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Donna Goldstein has been named winner of the 2005 Margaret Mead Award

Published on April 17, 2005 by lorenz Posted in anthropology (general), anthropology in the news, applied anthropology, gender

Denver Post

University of Colorado anthropologist Donna Goldstein has been named winner of the 2005 Margaret Mead Award, given every other year to a young anthropologist in recognition of excellent research. The American Anthropological Association and the Society for Applied Anthropology recognized Goldstein for her 2003 book, “Laughter Out of Place: Race, Class, Violence and Sexuality in a Rio Shantytown.”

Goldstein originally visited the shantytown to study an AIDS epidemic among women there, she said in a statement. But she ended up writing about how the women use storytelling and black humor to deal with their sometimes tragic lives. (article no longer online) / >> more info on the website of Society for Applied Anthropology (they might have mistaken 2004 and 2005?

Denver Post

Ethnographic Flickr

Published on April 16, 2005 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, cyberanthropology, fieldwork / methods, internet, technology

Anthropologist Kerim Friedman, Keywords

Last year, when I was offered the opportunity to teach a course on anthropology and photography at Haverford College, I immediately knew I wanted to do something with Flickr. I have to admit that it was exhausting correcting papers with dozens of hyperlinks to photos on flickr. But it was also fun. I especially enjoyed seeing the various ways students used Flickr’s tags to come up with interesting paper topics. >> continue

Anthropologist Kerim Friedman, Keywords

New forum installed with RSS-support

Published on April 16, 2005 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, internal notes

I’ve installed a new forum in English – in addition to the one in Norwegian (the same forum script) that has been (more or less) active for eight-nine months now. Use the forum to discuss or ask questions to other visitors. There’s a built in email-notification feature, alternatively you can use the forum’s RSS-Feed.

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I've installed a new forum in English - in addition to the one in Norwegian (the same forum script) that has been (more or less) active for eight-nine months now. Use the forum to discuss or ask questions to other…

Ethnographic Skype

Published on April 15, 2005 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, cyberanthropology, fieldwork / methods, technology

Alexander Knorr, Xirdalium

Oftentimes there is a confusion about what anthropological ‘fieldwork’ actually is. One aim of my project is to transpose anthropology’s rich and powerful methodology to the terra nova online: thick participation plus its weaknesses compensated by other methods like the ethnographic interview.

As Damien Stolarz has put it, Shapiro provides us with a “Simple hack using Skype as an audio interviewing and archive tool. Instead of needing phone interview recording hardware (which you might not have) you can use computer tools (which you have in abundance).” This contains tremendous possibilities for every trustworthy cyberanthropologist. >> continue (Link updated)

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Alexander Knorr, Xirdalium

Oftentimes there is a confusion about what anthropological 'fieldwork' actually is. One aim of my project is to transpose anthropology's rich and powerful methodology to the terra nova online: thick participation plus its weaknesses compensated by other methods…

New book critizises ethnographic methods in market research on children

Published on April 14, 2005 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, books, corporate & business anthropology, ethics, youth

D. Murali in the The Hindu Buisiness Line

“Children have become conduits from the consumer marketplace into the household, the link between advertisers and the family purse,” writes Juliet B. Schor in his book “Born to Buy”. Marketers have “set their sights on children” — not for the odd trinket and toy as in those good old days, but also for the big money that this niche group can yield by influencing buying decisions.

What is depressing is the amount of specialised research that companies unleash on children. “They’ve gone anthropological, using ethnographic methods that scrutinise the most intimate details of children’s lives. Marketers are videotaping children in their private spaces,” laments Schor. Quite shockingly, “Researchers are paying adults whom kids trust, such as coaches, clergy, and youth workers, to elicit information from them”? Prying happens online too.

The last chapter springs a hope that childhood can be decommercialised, though the job is not going to be easy. Some of the changes that Schor proposes involve Government regulation of ads and marketing. >> continue

D. Murali in the The Hindu Buisiness Line

"Children have become conduits from the consumer marketplace into the household, the link between advertisers and the family purse," writes Juliet B. Schor in his book "Born to Buy". Marketers have "set their…