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lorenz , February 7th, 2021
(Latest update 3.3.2021 – check Amnesty campaign, and PEN America statement – new page Free Ahmed more updates at the end of this post) Not only in Iran…
lorenz , February 3rd, 2021
Kareem Ahmady: “I just simply left”. Photo: Ahmady’s website One month ago I have written about anthropologist Kareem Ahmady, who has researched child marriage, female genital mutilation (FGM)…
lorenz , February 1st, 2021
(via FocaalBlog) In the general public, academics are often viewed as being part of an elite, who lives comfortable lives. In reality this is only true for a…
lorenz , January 27th, 2021
Magdalene Fjord, Svalbard. Photo: Ashok Boghani, flickr Most people can hardly imagine that it is possible to enjoy life up in Northern Norway, in Tromsø for example where…
Nobody is normal: "The line between healthy and not healthy is drawn more by culture than by nature”
lorenz , January 27th, 2021
Who is crazy? Who is normal? Describing somebody as "not normal" has serious implications for this person, can destroy her life. From an anthropological perspective, there is nothing…
lorenz , January 19th, 2021
Not only when we are reading the news, but also when we are on Zoom-conferences, sending messages with Whatsapp, playing silly games on our mobile or when we…
lorenz , January 19th, 2021
Do you wear a mask when you meet your friends? Do you? Recently I often had to think of an observation of a Twitter user in Germany: She…
lorenz , January 14th, 2021
What are the connections between climate change, global capitalism, xenophobia and white supremacy? Marc Schuller does in his new book something rather unusual: He asks big questions. Humanity’s…
lorenz , January 13th, 2021
When Twitter announced that it had suspended Donald Trump’s account, Twitter also censored the voice of Alexandra Elbakyan, the 32 year old creator of the probably most cherished…
lorenz , January 11th, 2021
Why can we spend hours playing video games while many of us get exhausted by much shorter video-conferences? That is without doubt no bad question that the magazine…
lorenz , January 6th, 2021
Mai Amer: “I really hope the show encourages viewers to reflecting on and critique certain things they think”. Screenshot from her Facebook page How can we better understand…
lorenz , January 4th, 2021
When we are online we are constantly being watched and tracked. A huge industry has evolved to build profiles about us so that they can predict and influence…
lorenz , January 2nd, 2021
Kameel Ahmady. Photo: Kameel Ahmady, Wikipedia 14 years ago I wrote about his website: Visual ethnography and Kurdish anthropology by Kameel Ahmady and Photography as research tool: More…
lorenz , September 4th, 2020
A few hours ago I was shocked to read that David Graeber has died. He was only 59 years old. Graeber was one the most known and most…
lorenz , August 18th, 2020
How do you stay up to date with the most recent journal articles in anthropology? How do you navigate the growing amount of texts? How do you find…
lorenz , January 6th, 2018
Unfortunately no new content was published here last year. Nevertheless, this blog received lots of visitors. Looking at last year’s statistics about the most viewed posts and pages,…
lorenz , December 23rd, 2017
After 12 years it was time to update the layout of antropologi.info. I tried to keep some of the old elements while adjusting the look to our new…
lorenz , April 5th, 2017
Today I have finally upgraded the antropologi.info’s blogging software (b2evolution, not WordPress!) and made its templates mobile friendly. So, now, finally, antropologi.info no longer looks so weir…
lorenz , November 21st, 2015
(draft, post in progress) More surveillance, more bombs, more border controls, less democracy, less freedom: Europe is reacting hysterically after the deadly terror attacks in Paris one week…
lorenz , November 21st, 2015
(draft, post in progress) More surveillance, more bombs, more border controls, less democracy, less freedom: Europe is reacting hysterically after the deadly terror attacks in Paris one week…
lorenz , November 21st, 2015
It does not happen often that there a good news from Egypt where I am still living. This news here, although nearly too good to be true, is…
lorenz , November 21st, 2015
It does not happen often that there a good news from Egypt where I am still living. This news here, although nearly too good to be true, is…
lorenz , November 7th, 2015
Nøyaktig tre år har gått siden jeg sist har skrevet noe her i antropologi.infos nordiske hjørne. På tide med en titt på det som har skjedd siden den…
lorenz , November 7th, 2015
Nøyaktig tre år har gått siden jeg sist har skrevet noe her i antropologi.infos nordiske hjørne. På tide med en titt på det som har skjedd siden den…