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Antropologisk byforskning – nytt temanummer av Tidsskriftet Antropologi

Published on August 9, 2005 by lorenz Posted in antropologi allment, byforskning, livet, sosialantropologi i Norge, Sverige og Danmark, tidsskrifter

Det er sjeldent at aviser ofrer spalteplass til omtaler av antropologiske tidsskrifter. Danske Weekendavisen skriver euforisk om siste nummeret av Tidsskriftet Antropologi, der en kan lese om “19 usædvanlige og interessante udforskninger af byer” rundt om i verden i dobbeltnummeret Byer I Abomey-Mumbai og Byer II Nuuk-Århus.

>> les teksten i Weekendavisen

Tidsskriftet blir utgitt av Institut for Antropologi, Københavns Universitet og har dessverre ennå ikke tatt spranget inn i internettalderen. Det er ikke mye å lese på tidsskriftets hjemmeside.

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>> Liste over antropologiske tidsskrifter som legger ut artiklene i full-tekst

Det er sjeldent at aviser ofrer spalteplass til omtaler av antropologiske tidsskrifter. Danske Weekendavisen skriver euforisk om siste nummeret av Tidsskriftet Antropologi, der en kan lese om "19 usædvanlige og interessante udforskninger af byer" rundt om i verden i dobbeltnummeret…

Thesis: Participant observation on a Rastafari discussion forum on the internet

Published on August 9, 2005 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, cyberanthropology, internet, journal articles / papers, Us and Them

Norwegian anthropologist Christian Stokke has published his thesis “Unlearning White Superiority. Consciousness-raising on an online Rastafari Reasoning Forum” in full length. From his introduction:

The ensuing interracial dialogues on racism are the main focus of my thesis. Most whites define racism as prejudice and discrimination, and suggest good intentions and “colorblindness” as a solution, while Blacks define it in terms of group dominance, structural inequality and cultural hegemony. Black Rastas point out that whites tend to show dominating behavior in the discussions, and see this as a reflection of a “white superiority complex.” Black Rastas consistently confront whites and hold them responsible for their conduct, although it is usually unintended and unconscious. Through this confrontation, many whites become aware of their taken-for-granted ‘white privilege’ and start “unlearning white superiority.”

>> download the thesis (pdf, 788kb)

Norwegian anthropologist Christian Stokke has published his thesis "Unlearning White Superiority. Consciousness-raising on an online Rastafari Reasoning Forum" in full length. From his introduction:

The ensuing interracial dialogues on racism are the main focus of my thesis. Most whites define racism…

The BBC sponsors African blogs

Published on August 9, 2005 by lorenz Posted in Africa, anthropology in the news, internet, websites

Ethan Zuckerman, Global Voices

The BBC has a long tradition of encouraging readers and listeners of their Africa service to talk about their views of the continent. BBC is going a step further, looking for people with interesting stories to tell, arming them with digital cameras and encouraging them to get posting. >> continue to Global Voices (many links to recommended blogs!)

>> go directly to BBCs “My Africa – Africa Diaries”

Ethan Zuckerman, Global Voices

Summer anthroblog round-up

Published on August 8, 2005 by lorenz Posted in anthropology (general), anthropology in the news, books, corporate & business anthropology, fieldwork / methods, Us and Them

(Post in progress)

Here a short summary of some stories published during the summer break:

Most discussed: Jared Diamond’s book “Guns, Germs and Steel” and the reasons for differences in progress for different societies

From a summary of the debate in Inside Higher Education (via Keywords):
Diamond focuses on the impact of geography — whether food and other key items were plentiful, whether and how disease spread, and how these developments led to different levels of industrialization, and wealth. “The book overlooks a fundamental issue: the inequality within countries as well as between them,” Kerim Friedman writes. “I assure you that logging industry executives in New Guinea live better than you or I do! Both New Guinea and the United States are far more unequal (by some measures) than is India.” >> read more in Inside Higher Education

>> read the whole debate at Savage Minds (116 comments!!!)

Field Work at Mac Donalds Drive-Through. Coca-Cola hired an anthropologist to find out how to sell more Coke to car drivers and the anthropologist didn’t have more than 40 seconds per informant >> read the whole story “Ronald, patron saint of ethnography” by Grant McCracken (inkl lots of comments!)

Online-Research on age cohorts Charu writes: “I am very curious about what experiences we grew up sharing…. Internet ? Technology ? Liberalization ?” Her idea: to understand the events, ideas, values that have shaped her generation (mid-70’s born, the over-20, 30 ish) and to experiment with the possibility of blogs as a tool for primary research…. >> continue to her post on “A Time To Reflect”

Ethnographic Research on African Village in the Zoo published Nina Glick Schiller, Data Dea and Markus Höhne (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle, Germany) did some fieldwork in the zoo. One of their findings: “Organizers and visitors were not racist but they participated in and reflected a process that has been called racialization: the daily and often taken-for-granted means by which humans are separated into supposedly biologically based and unequal categories.” >> read the summary and download the report

( >> earlier posts on the African Village)

(Post in progress)

Here a short summary of some stories published during the summer break:

Most discussed: Jared Diamond's book "Guns, Germs and Steel" and the reasons for differences in progress for different societies

From a summary of the debate in Inside…

Feminister og urfolksromantikere som forskere: Hvordan holdninger påvirkerer forskningen

Published on August 8, 2005 by lorenz Posted in antropologi allment, feltarbeid metode etnografi, kjønn, miljø og økologi, minoriteter og urbefolkninger, samer, sosialantropologi i Norge, Sverige og Danmark

I juli har det har vært en interessant debatt om feministisk forskning. Lar enkelte kjønnsforskere det feministiske standpunktet overstyre forskningsresultatene sine, spurte vitenskapsteoretiker Cathrine Holst. – les mer i Klassekampen. (Se også Avviser Holsts kritikk – Fra forskning til politikk og En åpen vitenskap.

Her er et beslektet eksempel fra antropologien. Det dreier seg ikke om feministisme, men om miljøvern og urfolksromantikk som premissleverandør. Den tyske antropologen Maya Sabok Sir fornærmet informantene sine – samene i indre Finnmark – da hun sto fram og sa at “reindriftssamene er i ubalanse med naturen, og dermed med seg selv”. Hun hevder bl.a. at samene driver “grotesk ørnejakt”.

– Vi må lære å dele, skal fremtiden bli bedre. Det gjelder også i naturen. Reindriftssamene må dele med rovdyrene. Alt har en ånd. Ingenting er dødt, sa antropologen til Finnmark Dagblad.

Samene vil ikke lenger snakke med henne, men det rokker ikke ved hennes prosjekt:

– Men jeg vil det beste for samene. Og for naturen, understreker hun.

Ikke særlig antropologisk dette her og minner dessuten om litt mørkere deler av faghistorien.

>> les artikkelen “Samene et urfolk i ubalanse” i Finnmark Dagblad

>> les lederen i Finnmark Dagblad ” Urfolk i balanse”

Inspirert av antropologen Tad McIlwraith kan si: Hun har blandet rollen som økologisk antropolog med rollen som miljøaktivist >> les teksten “Environmental Anthropologist versus Environmentalist”

I juli har det har vært en interessant debatt om feministisk forskning. Lar enkelte kjønnsforskere det feministiske standpunktet overstyre forskningsresultatene sine, spurte vitenskapsteoretiker Cathrine Holst. - les mer i Klassekampen. (Se også Avviser Holsts kritikk - Fra forskning til…