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Saving native languages

Published on July 5, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, indigenous people / minorities, language, Native American

University of Berkeley News

Chochenyo, the language of the Muwekma Ohlone people, has been silent since the 1930s, but a handful of tribal members working with mentors from the University of California, Berkeley’s linguistics department are bringing it back to life >>continue

University of Berkeley News

Chochenyo, the language of the Muwekma Ohlone people, has been silent since the 1930s, but a handful of tribal members working with mentors from the University of California, Berkeley's linguistics department are bringing it back to life…

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

Key to governing Afghans: the clans

Published on June 24, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, Asia, culture traditions, politics

Christian Science Monitor

For centuries, it was tribal leaders rather than kings who truly ruled Afghanistan. “Given the fact that the present administration neither is very strong nor has a great deal of legitimacy, tribal structures have rebounded”, says David Edwards, an anthropologist with extensive experience in Afghanistan >>continue

Christian Science Monitor

For centuries, it was tribal leaders rather than kings who truly ruled Afghanistan. "Given the fact that the present administration neither is very strong nor has a great deal of legitimacy, tribal structures have rebounded", says David Edwards,…

Crop Diversity Continues Thanks to Modern, Traditional Practices

Published on June 22, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, development empowerment, ecology nature

UC Davis News

Peruvian peasants, Italian consumers and California peach farmers are all helping to promote crop diversity in unexpected ways, says a UC Davis anthropologist who studies agriculture >>continue

UC Davis News

Peruvian peasants, Italian consumers and California peach farmers are all helping to promote crop diversity in unexpected ways, says a UC Davis anthropologist who studies agriculture >>continue

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…