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APRIL 2012 ISSUE COVERS
front coverTHE CROSS AS A SECULAR SYMBOLA simple, austere cross hangs on the St. Maria-Magdalena church in the newly constructed Rieselfeld neighbourhood of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. Completed in 2004, the building contains both a Protestant and a Catholic church, with moveable partition walls also…Continue
Started by Gustaaf Houtman in AT APRIL 2012 Apr 5.
KEITH HART on the roots of the financial crisis
The world economic crisis should be seen as an episode in the history of money. "National capitalism" was the main way of organizing money in the twentieth century and its symbol was national monopoly currency. This system has been unravelling since the US dollar de-pegged from gold in 1971. The result is a disconnect between politics which are still largely national and the money circuit which is decentralized and global. The work of Georg Simmel and Karl Polanyi is enrolled to explain this…Continue
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DAVID SHANKLAND on anthropology in the world
This editorial anticipates the conference Anthropology in the World by reflecting upon the influence of anthropology, and its limits, arguing that it is only by knowing where these limits are that we can be sure where and how it can best be judged. It is too, a call for unity, suggesting that in seeking to influence the external world, anthropology should unite across its sub-disciplines, and in doing so a mutually-beneficial exchange of practice, ideas and methodology will emerge.Continue
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CRIS SHORE on the eurozone crisis
The Eurozone crisis has highlighted the problems of European economic integration, but what effects is it having on social cohesion in the European Union? Using symbolic, historical and anthropological perspectives this article examines the relationship between the single currency and European citizenship. I argue that the roots of the crisis lie in the euro’s origins. Economic and monetary union (EMU) was an assemblage of two very different rationales: one economic and based on neoliberal…Continue
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ELAYNE OLIPHANT on the cross as a secular symbol
In March of 2011, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled counter to current trends found in many European courts and legislatures as the ECHR affirmed the right of the Italian state to display crucifixes on the walls of its public school classrooms. Those who succeeded in arguing for the presence of crucifixes in Italian classrooms did so not by advocating for the now entrenched human right of the freedom of religious expression, but by suggesting that the crucifix was, in fact, not…Continue
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GREGORY FORTH on legendary hominoids
It has been suggested that the newly discovered hominin species Homo floresiensis may have survived on the Indonesian island of Flores so recently as to inform local images of small-bodied hominoids. Taking an ethnobiological approach, the article discusses how this matter could be resolved empirically, and concludes that this will ultimately require physical evidence chronologically overlapping substantially with modern human populations. Further discussed are recent investigations affirming…Continue
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ASHLEY CARRUTHERS on indochine chic in Singapore
To someone from Sydney, Los Angeles, Paris or Vancouver there is something quite peculiar about the experience of eating Indochinese food in Singapore. In these former locations, it is largely present as an inexpensive ethnic cuisine whose high perceived authenticity and low cost are underwritten by communities of Vietnamese, Cambodian and Lao refugees and migrants. In Singapore, by contrast, Indochinese food is a chic, expensive, romantic, Frenchy, artsy, edgy haute-cuisine. Given that the…Continue
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ROBERTO J. GONZÁLEZ on researching the covert
This article reflects upon the methodological challenges posed by the study of secretive organizations and programmes. In particular, it examines the question: when participant-observation is not a feasible option, what techniques can anthropologists use to shed light upon covert military and intelligence agencies and the corporations that they contract? After reviewing anthropological research on secret societies from the late 18th and early 19th century, the author turns to contemporary…Continue
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SEAN CAREY on Chagos Islanders
The history of the Chagos Islanders was recently highlighted in a semi-fictionalised production A few man Fridays performed by the Cardboard Citizens Theatre company at the Riverside Studios in London. The month-long run finished on March 10. I went to the penultimate performance. Also in attendance were a small number of native-born Chagossians and their children. During the interval, I fell into conversation with Anthony, a 50-year-old Chagossian, who was born on the island of Diego Garcia.…Continue
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CHRISTOS LYNTERIS: Obituary of David Riches
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Crisis is as cultural as Kula
Posted by Matthew Parsfield on May 5, 2012 at 19:30 0 Comments 0 Likes
THE FINANCIAL crisis must be understood culturally if "discredited" neoliberal economic perspectives are to be challenged, argued Keir Martin on the Guardian's website in April.
