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På reise i Ultima Thule: Sjøormer og rømmegrøt selger bedre enn aluminium

Published on September 1, 2004 by lorenz Posted in bøker, historie, sosialantropologi i Norge, Sverige og Danmark, turisme, vi og de andre

Universitas, UiO

Først i 1823 da briten Sir A. De Capell Brooke ga ut sin reiseskildring om turen til Nordkapp, ble Norge for alvor kjent for omverdenen. De påfølgende årene kom en strøm av forskere, forfattere og eventyrere hit.

– Turister søker en autentisk opplevelse, og hva man tror er autentisk kommer an på ens forkunnskaper om stedet man reiser til. Alle opplevelser blir sett i lys av disse, sier Mari Haugen som har skrevet hovedoppgave i sosialantropologi med tittelen ”Markedsføring av nasjonen Norge.”

Når de tidligste antropologer på reise i Norge skrev negativt om det de så og opplevde, kan det skyldes at de hadde forventninger om et samfunn som var noe helt annerledes og lå tilbake for deres eget. Kerguelen Tremarec skriver at ”Hva innbyggernes seder angår, er det meget vanskelig å tilfredsstille leseren, fordi de er en blanding av forskjellige nasjoners seder.” >> les mer

Universitas, UiO

– Turister søker…

EASA: Internationale Sozialanthropologie-Konferenz in Wien

Published on September 1, 2004 by lorenz Posted in Ethnologie allgemein, Ethnologie Sozialanthropologie Kulturanthropologie

Presseportal.at

Wien (OTS) – Von 8. – 12. September findet an der Universität Wien die internationale SozialanthropologInnen-Konferenz EASA statt. Mehr als 800 ForscherInnen aus über 50 Ländern werden vier Tage lang zum Thema “Face-to-face – Verbindungen von Nähe und Distanz” sozial- und kulturanthropologische Fragen diskutieren. >> weiter

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Homepage der Konferenz

Presseportal.at

Wien (OTS) - Von 8. - 12. September findet an der Universität Wien die internationale SozialanthropologInnen-Konferenz EASA statt. Mehr als 800 ForscherInnen aus über 50 Ländern werden vier Tage lang zum Thema "Face-to-face - Verbindungen von Nähe und Distanz" sozial-…

Northern Norway’s first ever witch conference

Published on September 1, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, Arctic / Northern Regions, culture traditions, indigenous people / minorities, religion cosmology, Saami, Us and Them

AP / Yahoo News

Nearly 400 years after the worst of the Norwegian witch trials ripped through the area, approximately 100 people have made their way to the small town of Vardoe, just over 2,000 kilometers (1,250 miles) from the North Pole, for northern Norway’s first ever witch conference.

“When we take the low population of Finnmark (Norway’s northernmost county and home to Vardoe) into consideration, the persecution of accused witches is almost the worst in all of Europe,” Rune Blix Hagen Hagen, historian at the University of Tromsoe, says. Approximately 20 percent of the 138 people convicted of witchcraft in Finnmark county between 1598 and 1692 were Sami.

While the belief in witchcraft and magic may appear firmly lodged in the past, the willingness to participate in witch hunts has not ebbed with the passing centuries, according to social anthropologist Jan Broegger. >> continue

AP / Yahoo News

American scholars alarmed by controversial education bill

Published on September 1, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology (general), anthropology in the news, politics, University / Academia

National Catholic Reporter

American scholars are alarmed by a controversial education bill that would increase government monitoring of federally funded programs in international studies at colleges and universities.

Backers of the bill say it will help restore balance to Middle East studies programs, which they say are overly critical of Israel and of U.S. policy in the Middle East. Opponents say the bill could lead to intrusive investigations of faculty and will undermine the credibility of American scholarship.

The proposed board would have the authority “to study, monitor, apprise and evaluate a sample of activities” to ensure that programs represent “diverse perspectives.”

Although the legislation was born out of the polarized debate about Middle East studies, it will apply to a variety of other academic programs related to international studies, including the study and research of modern languages, area studies and anthropology. >> continue

National Catholic Reporter

American scholars are alarmed by a controversial education bill that would increase government monitoring of federally funded programs in international studies at colleges and universities.

Backers of the bill say it will help restore balance to Middle East studies…

1500 Delegates expected at World Congress on Human Movements and Immigration

Published on August 31, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, migration

Forum Barcelona 2004

The World Congress on Human Movements and Immigration from September 2 to 5 will bring together some 1,500 delegates from all over the world to assess the effects of migration flows and think of new ways to address these issues in a global and efficient way.

The dialogue, which will begin on Wednesday, is divided into three main topics: transformation (understood as he impact of the knowledge and information society on migration flows); cultural diversity (with specific attention to the new relations established between different communities, identities, territories and cultures); and justice (given the social and economic contrasts and the different levels of access to goods resulting from migration flows). >> continue

Forum Barcelona 2004