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Race and Early Modern Studies: The Power of an Illusion and Its Genesis

Published on November 16, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, books, persons and theories, Us and Them

RedNova reviews two books:

Women and Race in Early Modern Texts. By Joyce Green MacDonald. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. ix + 188 pages.

English Ethnicity and Race in Early Modern Drama. By Mary Floyd- Wilson. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. xii + 256 pages.

“The books reviewed share some noteworthy aspects. Both refuse to focus not only on people of color as raced, but instead analyze the significance of whiteness for cultural and gender identity, and for the development of Britain as a nation. In addition, both demonstrate that aspects of Africa and Africans were purposely forgotten in the early modern period to sustain the development of England as the leader in the slave-trade.”

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RedNova reviews two books:

Women and Race in Early Modern Texts. By Joyce Green MacDonald. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. ix + 188 pages.

English Ethnicity and Race in Early Modern Drama. By Mary Floyd- Wilson. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. xii…

Mapuchefolket bildar oväntade allianser – oberoende av etnicitet

Published on November 16, 2004 by lorenz Posted in aktivisme og protest, indianere, Latin-Amerika, sosialantropologi i Norge, Sverige og Danmark

Sami Radio

I Argentina har mapuchefolket bildat allians med de fattiga i en gemensam kamp för rättvisa. Mapuchefolket har gått ihop med bostadslösa och arbetslösa oberoende av etnicitet. Målet för bägge parter är den samma, rätten till mark. >> les mer

SE OGSÅ
Osäker framtid för 2500 mapuchefamiljer (Sami Radio, 9.11.04)
Mapuche Lands in Patagonia Taken Over by Benetton Wool Farms (CorpWatch, 25.11.03)

Sami Radio

LüneburgLectures: Untersucht wird die Wahrnehmung “fremder Kulturen”

Published on November 15, 2004 by lorenz Posted in Ethnologie Sozialanthropologie Kulturanthropologie, Forscher / Theorien / Richtungen, Kultur Tradition, Wir und die Anderen

Informationsdienst Wissenschaft

Der Fachbereich Kulturwissenschaften der Universität Lüneburg startet in diesem Monat die LüneburgLectures. In den kommenden zwei Jahren werden – großzügig gefördert durch die Stiftung Niedersachsen – international renommierte Wissenschaftler für jeweils ein Semester als Gastprofessoren an die Universität kommen und sich in Seminaren und öffentlichen Veranstaltungen mit der Wahrnehmung fremder Kulturen beschäftigen.

Der Fachbereich Kulturwissenschaften der Lüneburger Universität hatte vor zwei Jahren damit begonnen, einen Forschungsschwerpunkt im Bereich der Kulturtheorie auszuprägen. Dabei spielt das Thema Fremderfahrung – ethnologisch und interkulturell betrachtet – eine wichtige Rolle. Gefragt wird u.a. danach, wie eurozentrisch geprägt die Kulturwissenschaften oder die Ethnologie heute sind. >> weiter

ANMERKUNG: Bzgl Selbstkritik: Man haette gleich mit der Pressemeldung anfangen koennen und “fremde Kulturen” rausstreichen – ein Begriff und Ansatz, der in der heutigen Ethnologie nicht mehr benutzt wird, siehe eine fruehere Arbeit von mir zu “Die ethnologische Kritik am Kultur-Konzept”

Informationsdienst Wissenschaft

Der Fachbereich Kulturwissenschaften der Universität Lüneburg startet in diesem Monat die LüneburgLectures. In den kommenden zwei Jahren werden - großzügig gefördert durch die Stiftung Niedersachsen - international renommierte Wissenschaftler für jeweils ein Semester als Gastprofessoren an die Universität kommen…

Interview with Sámi musician Mari Boine: Dreams about a world without borders

Published on November 15, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, culture traditions, globalisation, indigenous people / minorities, Saami, Us and Them

Six Degrees, Helsinki

Europeans romanticize American Indians but they forget that the Sámi are the indigenous people of the northern countries. What do you think about this?
In Norway people began recognising this connection through a continuous stream of information that I was providing. I truly feel that things are happening and changing in Norway that weren’t even considered ten years ago; not only me, but many Sámi artists think the same.

There is some progress, but do you think it is too late for the younger Sámi generation?
Sadly it is too late for the older generation. However, when I see young children studying the Sámi language in school, like my niece, and I hear how rich she speaks it, I know that they don’t carry the same shame that we did.

Would it be possible for Sámi from different countries to have an independent state?
No, that is a dream but, I don’t know… I don’t think it’s realistic. In 100 years it could happen, but also in 100 years there could be no borders at all – that would be even more perfect. >> continue (updated link)

Six Degrees, Helsinki

Europeans romanticize American Indians but they forget that the Sámi are the indigenous people of the northern countries. What do you think about this?
In Norway people began recognising this connection through a continuous stream of information that I…

Vil samle hele Sameland i EU

Published on November 15, 2004 by lorenz Posted in EU, samer, sosialantropologi i Norge, Sverige og Danmark

Nordlys

Oslo (ANB ): Sametingsrepresentant Tormod Bartholdsen ønsker å opprette et felles sameparlament på Nordkalotten. Han tror en stor samlet sameregion med selvstyre innenfor EU vil være det beste for befolkningen i nordområdene.

– Meget spennende. Jeg er motstander av EU, men dersom samene får et felles parlament og som får skikkelig innflytelse, er jeg villig til å moderere mitt EU-syn, sier Janos Trosten fra Norske Samers Riksforbund. >> les mer

SE OGSÅ:
– Samene burde løfte kravene om fiskerettighetene til domstolene, dersom ikke staten anerkjenner deres rettighetene (Sami Radio)

Nordlys

– Meget spennende. Jeg er motstander av EU, men…