Taking Malinowski's classic study of Trobriand …
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Posted by Matthew Parsfield on April 25, 2012 at 12:00 0 Comments 0 Likes
GRADUATE recruitment websites and university email lists are being flooded with vacanciesfor embedded social scientists as the US Military steps up…
Banking on Kim
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MEDICAL anthropologist and public health leader Jim Yong Kim has been appointed as the 12th President of the World Bank. The Korean-born American academic was the first Washington nominee ever to be opposed for the role, but successfully saw off the challenge of Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to maintain the USA’s seven…
CFP- INDIA: A VENERATION NATION?
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Dear all,
My colleague, Urmila Mohan, and I are organising the interdisciplinary conference 'India: A Veneration Nation?' to take place on 12 June 2012 at University College London Dept. of Anthropology. A Call for Papers is linked …
Continue Indigenous knowledge to tackle toothache
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Anthropologist calls 'New York Times' to account over Iran
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ANTHROPOLOGIST William O. Beeman has criticised the New York Times for contributing to dangerous public misunderstanding regarding Iran’s nuclear program.
The chairman of the University of Minnesota’s anthropology department …
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Posted by Matthew Parsfield on March 7, 2012 at 23:50 1 Comment 1 Like
LEADING anthropologists at the University of Sydney face redundancy after being told they have not published enough research within a fixed period.
Experienced and internationally renowned academics, including…
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Scheper-Hughes, Nancy. Clerical child abuse and the Vatican. Counterpunch, 18(18): 1,5-7.
Nick Clegg: 'the British Obama', anthropology and Keith Hart?
Posted by Gustaaf Houtman on April 20, 2010 at 21:30 10 Comments 0 Likes
Nick Clegg, Lib-Dem leader, is described by some as 'the British Obama' for his youth and ability to transcend the old bi-party divisions. He has something else in common, namely a degree of familiarity with anthropology: Clegg did an undergraduate degree in… Continue
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When 'Love' Meets Islamic Reformism: Shifting Currents in Marriage, Family and Intimacy in an Indian Ocean Matrilneal Muslim Society
May 31, 2012 from 5pm to 6:30pm – SOAS Russell Square College Buildings Room 4421
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Land and the Political Economy of Development in India since Liberalization Professor Akhil Gupta
June 11, 2012 from 6:30pm to 8pm – LSE Old Theatre, Old Building
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Constructing localised latinidad: Language and Femininity among Latino Londoners
June 13, 2012 from 5pm to 6:30pm – King's College S3.16, Strand Campus
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Movements, Networks, Protest: New Agendas for Society and Politics
June 15, 2012 from 9am to 5pm – King's College Council Room K2.29, Strand Campus
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Topology- Spaces of Transformation: Spatialised Immunity with Peter Sloterdijk
June 16, 2012 from 2pm to 4:30pm – Tate Modern Starr Auditorium
ANTHCAL - Calender of events as published in the last issue of ANTHROPOLOGY TODAY
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EXHIBITIONS
Nature of Curious Objects: Sue Johnson’s Paper Museum (to 10.02.12), Made for trade (to 27.01.13), Archive highlight: Colonial album (to 08.04.12), Ghost forest (to 31.07.2012). Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PP; tel. +44 (0)1865 270927;
www.prm.ox.ac.uk.
Hajj: Journey to the heart of Islam (15.04.2012); Living and dying (permanent); Africa Gallery (permanent). British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG; tel. +44 (0)20 7323 8299 (information desk); www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/whatson/exhibitions/index.html.
Art of harmony; Mummers, maypoles and milkmaids (to 09.09.12); African worlds (permanent); Centenary Gallery: 100 years of collecting (permanent). Horniman Museum, 100 London Road, Forest Hill, London SE23 3PQ; tel. +44 (0)20 8699 1872; http://www.horniman.ac.uk.
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3DZ; tel +44 (0)1223 333516 (reopening 25 May)
APRIL 2012
3-6 Apr 2012 ASA Annual Conference: Arts and aesthetics in a globalizing world. Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
13 Apr 2012 Bodies in motion. How bodies express multiple identities. RAI, 50 Fitzroy Street, 18:30-20:30, free for RAI Fellows and members. www.therai.org.uk
16 Apr 2012 Learning by example: Building arguments ethnographically. One-day workshop. Magdalen College, Oxford. Reduced fee for full-time students and RAI Fellows. www.teachinganthropology.org.
