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AnthroSource – AAA announces new anthropology portal. Great, but….

Published on October 12, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology (general), anthropology in the news, Open Access Anthropology and Knowledge Sharing, websites

(via Ethno::log)

“The American Anthropological Association (AAA) is proud to announce the development of AnthroSource, the premier online resource serving the research, teaching, and professional needs of anthropologists. Combining low-cost digital access to the AAA’s peer reviewed journals, newsletters and bulletins with high-level electronic content functionality, AnthroSource is an indispensable research tool for your patrons.”

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Sounds good, but it looks like to be one more of those scientific pay-sites. Shouldn’t knowledge circulate freely and be free accessible to all of us?

>> Budapest Open Access Initiative >> Creative Commons – an alternative to full copyright

>> Copyleft

>> Paper in First Monday on AnthroSource and anthropologists’ use of the Internet

(via Ethno::log)
"The American Anthropological Association (AAA) is proud to announce the development of AnthroSource, the premier online resource serving the research, teaching, and professional needs of anthropologists. Combining low-cost digital access to the AAA's peer reviewed journals, newsletters and bulletins…

Columbus Day: Celebrating a holocaust

Published on October 12, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, indigenous people / minorities, Native American, Northern America, Us and Them

MSNBC / The Indian Country

Stannard, board member of the new American Indian Genocide Museum being established in Houston, said the most massive act of genocide in the world followed the arrival of Columbus in the Americas.

When Columbus first sighted land on Oct. 12, 1492, the American Indian Holocaust began. The Spanish were driven by their lust for gold and silver and the English fueled by their desire for property. Christians killed with zeal those they believed defiled with sin. Their goal was exterminating the Indian race. Overall, 95 percent were obliterated. >> continue

SEE ALSO
Professors deconstruct heroic myth of Columbus (Daily Nebraskan)
Venezuela: The Transition from Columbus Day to Indian Resistance Day (The NarcoSphere)

MSNBC / The Indian Country

Stannard, board member of the new American Indian Genocide Museum being established in Houston, said the most massive act of genocide in the world followed the arrival of Columbus in the Americas.

When Columbus first sighted land…

Fredsprisvinneren får kritikk av urfolksledere

Published on October 12, 2004 by lorenz Posted in Afrika, Kultur tradisjon kunnskap, samer, sosialantropologi i Norge, Sverige og Danmark

Sami Radio

Urfolksledere i verden er skuffet over at Wangari Maathai fikk Nobels fredspris. Dette fordi hun ikke anerkjenner urfolk.

– Jeg har vanskeligheter med å forstå begrepet og konseptet urfolk. Dette fordi vi alle er urfolk, sier fredprisvinneren til NRK Sámi Radio. Wangari Maathai mener det ikke er rett å dele opp befolkningen.

– Min personlige synspunkt er at vi alle, svarte mennesker, i dette landet, i dette kontinentet – er urfolk. Men vi har ulike levesett, fortsetter Wangari Maathai. Maathai er visemiljøvernminister i Kenya og avviser at masaier er urfolk i hennes land. >> les mer

LES OGSÅ
Ole Henrik Magga: – Hun skuffer meg (Sami Radio)
Forsvarer Maathai (Sami Radio)

Sami Radio

Urfolksledere i verden er skuffet over at Wangari Maathai fikk Nobels fredspris. Dette fordi hun ikke anerkjenner urfolk.

- Jeg har vanskeligheter med å forstå begrepet og konseptet urfolk. Dette fordi vi alle er urfolk, sier fredprisvinneren til NRK Sámi…

Noen betraktninger rundt visuell antropologi

Published on October 12, 2004 by lorenz Posted in formidling, museum, sosialantropologi i Norge, Sverige og Danmark, TV / film, visuell antropologi

Cecilie Øien for AntropologNytt, Norsk Antropologisk Forening

Jeg har valgt å fremheve fire områder som har vært viktige i utviklingen av visuell antropologi: film, undervisning, ’community video’ og visuelle praksiser innenfor museer og gallerier – les mer

Cecilie Øien for AntropologNytt, Norsk Antropologisk Forening

New link: Pictures from Tibet

Published on October 12, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, Asia, culture traditions, indigenous people / minorities, websites

Tibet Information Network has published a huge collection of pictures about different topics like Culture and Society, Education, Environment and Religion >> continue

(via tibet.ethno.info)

Tibet Information Network has published a huge collection of pictures about different topics like Culture and Society, Education, Environment and Religion >> continue

(via tibet.ethno.info)