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Menneskeutstillinger og myten om hvit overlegenhet

Published on October 25, 2004 by lorenz Posted in antropologi allment, faghistorie, sosialantropologi i Norge, Sverige og Danmark, vi og de andre

Sverre Bjørstad Graff, Magasinet Startsiden.no

Utstillinger av mennesker fra andre kulturer var i storgrad med på å bygge opp myten om hvit overlegenhet. Kongolandsbyen som ble opprettet i Frognerparken i 1914 var ikke første gang ulike folkegrupper ble vist fram for nysgjerrige tilskuere.

Flere tiår før Kongolandsbyen, ble svarte afrikanere gjerne presentert på sirkus og utstillinger som uttrykk for naturens bisarre mangfold, som mer eller mindre gruoppvekkende utslag av naturens luner.

Lengst holdt slike etnologiske karavaner seg som innslag på verdensutstillinger og på såkalte koloniutstillinger. Her var de en del av kolonimaktenes presentasjoner av seg selv og sine erobringer. >> les mer

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Kongolandsbyen – beryktet kapittel i norsk utstillingshistorie som forbilde?

Sverre Bjørstad Graff, Magasinet Startsiden.no

Culcom’s Åpningskonferanse: Bort fra etnisitet som forklaringsmodell

Published on October 25, 2004 by lorenz Posted in konferanser, Kultur tradisjon kunnskap, sosialantropologi i Norge, Sverige og Danmark

Kulturell kompleksitet i det nye Norge, Universitetet i Oslo

Hvor viktig er gjensidig tillit i et flerkulturelt samfunn? Hvordan kan tillit skapes? Skal vi involvere oss i andre eller er likegyldighet et bedre alternativ? Under åpningskonferansen av forskningsprosjektet “Kulturell kompleksitet i det nye Norge” fikk deltakerne høre inspirerende innlegg av forskere fra våre naboland og innspill fra organisasjoner som jobber mot rasisme. >> les mer

Kulturell kompleksitet i det nye Norge, Universitetet i Oslo

Coming Back Around to Culture – an anthropologist’s thoughts about Technology

Published on October 25, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, applied anthropology, corporate & business anthropology, culture traditions, design anthropology, technology

TechnoTaste

I have come back around finally to the reason I came to School of Information Management Systems in the first place: a belief that the tools and perspectives of anthropology are useful and needed.

In the face of all the new technologies and applications today it’s easy to forget that behavior drives technology. If culture drives behavior, at least to some degree, then it ought to be essential, not only to the way we understand the uses and contexts of technology, but to its design.

It’s not useful to take for granted that there is something fundamentally new about the informational, technical world in which we live. I have a sneaking suspicion that a great deal more is the same than is different. Culture is too important – too pervasive and immutable – to respond on a whim to the development of new technologies, even if they fundamentally change the way we live. >> continue

TechnoTaste

I have come back around finally to the reason I came to School of Information Management Systems in the first place: a belief that the tools and perspectives of anthropology are useful and needed.

In the face of all the new…

Thousands of Creoles throng Seychelles’ capital, showcasing a dying culture?

Published on October 25, 2004 by lorenz Posted in Africa, anthropology in the news, culture traditions, globalisation

Utusan Malaysia Online

Women dressed in bright yellow and green swirling skirts joined men in straw hats and colourful cummerbunds, while musicians playing instruments made from bamboo and goatskins led a procession through Victoria.

“The Creoles are a tiny population worldwide, making up only a few million people,” said Jean Claude Mahoune, an anthropologist and expert on Creole culture at Seychelles’ ministry of culture. “With globalisation and strong western influences, our culture and our language is endangered, if we don’t do something to keep everything that is Creole alive,” he said. >> continue

Utusan Malaysia Online

``The Creoles are a tiny population worldwide, making…

Unmarried Women in Arab Countries: Status No Longer Dependent upon the Husband

Published on October 25, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, gender, Middle East

Arabnews

Depending on the societies they live in, when unmarried girls reach a certain age which differs from society to society, people begin to refer to them as “old maids” or “spinsters”. Especially in Arab countries, people still look upon a young unmarried girl as though she were to blame for her state. The girl soon becomes the butt of ridicule, accusations, and meddling by those around her and even those closest to her.

Dr. Bakr Bagader, an anthropology professor at King Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah, said: “People differ in the age at which a woman is considered an ‘old maid’. We often see today that the marriageable age is linked to the stages in education because of the responsibilities of making a living and supporting a family. Completing education is thus seen as important and delays marriage for girls. Women no longer feel that their worth or status is dependent upon their husband.” >> continue

Arabnews