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“Orale Kulturen” – Neue Ausgabe von journal-ethnologie.de ist draussen

Published on November 14, 2004 by lorenz Posted in Artikel und Papers, Zeitschriften, Ethnologie Sozialanthropologie Kulturanthropologie, Kultur Tradition, Regional

In der 4. und letzten Ausgabe dieses Jahres des Netzmagazines des Frankfurter Museums der Weltkulturen hat es Artikel zu u.a. folgenden Themen:

“Ein Bild sagt mehr als 1000 Wörter” – Visualität und Oralität in traditioneller Kunst und Populärkultur in Westafrika (von Wendelin Schmidt)

Selbstbehauptung einer mündlich überlieferten Religion. Zur Sprechkultur bei den Kiranti im Hindu-Königreich Nepal
(von Martin Gaenszle)

Versöhnungszeremonien nach Blutrache. Mündliche Kommunikation in Nordalbanien (von Stéphane Voell)

Was uns die Lwas des Vodou erzählen. Geistergespräche in der oralen Tradition Haitis (von Heike Drotbohm)

>> Link zur Startseite von journal-ethnologie.de (weiter zu Ausgaben – Ausgabe 4/04, keine direkten Links moeglich)

In der 4. und letzten Ausgabe dieses Jahres des Netzmagazines des Frankfurter Museums der Weltkulturen hat es Artikel zu u.a. folgenden Themen:

"Ein Bild sagt mehr als 1000 Wörter" - Visualität und Oralität in traditioneller Kunst und Populärkultur in Westafrika (von…

Anthropologist explores the history of the flush toilet – an “icon of modernity”

Published on November 14, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, culture traditions, history, technology, websites

Francesca Bray, UCSB Department of Anthropology

We live in a “technological age”. But which technologies have played the most important roles in producing our modern civilization? Which have most radically transformed our lives? Industrial engineering, the space research program, computers and communications technology? Of course, yet certain unobtrusive everyday technologies have been just as fundamental in producing the modern self: try to imagine your life without the toilet.

The flush toilet (WC) is recognized globally as an icon of modernity. Sometimes aspiring families in poor countries will install a porcelain pedestal in their house as a demonstration of their modern mindset, even if there is as yet no piped water connected to make it work.

Americans believe that American toilets are the best, and that American toilet practices are top of the evolutionary or civilizational scale. This display explores some of the social, cultural and environmental dimensions of American toilet practices >> continue

(Link via Ideas Bazaar)

Francesca Bray, UCSB Department of Anthropology

We live in a "technological age". But which technologies have played the most important roles in producing our modern civilization? Which have most radically transformed our lives? Industrial engineering, the space research program, computers and…

Six professors discuss state of Public Anthropology

Published on November 12, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology (general), anthropology in the news, applied anthropology, development empowerment

The Tufts Daily

Nina Kammerer, David Guss, and Mark Auslander (L-R) were three of the six professors from four different schools engaged in a roundtable discussion over the growing field of Public Anthropology. In her presentation, Wellesley professor Sally Engle Merry pushed for a return of the kind of public intellectual exemplified by Margaret Mead. “Anthropology has been doing much less of that,” she said.

Due to their extensive research and connections to the community, anthropologists may be qualified to participate in community decisions. “There’s somewhat of a shift between the researcher and the activist, which is interesting and sometimes uncomfortable,” Merry said. >> continue

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More info on this conference

The Tufts Daily

Germans as Indians: Ethnographic images explore an unsettling cultural exchange

Published on November 12, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, art, Europe, indigenous people / minorities, migration, Native American, Us and Them

Boston Globe

Photographers Andrea Robbins and Max Becher, who have work up at the Bernard Toale Gallery, are anthropologists of a sort. They document explosions of one culture within another, which occur through migration, colonialism, but also through odder means, such as appropriation.

They’ve photographed a town in Washington that sells itself as Bavarian, with chalet-style architecture, signage in a Germanic font, and lederhosen worn during parades — even though the town has no historic ties to Germany. Their work examines the strange gaps and attractions between societies with a cool, deadpan eye.

That particular interest in German culture shows up in the pair’s exhibition at Toale, ”German Indians.” Certain people in Germany enjoy dressing up in traditional Native American garb. >> continue

Boston Globe

Forget suburbia, this is ethnourbia!

Published on November 12, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, culture traditions, migration

space and culture has collected links to a newer phenomenon called “ethnourbia”, a term coined in the 1990s by geographer Wei Li:

“Suburbs are bland, right? They’re boring, monotonous, devoid of life and culture: homogeneous. Nope. Suburbia is becoming increasingly diverse. More and more middle-class immigrants are skipping traditional ethnic enclaves and heading straight for the boonies, where strip malls are now filled with ethnic businesses, bubble-tea parlours dot the landscape and schools fill up with kids from any number of different backgrounds. Forget suburbia; this is ethnoburbia.”

“Unlike traditional ethnic neighbourhoods, ethnoburbs are affluent and diverse, home to a wide variety of ethnic groups and income levels. Instead of diluting the ethnic presence, the rise of the ethnoburb has actually made ethnic minorities more visible.”

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(via purse lip square jaw by Anne Galloway, another blogging anthropologist!)

space and culture has collected links to a newer phenomenon called "ethnourbia", a term coined in the 1990s by geographer Wei Li:

"Suburbs are bland, right? They’re boring, monotonous, devoid of life and culture: homogeneous. Nope. Suburbia is becoming increasingly diverse.…