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Festivals and Cultural Change in Kathmandu, Nepal

Published on September 6, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, Asia, culture traditions, globalisation, migration, religion cosmology

Nepal News

With the increase in the population, Kathmandu valley’s dynamics and structures of population have changed. New migrant families are coming up and the structures of old families are transforming from extended ones to nucleus. The family relation is no more confined to a particular locality and caste as it has become heterogeneous in nature. Many families even have married relations to international families.

Since valley has turned into a metropolitan, one can witness the transformation taking place in our age-old rituals, festivals and cultures. From celebrating rituals to marriage, the valley has seen drastic and dramatic transformation. Traditional systems are fading away and new system is gradually replacing the older one. As usual, Kathmandu valley is embracing change keeping intact its tradition of harmony and accommodation >> continue

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Nepal News

With the increase in the population, Kathmandu valley's dynamics and structures of population have changed. New migrant families are coming up and the structures of old families are transforming from extended ones to nucleus. The family relation is no…

Shoppa dyrt – och köp dig en ny identitet

Published on September 6, 2004 by lorenz Posted in doktoravhandlinger, forbruk, Kultur tradisjon kunnskap, sosialantropologi i Norge, Sverige og Danmark

Sydsvenskan

Intresset för lyx ökar. Märkesvaror blir allt viktigare för konsumenterna. – Att köpa märkesvaror har blivit ett sätt att köpa sig en identitet, säger Anneli Ståhlberg, socialantropolog vid Lunds universitet som har börjat arbeta med en doktorsavhandling om lyxkonsumtion.

I sitt forskningsarbete studerar hon bland annat personer i den engelska överklassen och deras beteende. Nyligen har hon besökt de rika engelsmännens shoppingställen. Hon hoppas också få in en fot i ett engelskt överklasshem och planerar att intervjua engelska hovreportrar.

Hon tycker att den engelska överklassen har vissa grundläggande likheter med de prärieindianer hon studerade för några år sedan. – Den engelska överklassen är också en egen grupp med egna ritualer och statusvaror – precis som en stam, säger Anneli Ståhlberg. – les mer

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Mer informasjon om forskningsprosjektet på Lund Universitets hjemmeside

Sydsvenskan

Intresset för lyx ökar. Märkesvaror blir allt viktigare för konsumenterna. - Att köpa märkesvaror har blivit ett sätt att köpa sig en identitet, säger Anneli Ståhlberg, socialantropolog vid Lunds universitet som har börjat arbeta med en doktorsavhandling om lyxkonsumtion.

I sitt…

Punkterer myten om Sverige som land, hvor integrationen fungerer

Published on September 6, 2004 by lorenz Posted in innvandring migrasjon, sosialantropologi i Norge, Sverige og Danmark, Sverige

Berlingske Tidende

Der er nogle, der hævder, at svenskekrigene sluttede forlængst. Man tror dem næppe. Som ofte før i de senere år er det de to landes meget forskellige holdninger til indvandring, der skaber problemerne. Faktum er, at hvor Danmark i disse år strammer, går Sverige den anden vej.

I forvejen har Sverige langt flere udlændinge end Danmark. Mere end 20 procent af befolkningen har en indvandrerbaggrund. I Danmark er det knap syv procent. I Sverige er 44,8 procent af de ikke-vestlige indvandrere helt uden for arbejdsmarkedet. Danmark ligger kun lidt dårligere med 49 procent helt uden for arbejdsstyrken.

Og tallene er endnu værre, mener socialantropolog Aje Carlbom fra Lunds Universitet. Han flyttede sammen med sin kone ind i Rosengård i tre år for at studere ghettoen. Det kom der en doktordisputats ud af, og den punkterer effektivt myten om Sverige som det multikulturelle land, hvor integrationen fungerer >> les mer

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Forskare stöder förslag om invandrarstopp i Malmö (Dagens Nyheter, 17.2.04)

Berlingske Tidende

The Okavango Delta Peoples of Botswana and The Maithil Brahmans in India

Published on September 4, 2004 by lorenz Posted in Africa, anthropology in the news, Asia, fieldwork / methods, websites

Two new links, found via Science Blog/ Open Directory Project:

The Okavango Delta Peoples of Botswana: Short overview, many links. By John Bock, professor in the Department of Anthropology at California State University, Fullerton: “The Okavango Delta of the Republic of Botswana is a large wetland surrounded by the Kalahari desert. The Okavango is a unique ecosystem and has large populations of African mammals, birds, and other animals. Of less interest have been the 100,000 people who call the Delta home. This site is dedicated to the dissemination of information concerning the Okavango Delta People” >> continue

The Maithil Brahmans in India: an online ethnography by Carolyn Brown Heinz, Department of Anthropology California State University, Chico – including fieldnotes and many pictures. Confusing site navigation. >> continue

Two new links, found via Science Blog/ Open Directory Project:

The Okavango Delta Peoples of Botswana: Short overview, many links. By John Bock, professor in the Department of Anthropology at California State University, Fullerton: "The Okavango Delta of the Republic…

Multiculturalism or anti-racism?

Published on September 3, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology (general), anthropology in the news, culture traditions, persons and theories, Us and Them

Alana Lentin, Open Democracy

The multiculturalist model that elevates difference to a social principle is under attack. People committed to creating a world of justice and equal rights should not waste time defending it.

Multiculturalism’s exclusive focus on culture can present an apolitical picture of “minority” experience and agency that evades the daily realities of institutionalised racism. This emphasis on culture lies at the heart of the problem of multiculturalism, and – I would argue – makes it an unworthy prize for progressive voices now seeking to reclaim it. >> continue

Alana Lentin, Open Democracy

The multiculturalist model that elevates difference to a social principle is under attack. People committed to creating a world of justice and equal rights should not waste time defending it.

Multiculturalism’s exclusive focus on culture can present an…