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New Maori party wins first seat in parliament

Published on July 12, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, maori, Pacific Oceania, politics

The Independent

The party aims to be a new force in New Zealand politics, wooing Maori voters who have traditionally supported Labour. It has threatened to join forces with the centre-right National Party to oust Ms Clark’s Labour minority government in an election due to be held next year.

Legislation placing the seabed and foreshore under public control is opposed by Maoris, who say it will deprive them of traditional ownership of coastal areas. The government says it is intended to protect public access to beaches and fisheries while accommodating Maori customs such as gathering seafood on ancestral lands. The plan sparked the biggest Maori protest for decades, with 20,000 demonstrators cramming the grounds of parliament in Wellington in May.

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The Independent

The Rediff Interview/Nandini Chattopadhyay: Music and Protest

Published on July 7, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology (general), anthropology in the news, music, persons and theories, politics

Rediff India

“I was doing my first major anthropology project studying the Baul protest movement and how it used music to talk about injustice, superstitions and hypocrisy. In Brazil too some of its most popular music and dance started in the ghettos as a protest against colonial rule and later against social inequities in general.”

“Anthropology is what I do in my everyday life. In addition to living in India, I have lived in Singapore, Montreal, Canada and San Francisco. I have also traveled extensively across Asia and Europe. Learning different languages, philosophies, belief systems and social codes of conduct are what I have been doing as part of my everyday life. Being an anthropologist is somewhat of a continuation of that” >>continue

Rediff India

"I was doing my first major anthropology project studying the Baul protest movement and how it used music to talk about injustice, superstitions and hypocrisy. In Brazil too some of its most popular music and dance started in the…

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,…

Professor studies society’s poor by picking through trash

Published on May 22, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, development empowerment, Northern America, politics, Us and Them

Free Detroit Press

How do poor people or street people meet their basic needs in the world’s wealthiest nation? “We think of the world as being increasingly mean-spirited and competitive, but here were homeowners and small-business owners and homeless folks and the poor cooperating in a way to redistribute useful materials”, said Prof. Jeff Ferrell >> continue (updated with copy)

Free Detroit Press

How do poor people or street people meet their basic needs in the world's wealthiest nation? "We think of the world as being increasingly mean-spirited and competitive, but here were homeowners and small-business owners and homeless folks and…