle is under attack. People committed to creating a world of justice and equal rights should not waste time defending it.

Multiculturalism’s exclusive focus on culture can present an apolitical picture of “minority” experience and agency that evades the daily realities of institutionalised racism. This emphasis on culture lies at the heart of the problem of multiculturalism, and – I would argue – makes it an unworthy prize for progressive voices now seeking to reclaim it. >> continue

Alana Lentin, Open Democracy

The multiculturalist model that elevates difference to a social principle is under attack. People committed to creating a world of justice and equal rights should not waste time defending it.

Multiculturalism’s exclusive focus on culture can present an…