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Was haben afrikanische und appenzellische Heiler gemeinsam?

Published on by lorenz Posted in Afrika, Deutschland, Oesterreich, Schweiz, Ethnologie Sozialanthropologie Kulturanthropologie, Grenzüberschreitend, multikulturell, Kultur Tradition, Medizin Gesundheit, Religion Spiritualität, Kosmologie

Ethnologe David Signer, St.Galler Tagblatt

Es ist verblüffend, wie viele Parallelen es zwischen dem afrikanischen und dem appenzellischen Heilwesen gibt. Ich habe von 1997 bis 2000 in mehreren westafrikanischen Ländern eine Forschung zum Thema Heiler und Hexer durchgeführt. Vor kurzem las ich nun den Aufsatz «För Hitz ond Brand» über Gebetsheilerinnen und Gebetsheiler in Appenzell Innerrhoden von Roland Inauen und fühlte mich dabei geradezu in die tropischen Dörfer zurückversetzt! Noch bis weit ins 20. Jahrhundert war der Glaube an Hexerei auch im Appenzellerland ziemlich verbreitet. >> weiter (Link aktualisiert mit Kopie)

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Ethnologe David Signer, St.Galler Tagblatt

Es ist verblüffend, wie viele Parallelen es zwischen dem afrikanischen und dem appenzellischen Heilwesen gibt. Ich habe von 1997 bis 2000 in mehreren westafrikanischen Ländern eine Forschung zum Thema Heiler und Hexer durchgeführt. Vor kurzem las…

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‘War on Terror’ Has Indigenous People in Its Sights

Published on by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, indigenous people / minorities, politics

Gustavo González, ZNet/ IPS News

The “war on terror”, identified in Amnesty International’s annual report as a new source of human rights abuses, is threatening to expand to Latin America, targeting indigenous movements that are demanding autonomy and protesting free-market policies and “neo-liberal” globalisation. In the United States “there is a perception of indigenous activists as destabilising elements and terrorists,” and their demands and activism have begun to be cast in a criminal light, lawyer José Aylwin, with the Institute of Indigenous Studies, told IPS.

In the view of anthropologist Pedro Ciciliano at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, the NIC report (National Intelligence Council) is “exaggerated and fraught with errors typical of U.S. intelligence based on biased information.” >> continue

Gustavo González, ZNet/ IPS News

The "war on terror", identified in Amnesty International's annual report as a new source of human rights abuses, is threatening to expand to Latin America, targeting indigenous movements that are demanding autonomy and protesting free-market policies…

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Introduction to Indigenous Peoples and How can blogging help my research?

Published on by lorenz Posted in anthropology (general), anthropology in the news, internet, websites

Savage Minds has recently pointed to the blog by the Anthropology librarian Cynthia Tysick, University at Buffalo, New York. She seems to be surfing alot and lists a lot of useful links. Some of her recent entries are Introduction to Indigenous Peoples and How can blogging help my research?

Savage Minds has recently pointed to the blog by the Anthropology librarian Cynthia Tysick, University at Buffalo, New York. She seems to be surfing alot and lists a lot of useful links. Some of her recent entries are Introduction to…

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BBC: Row over German zoo’s Africa show

Published on by lorenz Posted in Africa, anthropology (general), anthropology in the news, Europe, Us and Them

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German anti-racism campaigners have condemned plans to stage an African cultural festival in a zoo. Responding to the criticism, Augsburg Zoo Director Barbara Jantschke said she does not see anything wrong with staging the event in a zoo, where many cultural exhibitions are held. Mrs Jantschke also argued that the zoo was the ideal place to convey the necessary “exotic atmosphere” for the festival.

It is an attitude which campaigners like Ms Noah So want to change. “There is an urge in Germany to see those who are not white as part of something exotic or romanticised.” This treatment insinuates that non-whites are not really part of German society, she says. >> continue

Read also German magazine DER SPIEGEL: German Zoo Scandal: ‘African Village’ Accused of Putting Humans on Display

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African village in the Zoo: Protest against racist exhibition

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German anti-racism campaigners have condemned plans to stage an African cultural festival in a zoo. Responding to the criticism, Augsburg Zoo Director Barbara Jantschke said she does not see anything wrong with staging the event in a zoo, where many…

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Regelmessig “antropils” i Oslo?

Published on by lorenz Posted in antropologi utenfor akademia, sosialantropologi i Norge, Sverige og Danmark

Antropolog Anne Lau Revil skriver i en epost at hun på siste årskonferanse til NAF fikk utfordringen i å forsøke å dra i gang et månedlig eller 2-månedlig treff for antropologer som jobber utenfor akademia.

Som første treff foreslår hun onsdag 17. august kl. 18.00 på Christian IV i Rosenkrantzgate i Oslo.

For å bli informert om planlagte aktiviteter har hun opprettet en epostliste. For å melde seg på, ta kontakt med Anne: anne AT cultureit.no (erstatt AT med @)

Antropolog Anne Lau Revil skriver i en epost at hun på siste årskonferanse til NAF fikk utfordringen i å forsøke å dra i gang et månedlig eller 2-månedlig treff for antropologer som jobber utenfor akademia.

Som første treff foreslår hun onsdag…

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