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En av de mindre minoritetene

Published on May 6, 2005 by lorenz Posted in Asia, konflikter katastrofer, Kultur tradisjon kunnskap, master-/ hovedoppgaver, minoriteter og urbefolkninger, sosialantropologi i Norge, Sverige og Danmark

Studvest, UiB

– Det er så lenge siden jeg snakket morsmålet mitt at jeg begynner å glemme det, sier Rajmoni Wahengbarn. Den 29 år gamle sosialantropologen er en av landets minste minoriteter: Norges eneste manipuri. – Mitt folk, manipuriene, kommer opprinnelig fra delstaten Manipur i nord-øst-India. I India er det en million av oss, i Bangladesh bare 5-6000. Men begge steder blir vi undertrykt, diskriminert og sett ned på, forteller Raz.

Raz er akkurat i ferd med å levere inn sin andre masteroppgave, hvor han har skrevet om det matrilineære slektskaps- og ekteskapssystemet hos khasi-folket, som lever ute i jungelen i hans hjemfylke, Sylhet. >> les mer

Studvest, UiB

- Det er så lenge siden jeg snakket morsmålet mitt at jeg begynner å glemme det, sier Rajmoni Wahengbarn. Den 29 år gamle sosialantropologen er en av landets minste minoriteter: Norges eneste manipuri. – Mitt folk, manipuriene, kommer opprinnelig…

The Problems with Chinese Anthropological Research

Published on May 5, 2005 by lorenz Posted in anthropology (general), anthropology in the news, Asia, Us and Them

Anthroman

In China, whenever researchers refer to ethnology, it means the study of 55 ethnic groups instead of 56. That means Han is a standard, a criterion， from which the study of other 55 ethnic groups must learn. There are many famous anthropologists who have been aware of his but never speak of it. Mr. Fei Xiaotong is one of them. Chinese anthropological study will not have its own position before Chinese anthropologists realize that all 56 and other people within Chinese boundary are of equal significance in anthropological research and there is no ethnic group that should be in a position of supervision.

The evolutionary scheme another obstacle in Chinese anthropological research. If we say that people in plains are in a stage of highest civilization, these who in plateau are less civilized, and these who in mountainous areas are the least civilized or primitive and savage, we are not doing social science but constructing social science. >> continue

(inspired by Ethno::log: Fei Xiaotong dies age 94)

The New Chinese Anthropology: A View from Outside by J.S. Eades The Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing, University of Kent, UK

Anthroman

Der Karneval der Kulturen wird 10. Eine Konferenz untersucht das Phänomen

Published on May 4, 2005 by lorenz Posted in Ethnologie Sozialanthropologie Kulturanthropologie, Grenzüberschreitend, multikulturell, interdiziplinär, Wir und die Anderen

Informationsdienst Wissenschaft

Den europäischen Sommerkarnevals widmet sich eine internationale Konferenz am Institut für Europäische Ethnologie der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin: “Performing Policy – Enacting Diversity. European Summer Carnivals in Comparative Perspective”, so der Titel. Die Konferenz bringt Aktivisten der Sommerkarnevale in Rotterdam, Bielefeld, Brüssel und London mit Sozialanthropologen und Sozialwissenschaftlern zusammen, die vergleichend zu urbanen multiethnischen Karnevalen und vergleichbaren Spektakeln der Differenz und der kulturellen Vielfalt arbeiten. >> weiter

SIEHE AUCH:
Urbane Sommerkarnevale – ethnologische Perspektiven (Projektseite des Instituts für Europäische Ethnologie der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)

Informationsdienst Wissenschaft

Den europäischen Sommerkarnevals widmet sich eine internationale Konferenz am Institut für Europäische Ethnologie der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin: "Performing Policy - Enacting Diversity. European Summer Carnivals in Comparative Perspective", so der Titel. Die Konferenz bringt Aktivisten der Sommerkarnevale in Rotterdam,…

Norge møter Uighurstan

Published on May 4, 2005 by lorenz Posted in antropologi allment, Asia, innvandring migrasjon, konflikter katastrofer, minoriteter og urbefolkninger, sosialantropologi i Norge, Sverige og Danmark

Studvest, UiB

Det bor omtrent 250 uighurer i Norge, og majoriteten holder til i bergensområdet. De er politiske flyktninger fra Xinjiang-provinsen i Kina, hvor de i årtier har blitt undertrykt av myndighetene. Myndighetene fører streng kontroll med hva uighurene foretar seg, og dette medfører blant annet at uighurer flest er uvitende om fjorårets Raftopris-utdeling. Den gikk til uighurenes symbolske leder, samvittighetsfangen Rebiya Kadeer. >> les mer

SE OGSÅ:
Kinas små folkegrupper roper på selvstyre (Aftenposten, 5.11.04)

Studvest, UiB

“Stone Age Tribes”, tsunami and racist evolutionism

Published on May 4, 2005 by lorenz Posted in Andaman & Nicobar societies, anthropology in the news, Asia, indigenous people / minorities, Us and Them

The belief that the so-called Western civilisation represents the final goal of human evolution, the idea that we’re on the top of the evolution is still alive – both among journalists and anthropologists as the coverage of the tsunami disaster has shown. Today, again such a story full of racist evolutionism appeared – the Daily Telegraph writes: Chief’s death brings end of Stone Age tribes a step nearer. Quote: “Some anthropologists believe that the tribes are a vital link in the chain of human evolution. They have no written script.” >> continue

SEE ALSO:
19th Century Social Evolutionism – Anthropological theories
(Department of Anthropology, University of Alabama)

The belief that the so-called Western civilisation represents the final goal of human evolution, the idea that we're on the top of the evolution is still alive - both among journalists and anthropologists as the coverage of the tsunami disaster…