17 Apr 2012 Bodies in motion: Dancing gender. RAI, 50 Fitzroy Street, 18:30-20:30, free for RAI Fellows and members. www.therai.org.uk
18 Apr 2012 Bodies in motion: Speeding bodies and the city. RAI, 50 Fitzroy Street, 18:30-20:30, free for RAI Fellows and members. www.therai.org.uk
21 Apr 2012 Rags and riches: Dress and dress accessories in social context. University of Reading. http://www.reading.ac.uk/archaeology/Events
26 Apr 2012 Bodies in motion: Invisible and visible bodies. RAI, 50 Fitzroy Street, 18:30-20:30, free for RAI Fellows and members. www.therai.org.uk
27-28 Apr 2012 Guiding the pilgrim: Religious travel and tourism in a globalising world, Nicosia, Cyprus. http://www.unic.ac.cy/nqcontent.cfm?a_name=newsholder&ar_id=1384&newsType=external
30 Apr 2012 Bodies in motion: Creation of cine parkour. RAI, 50 Fitzroy Street, 18:30-20:30, free for RAI Fellows and members. www.therai.org.uk
MAY 2012
17 May 2012 Reviewer meets reviewed - Educational failure and working class white children in Britain. Conversation between Gillian Evans and Peggy Froerer. 9:30 for 10 am. Centre for Anthropology, British Museum, London.
30 May 2012 Cultures of decolonisation, c. 1945-1970. London, UK. http://commonwealth.sas.ac.uk/events/eventdetails0.html?id=10987
JUNE 2012
8-10 Jun 2012 Anthropology in the world. RAI conference. Clore Centre, British Museum. Contact: admin@therai.org.uk. www.therai.org.uk
11 Jun 2012 Anthropology in London conference 2012. Theme: Certainty? Venue: University College London. http://www.soas.ac.uk/anthropology/anthropology-in-london-day-2012/
JULY 2012
5 Jul 2012 London Anthropology Day. 9:30-16:30 British Museum’s Clore Centre. www.londonanthropologyday.co.uk.
10 Jul 2012 Reviewer meets reviewed - Strange enemies 9:30 for 10 am. Conversation between Aparecida Vilaca and Sir Geoffrey Lloyd. Centre for Anthropology, British Museum, London.
10-13 Jul 2012 Uncertainty and disgust. 12th EASA biennial conference. Nanterre, France. http://www.easaonline.org/conferences.htm
11-14 Jul 2012 Gulf charities in the ‘Age of Terror’ and the ‘Arab Awakening’ (workshop) - in the framework of the Gulf Research Meeting. University of Cambridge. http://grm.grc.net/
SEPTEMBER 2012
10-14 Sep Issues of legitimacy: entrepreneurial culture, corporate responsibility and urban development, Naples, Italy. http://www.anthrojournal-urbanities.com/confna2012/
14 Sep 2012 RAI AGM at 15:30, followed by the Henry Myers Lecture at 17:00. Clore Centre, British Museum.
OCTOBER 2012
5-9 Oct 2012 11th World Congress of Semiotics. Theme: Global semiotics - Bridging different civilizations. Nanjing, China. www.semio2012.com
19-20 Oct 2012 Culture, mind, and brain: Emerging concepts, methods, applications. UCLA. http://www.thefpr.org/conference2012/index.php
NOVEMBER 2012
14-18 Nov 2012 AAA 111th Annual Meeting. San Francisco Hilton and Towers, San Francisco, California. http://www.aaanet.org/meetings/
19-21 Nov 2012 Performing island identities: Music, dance, folk theatre, storytelling, and performance traditions. North Cyprus. http://www.islanddynamics.org/performingislandidentities.html
26-30 Nov 2012 IUAES Inter Congress: Children and youth in a changing world. KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. http://www.iuaes.org
DECEMBER 2012
6-7 Dec 2012 Migration, memory and place. Copenhagen. http://migrationandculture.ku.dk/call/
JANUARY 2013
24-25 Jan 2013 Tourism in the Global South: Landscapes, identities and development. Conference, University of Lisbon. http://www.wix.com/tptceg/13
JUNE 2013
t.b.a. RAI Film Festival. National Museum in Edinburgh, in conjunction with anthropology departments of Scotland.
AUGUST 2013
5-10 Aug 2013 17th IUAES World Congress: Evolving humanity, emerging worlds. University of Manchester. http://www.iuaes.org
NOVEMBER 2013
20-24 Nov 2013 AAA 112th Annual Meeting. Chicago Hilton, Chicago, Illinois.
DECEMBER 2014
3-7 Dec 2014 AAA 113th Annual Meeting. Marriott Wardman Park and Omni Shoreham, Washington, DC.
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