Tag: anthropology (general)
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 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 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 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 , June 26th, 2015
Would you like to get an overview over the most recent anthropology blog posts? The old newsticker did no longer work reliably, so I’ve created a new one….
lorenz , June 26th, 2015
Would you like to get an overview over the most recent anthropology blog posts? The old newsticker did no longer work reliably, so I’ve created a new one….
lorenz , April 12th, 2015
While I am trying to get back into the blogging business, here three selected pieces that I've written recently for the University of Oslo. Two of them are…
lorenz , April 12th, 2015
While I am trying to get back into the blogging business, here three selected pieces that I've written recently for the University of Oslo. Two of them are…
lorenz , November 11th, 2014
Lots of new anthropology blogs have been started up recently, most of them have made it into the overviews here at antropologi.info: the anthropology blog newspaper http://www.antropologi.info/blog/ a…
lorenz , November 11th, 2014
Lots of new anthropology blogs have been started up recently, most of them have made it into the overviews here at antropologi.info: the anthropology blog newspaper http://www.antropologi.info/blog/ and…
lorenz , April 26th, 2013
Anthropology emerged in a relatively high scientific level in the wider Middle East before it existed as a discipline in the West. Therefore, the label of colonialism often…