Digital spying – we do have a choice…
…argues a certain digital anthropology pundit, published in the FT today. Text follows…Peter Cochrane, former head of technology for BT, maintains that our digital data will be…
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Digital spying – we do have a choice…
…argues a certain digital anthropology pundit, published in the FT today. Text follows…Peter Cochrane, former head of technology for BT, maintains that our digital data will be…
Digital spying – we do have a choice…
…argues a certain digital anthropology pundit, published in the FT today. Text follows…Peter Cochrane, former head of technology for BT, maintains that our digital data will be…
Digital spying – we do have a choice…
…argues a certain digital anthropology pundit, published in the FT today. Text follows…Peter Cochrane, former head of technology for BT, maintains that our digital data will be…
The said and the unsaid
When the FT Magazine did a special issue on visual design anthropologist Gillian Tett opted to highlight the influential thinking of Pierre Bourdieu and his concept of doxa…
"Iran’s Plan B for the Bomb" (NY Times–Yadlin and Golov) is erroneous and misleading
Amos Yadlin and Avner Golov of the (non-governmental) Institute for Israeli Security Studies have written an op-ed piece for the New York Times entitled “Iran’s Plan B for…
John Osburg, “Anxious Wealth: Money and Morality Among China’s New Rich”
[Cross-posted from New Books in East Asian Studies] John Osburg’s new book explores the rise of elite networks of newly-rich entrepreneurs, managers of state enterprises, and government officials in…
John Osburg, “Anxious Wealth: Money and Morality Among China’s New Rich” (Stanford UP, 2013)
John Osburg‘s new book explores the rise of elite networks of newly-rich entrepreneurs, managers of state enterprises, and government officials in Chengdu. Based on extensive fieldwork that incl……
A letter of protest: In defense of the rights of indigenous peoples and traditional populations in Amazonia
We, the researchers, professors and technicians in Anthropology and Linguistics at the National Museum/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and the Goeldi Museum/Brazilian Ministry of Science and Tech…
A letter of protest: In defense of the rights of indigenous peoples and traditional populations in Amazonia
We, the researchers, professors and technicians in Anthropology and Linguistics at the National Museum/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and the Goeldi Museum/Brazilian Ministry of Science and Tech…
Media Myopia and the Image of Africa
Can we send journalists — even one as good as Nicholas Kristof — to faraway places where people speak unfamiliar languages like Songhay, Hausa, Tamasheq, and Wolof and…
Media Myopia and the Image of Africa
Can we send journalists — even one as good as Nicholas Kristof — to faraway places where people speak unfamiliar languages like Songhay, Hausa, Tamasheq, and Wolof and…
Media Myopia and the Image of Africa
Can we send journalists — even one as good as Nicholas Kristof — to faraway places where people speak unfamiliar languages like Songhay, Hausa, Tamasheq, and Wolof and…
Media Myopia and the Image of Africa
Can we send journalists — even one as good as Nicholas Kristof — to faraway places where people speak unfamiliar languages like Songhay, Hausa, Tamasheq, and Wolof and…
Media Myopia and the Image of Africa
Can we send journalists — even one as good as Nicholas Kristof — to faraway places where people speak unfamiliar languages like Songhay, Hausa, Tamasheq, and Wolof and…
Media Myopia and the Image of Africa
Can we send journalists — even one as good as Nicholas Kristof — to faraway places where people speak unfamiliar languages like Songhay, Hausa, Tamasheq, and Wolof and…
Gender segregation and the campus
This article first appeared in the Australian newspaper, Wednesday 7. August 2013 I am currently revising an article about my work in Malaysia with what can be described…
Teaching (through) the visual in Sociology
®Gabriele Galimberti – Toy Stories What’s the best way to teach? Inspired by my colleague Elena Iarskaia-Smirnova’s research paper just published in The Anthropology of East Europe Review,…
Women are heroes
The photo above is taken from the renowned documentary project Women are heroes. I am happy to spread the word about the project. I looked for more photos…
Video Shows Iran’s President-Elect Was Misquoted on Israel
Commentary by William O. Beeman: The fact that the New York Times jumped to print the incorrect information about Mr. Rouhani’s comments is testament to the prejudicial reporting…
Its Like Woodie Guthrie’s Grand Coulee Dam, Only Its a Green #OA Policy for the UC System
“But now the greatest wonder is in Uncle Sam’s fair land…” Someone needs to write a song in the style of Woodie Guthrie’s tunes celebrating the impressiveness and…
Transcribing Ottoman music
Until the19th century, music in the Ottoman Empire was based primarily on oral tradition. Compositions and playing styles were handed from generation to generation through a master-apprentice system…
Ex-Envoy’s Account Clarifies Iran’s 2003 Nuclear Decision–Porter (IPS)
http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/07/ex-envoys-account-clarifies-irans-2003-nuclear-decision/ Ex-Envoy’s Account Clarifies Iran’s 2003 Nuclear Decision By Gareth PorterReprint | &nb…