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I Tromsø: Nei til konsernmodell

Published on November 16, 2004 by lorenz Posted in forskning(spolitikk) akademia, sosialantropologi i Norge, Sverige og Danmark

Tromsøflaket, UiTø

I løpet av to uker har 95 ansatte ved SV-fakultetet skrevet under på en uttalelse hvor de uttrykker sterk bekymring for den planlagte omorganiseringa ved UiTø. Særlig gjelder dette endringene av dagens styringslinjer som går ”nedenfra og opp”, til en ”ovenfra og ned-styring”. >> les mer

Tromsøflaket, UiTø

Kreuze am Fahrbahnrand – ein neuer Trauerritus

Published on November 16, 2004 by lorenz Posted in Deutschland, Oesterreich, Schweiz, Ethnologie Sozialanthropologie Kulturanthropologie, Wir und die Anderen

Obwohl die Zahl der tödlich Verunglückten zurückgeht, nimmt die Zahl der Unfallkreuze zu. “In den Kreuzen deutet sich ein neuer Trauerritus an, eine neue Form des Abschiednehmens”, sagt Christine Aka.

Die Volkskundlerin von der Universität Münster beschäftigt sich seit vier Jahren mit dem Phänomen der “Kreuze am Fahrbahnrand”. An 250 Unfallorten hat sie sich mit Angehörigen unterhalten und analysiert, warum immer mehr Hinterbliebene Kreuze an die Straße stellen.

Das Ergebnis ihrer Studien: Die Unfallkreuze haben nichts mit dem Christentum zu tun. “Vielmehr geht es darum, einen Ort der Trauer zu schaffen. >> weiter (link aktualisiert)

Obwohl die Zahl der tödlich Verunglückten zurückgeht, nimmt die Zahl der Unfallkreuze zu. "In den Kreuzen deutet sich ein neuer Trauerritus an, eine neue Form des Abschiednehmens", sagt Christine Aka.

Die Volkskundlerin von der Universität Münster beschäftigt sich seit vier Jahren…

“Anthropological customer research has become popular for a good reason”

Published on November 16, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, applied anthropology, corporate & business anthropology, design anthropology

Ross Teague, Manager of Design Reseach and Senior Human Factors, Local Tech Wire

The use of anthropological principles in conducting product and customer research has become very popular of late, and for good reason. Anthropologists can be viewed as the first market researchers, and their discoveries can provide truly actionable learning.

Researchers have typically focused on the method of contextual research – that is, getting out into the customer environments to see how they really work and to interview them in their environments. A method that is often overlooked that can provide valuable insight is key informant interviewing. >> continue (updated link)

Ross Teague, Manager of Design Reseach and Senior Human Factors, Local Tech Wire

The use of anthropological principles in conducting product and customer research has become very popular of late, and for good reason. Anthropologists can be viewed as the first…

Race and Early Modern Studies: The Power of an Illusion and Its Genesis

Published on November 16, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, books, persons and theories, Us and Them

RedNova reviews two books:

Women and Race in Early Modern Texts. By Joyce Green MacDonald. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. ix + 188 pages.

English Ethnicity and Race in Early Modern Drama. By Mary Floyd- Wilson. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. xii + 256 pages.

“The books reviewed share some noteworthy aspects. Both refuse to focus not only on people of color as raced, but instead analyze the significance of whiteness for cultural and gender identity, and for the development of Britain as a nation. In addition, both demonstrate that aspects of Africa and Africans were purposely forgotten in the early modern period to sustain the development of England as the leader in the slave-trade.”

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RedNova reviews two books:

Women and Race in Early Modern Texts. By Joyce Green MacDonald. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. ix + 188 pages.

English Ethnicity and Race in Early Modern Drama. By Mary Floyd- Wilson. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. xii…

Mapuchefolket bildar oväntade allianser – oberoende av etnicitet

Published on November 16, 2004 by lorenz Posted in aktivisme og protest, indianere, Latin-Amerika, sosialantropologi i Norge, Sverige og Danmark

Sami Radio

I Argentina har mapuchefolket bildat allians med de fattiga i en gemensam kamp för rättvisa. Mapuchefolket har gått ihop med bostadslösa och arbetslösa oberoende av etnicitet. Målet för bägge parter är den samma, rätten till mark. >> les mer

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