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Hi all, As I was complaining on facebook about all-male panels I have to admit that my virtual panel of development commentators is also highly imbalanced this week…
Rezension „Interkulturalität und Ethik – Der Umgang mit Fremdheit in Medizin und Pflege“ (Hg.: Michael Coors, Tatjana Grützmann & Tim Peters, 2014)
Eva Jansen Welche Rolle sollte das Thema „Migration“ bei der Entwicklung universeller ethischer Prinzipien in Krankenhäusern spielen? Inwiefern ist es sinnvoll, kulturelle Hintergründe der Pati…
‘Colloquial Malay’
I bought Colloquial Malay, the book I'm using to study Jawi, for £3 at a second-hand bookshop in Oxford. I want to say a few words about it…
Outfitting the modern cat
The fascinating Hauspanther web page inventories many of these high-style cat consumer goods, arguing that: “good design can enhance the way we live with cats, improving o…
Ethnosymposium in Halle (Saale): Call for Contribution – 14.-17. Mai 2015
Call for Contribution – 14.-17.05.2015 Ethnosymposium in Halle (Saale)Diesen Call for Contribution als PDF herunterladen: deutsch oder englisch LebensWeltenKSA – WTF 2.O (What’s thi…
12. Ethnosymposium der Studierenden in Halle (Saale): Call for Contribution – 14.-17. Mai 2015
Call for Contribution – 14.-17.05.2015 12. Ethnosymposium der Studierenden in Halle (Saale) Diesen Call for Contribution als PDF herunterladen: deutsch oder englisch LebensWelten KSA – WTF 2.O…
Ethnosymposium in Halle (Saale): Call for Contribution – 14.-17. Mai 2015
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The Addiction Algorithm: An interview with Natasha Dow Schüll
EM: Can you tell me a little bit about your book? NDS: I was in the first cohort of the Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholar postdoctoral program.…
Jawi Script
I'm learning classical Malay (that is to say, the language used in Melaka and the Malay world at the time of the Portuguese conquest) and I'm starting with…
What I’ve been reading lately: the not-so-weekly digest (#5)
Presenting another installment of a collection of most-highly-recommended articles and websites that shaped my thinking throughout the past few weeks on the following topics: design, research, busines…
Common Brain Mechanisms in Mental Illness
An important new meta-analysis of brain imaging research came out this week in JAMA Psychiatry, “Identification of a Common Neurobiological Substrate for Mental Illness” which highlights t…
WAS ETHNOLOG_INNEN ANTREIBT…
“Das Interesse an der Ethnologie ist als Ausdruck der Suche nach Antworten auf die in unserer Gesellschaft aufgeworfenen Probleme zu verstehen. Völkerkundliche Information hat dabei häufig die F…
Archäologischer Reiseführer Namibia
Wer nach Namibia reist, interessiert sich für die Welt und wie sie jenseits der Enge des eigenen Alltags aussieht. Das vorliegende Buch verlässt darüber hinaus auch die Enge…
Paleo-Ernährung: Steinzeit mal anders
Im Zusammenhang mit der Steinzeit sind es vor allem archäologische Funde oder Studien über das Wirtschaften der Jäger und Sammler, die uns Stück für Stück zeigen…
Well-Being in the World
3. Well-being is limited. No one can live a perfect life. If you accept some of the limitations that life has presented, as
Well-Being in the World
3. Well-being is limited. No one can live a perfect life. If you accept some of the limitations that life has presented, as
Well-Being in the World
On these dark and dreary February days the news has been hard to stomach. The brutality of videotaped ISIS executions has been gut-wrenching. In the Ukraine there’s no…
The visible lessons of Invisible Children- #globaldev critique in the viral age (in response to Paul Currion)
I largely disagree with Paul Currion’s post The invisible lesson of Invisible Children at IRIN News-even though I like their new approach to add more critical commentary to…