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Buchbesprechung: Sylvia Keim (2003). “So richtig deutsch wird man nie sein …”

Published on October 4, 2004 by lorenz Posted in Artikel und Papers, Zeitschriften, Bücher, Deutschland, Oesterreich, Schweiz, Ethnologie Sozialanthropologie Kulturanthropologie, Feldforschung, Jugend, Migration Integration, Wir und die Anderen

Zeitschrift Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung Nr 16

Sylvia KEIM untersucht in ihrer Studie wie junge Migrantinnen und Migranten in Deutschland mit Fremdenfeindlichkeit und Ausgrenzungserfahrungen umgehen und zurechtkommen. Die Auswirkungen von Fremdenfeindlichkeit und rassistischen Diskriminierungen sind in der deutschsprachigen Migrationsforschung erstaunlicherweise ein weitgehend unbekanntes Forschungsgebiet.

Besonders zu erwähnen ist, dass sich gerade in diesem Fall die Vorteile einer qualitativen Forschungsmethode zeigen. Das Thema von Ausgrenzungserfahrungen und unterschwelliger Ablehnung durch die Gesellschaft ist für die Befragten schmerzlich und unangenehm. Mit quantitativen Forschungsmethoden sind hier kaum valide Ergebnisse zu erwarten, da ein Großteil dieser Erfahrungen verdrängt und die Relevanz der fremdenfeindlichen Umwelt für die eigene Subjektkonstitution häufig schlicht geleugnet wird. >> weiter

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Zeitschrift Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung Nr 16

Forsvarte doktoravhandling om fotball og identitet

Published on October 4, 2004 by lorenz Posted in doktoravhandlinger, idrett, sosialantropologi i Norge, Sverige og Danmark

Dagens Næringsliv / Norsk antropologisk forening

Sosialantropolog Hans Hognestad er sannsynligvis den her i landet som vet mest om fotballens betydning for kulturell tilhørighet. Onsdag denne uken forsvarte han som førstemann i Norge en doktoravhandling om fotball og identitet – “Norway between Bergen and Middlesbrough – football identities in motion”.

– Nasjonen mister sin kraft som privilegert identitetsmarkør i fotball. Mange fotballfans stiller seg likegyldige til landslaget og lever i et lidenskapelig eksil i det engelske fotballuniverset. Fotballen er noe av det mest globaliserte som finnes. Et mangfold av folk med forskjellige kulturelle, sosiale bakgrunner – fra alle kanter av verden – bidrar til dannelsen av fotballidentiteter. Det handler ikke om nasjonalitet. Det handler om “club community”, sier han. >> les mer

SE TIDLIGERE OMTALE
Derfor piper de mot landslaget – en antropolog forklarer (11.9.04)

Dagens Næringsliv / Norsk antropologisk forening

New book: Anthropologist roams the corridors and meeting rooms of the BBC

Published on October 4, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, applied anthropology, books, corporate & business anthropology, fieldwork / methods

The Guardian

What happens when you let a sharp-eyed anthropologist roam the corridors and meeting rooms of the British Broadcasting Corporation for several years? You get this, a fascinating patchwork of interviews, testimonials, diary entries and analysis that offers distressing evidence – if any still were needed – of the ideological vandalism committed by John Birt in the name of efficiency. >> continue

SEE ALSO
More info on the book “Uncertain Vision: Birt, Dyke and the reinvention of the BBC”Research project: The Future of Public Service Broadcasting (Cambridge University)

The Guardian

Design Anthropology: Software development by participatory observation

Published on October 4, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, applied anthropology, corporate & business anthropology, design anthropology, fieldwork / methods, technology, websites

Anne Lau Revil’s homepage

Software design is usually undertaken by IT specialists, who have a technical training. Few have a sociocultural background. In this paper I will show several examples of software design as sociocultural adjustments, and more specifically how anthropologists may contribute.

Finally, I will discuss how the value of the anthropological contribution to the development of software systems may be improved through the development of more flexible methods of communicating the research to both the academic world and the user community. >> continue (pdf, 14 pages) or go to Anne Lau Revil’s homepageJoel Spolsky: Over the next decade, I expect that software companies will hire people trained as anthropologists and ethnographers to work on social interface design (found via Conversations with Dina – Dina Mehta’s Blog)

UPDATE Links updated with copy from the Internet Archive. The website was removed.

Anne Lau Revil's homepage

An Ethnographic Study on Online Communities in Saudi Arabia

Published on October 4, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, culture traditions, cyberanthropology, fieldwork / methods, internet, journal articles / papers, Middle East

Forum: Qualitative Social Research (FQS)

The aim of this article is to discuss the lessons learned from conducting semi-structured interviews online in an ethnographic study that took place in Saudi Arabia during the period 2001-2002.

The purpose of the study was to explore individuals’ participation in online communities in Saudi Arabia and also understand how online communities in Saudi Arabia are affecting participants’ offline culture. Semi-structured online interviews were used to report the perceptions of 15 participants (8 females, 7 males) about their online community experience in Saudi Arabia. >> continue

PS: This article is part of the 16th Issue of the open-access journal “Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research” (FQS) that now is available online.

Forum: Qualitative Social Research (FQS)

The aim of this article is to discuss the lessons learned from conducting semi-structured interviews online in an ethnographic study that took place in Saudi Arabia during the period 2001-2002.

The purpose of the study was to…