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American scholars alarmed by controversial education bill

Published on September 1, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology (general), anthropology in the news, politics, University / Academia

National Catholic Reporter

American scholars are alarmed by a controversial education bill that would increase government monitoring of federally funded programs in international studies at colleges and universities.

Backers of the bill say it will help restore balance to Middle East studies programs, which they say are overly critical of Israel and of U.S. policy in the Middle East. Opponents say the bill could lead to intrusive investigations of faculty and will undermine the credibility of American scholarship.

The proposed board would have the authority “to study, monitor, apprise and evaluate a sample of activities” to ensure that programs represent “diverse perspectives.”

Although the legislation was born out of the polarized debate about Middle East studies, it will apply to a variety of other academic programs related to international studies, including the study and research of modern languages, area studies and anthropology. >> continue

National Catholic Reporter

American scholars are alarmed by a controversial education bill that would increase government monitoring of federally funded programs in international studies at colleges and universities.

Backers of the bill say it will help restore balance to Middle East studies…

1500 Delegates expected at World Congress on Human Movements and Immigration

Published on August 31, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, migration

Forum Barcelona 2004

The World Congress on Human Movements and Immigration from September 2 to 5 will bring together some 1,500 delegates from all over the world to assess the effects of migration flows and think of new ways to address these issues in a global and efficient way.

The dialogue, which will begin on Wednesday, is divided into three main topics: transformation (understood as he impact of the knowledge and information society on migration flows); cultural diversity (with specific attention to the new relations established between different communities, identities, territories and cultures); and justice (given the social and economic contrasts and the different levels of access to goods resulting from migration flows). >> continue

Forum Barcelona 2004

Streichliste der Uni Hamburg: 30 Fächer sollen wegfallen

Published on August 31, 2004 by lorenz Posted in Ethnologie Sozialanthropologie Kulturanthropologie, Studium Situation an den Unis

Die Welt

Rund 30 Fächer sollen an der Universität Hamburg allein in den Geisteswissenschaften gestrichen werden, wenn das Gutachten zur Entwicklung der Hochschule umgesetzt wird – im Sinne der Wissenschaftsbehörde.

Danach würde es gerade für Hamburg bedeutsame Fächer treffen, wie die Skandinavistik oder Asienwissenschaften. Auch im Bereich Kulturgeschichte müssten eine ganze Reihe Fächer gestrichen werden, darunter Archäologie, Mesoamerikanistik, Ägyptologie und Volkskunde ebenso wie die Ethnologie und Teile der Musikwissenschaften. >> weiter

Die Welt

Rund 30 Fächer sollen an der Universität Hamburg allein in den Geisteswissenschaften gestrichen werden, wenn das Gutachten zur Entwicklung der Hochschule umgesetzt wird - im Sinne der Wissenschaftsbehörde.

Danach würde es gerade für Hamburg bedeutsame Fächer treffen, wie die Skandinavistik…

Papuan anthropologist wins award for study on gender issues

Published on August 30, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, Asia, gender

The Jakarta Post

A Papuan anthropologist, Marlina Flassy, has been declared the winner of the Peniti Emas community research award, capping a series of science and technology achievements by people in the remote province.

Marlina’s research conducted in 2001, found changes to the value systems of the patriarchal Papuan communities, which had begun to provide women with access to education to improve their prospects for marriage.

“In the past, when a man proposed to a woman, he gave the woman only a package of kain timur (eastern cloth) as a bride price. But now, the higher the educational background the bride has, the higher she will be priced, sometimes amounting up to Rp 50 million (US$5,500),” the lecturer of the state Cendrawasih University in Jayapura said. (no longer available online)

The Jakarta Post

Marlina's research conducted in 2001, found changes to…

Universitetet i Bergen knyter band til University of Zululand i Sør-Afrika

Published on August 30, 2004 by lorenz Posted in antropologi allment, forskning(spolitikk) akademia, sosialantropologi i Norge, Sverige og Danmark, vi og de andre

På Høyden, UiB

Professor Nils Gilje ved Institutt for kulturstudiar og kunsthistorie, meiner avtalen er viktig. – Dersom vi berre fokuserer på dei tradisjonelt kvite universiteta, står vi, utan å ville det, i fare for å reprodusere ulikskapane frå apartheid-tida. Om vi skulle avgrense oss til dei tradisjonelt kvite eliteuniversiteta, ville vi dessutan fått eit veldig smalt innsyn i det akademiske livet i Sør-Afrika, sier han.

Nils Gilje og Sølvi Lillejord har tatt del i opprettinga av eit senter for folkelege kunnskapsformer ved Unizul, Indigenous Knowledge Systems Unit (IKS). Eit sentralt mål for senteret er å systematisere kunnskap som under det tidlegare politiske regimet vart undertrykt eller neglisjert. >> les mer

På Høyden, UiB