Norsk antropologisk tidsskrift 01/2019
Ada I. Engebrigtsen, Peter I. Crawford: Redaksjonelt
Sidsel Saugestad: Sannhetskommisjoner
Anne Krogstad: Fakta, fiksjon og politisk autentisitet
Rune Flikke: Atmosfærer
Eldar Bråten: «Min haplogruppe»
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TRABAJO DE CAMPO ETNOGRÁFICO: CUANDO LA METODOLOGÍA SOCORRE A LA ÉTICA
El artículo muestra cómo -en una dirección diferente a la que suelecircular en relación a las decisiones metodológicas- el uso de una u otratécnica de producción de información en el trabajo de campo tiene una eficaciaperformativa en la construcción de…
The American Folklore Society-China Folklore Society Folklore and Intangible Cultural Heritage Project, 2013-2016
Emphasizing its museum-focused sub-project, this report describes the second phase of the China-US Folklore and Intangible Cultural Heritage Project (2013-2016). Supported by the Henry Luce Foundation, the larger project links these two national schola…
Off-the-Grid in an On-Grid Nation: Household Energy Choices, Intra-Community Effects, and Attitudes in a Rural Neighborhood in Utah
This research is an investigation of the perceived positive and negative aspects of off grid living in a middle to upper-class neighborhood in rural Utah in which no public utility grid was available for connection. Off-grid living is defined as un…
Off-the-Grid in an On-Grid Nation: Household Energy Choices, Intra-Community Effects, and Attitudes in a Rural Neighborhood in Utah
This research is an investigation of the perceived positive and negative aspects of off grid living in a middle to upper-class neighborhood in rural Utah in which no public utility grid was available for connection. Off-grid living is defined as un…
CAES Vol. 5, № 1
Editor’s foreword Articles: Comparison ornaments of the Pit-Comb Ware from some Neolithic sites of the Southern part of Karelian Isthmus by Monte Carlo method Alexander Akulov Monte Carlo method estimates the degree of proximity of ornaments of ceramics by comparing frequencies of imprints: the higher is the correlation degree the closer are corresponding ornamental traditions. […]
Going to School in the Forest: Changing Evaluations of Animal-Plant Interactions in the Kichwa Amazon
For rural, indigenous communities the ways structural modernization, exposure to Western-scientific epistemologies, and formal schooling affect environmental reasoning remain unclear. For one Kichwa community in the Napo region of Ecuador, daily ro…
Going to School in the Forest: Changing Evaluations of Animal-Plant Interactions in the Kichwa Amazon
For rural, indigenous communities the ways structural modernization, exposure to Western-scientific epistemologies, and formal schooling affect environmental reasoning remain unclear. For one Kichwa community in the Napo region of Ecuador, daily ro…
Amour and Love : On the Invention of the Concept of Love in Cinema
Written by Nava Dushi (Lynn University) and Igor Rodin (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Preface “Then what is involved in love?” asks Jacques Lacan.1 We return to and begin with Love. The infatuation of the moving image with Love. From Thomas Edison’s …
Ramblings in Search of an Exhibition: Beadwork Adorns the World
In this project report, exhibition curator Marsha Bol discusses the origins and scope of the 2018-2019 Museum of International Folk Art exhibition Beadwork Adorns the World. The exhibition presented a worldwide survey of beadwork arts in their cultural…
Museum Cooperation Between Africa and Europe: A New Field for Museum Studies (Laely, Meyer, and Schwere, eds.)
This work is a book review considering the title Museum Cooperation Between Africa and Europe: A New Field for Museum Studies edited by Thomas Laely, Marc Meyer, and Raphael Schwere.
Introduction: Critical Explorations of Media Modernity in India
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Tamil Takes Centre Stage: Tradition and Modernity in Indian Television
This paper draws attention to the role of language in mediated modernities in India through an analysis of Sirappu Pattimandram (Special Debate), a Tamil-language debate show on the politically-affiliated corporate Sun TV network in the state of Tamil …
White Skin/Brown Masks: The Case of ‘White’ Actresses From Silent to Early Sound Period in Bombay
My paper explores categories of gender, ethnicity, modernity and performance through the figure of the ‘white’ actress in the early years of Indian cinema (1920-1940). Film was a lucrative site of business for intrepidly ambitious individuals in search…
Social Media, Violence and the Law: ’Objectionable Material’ and the Changing Countours of Hate Speech Regulation in India
With the advent of the internet and increasing circulation of hate speech, and material that has been linked to public order disturbances, there has been a shift in the legal discourse around hate speech. What has emerged, especially post the striking …
From Autonomy to Anonymity: Information Technology Policy and Changing Politics of the Media System in Indian Democracy
The prominence of information and communications technology (ICTs) in defining India’s media modernity can be gauged by the growing reach of online social media as well as continuing expansion of digital media channels and satellite broadcasting even i…
Minorities in Indian Urdu News: Ahmadis, Journalistic Practice and Mediated Muslim Identity
A case study of a protest campaign against the Ahmadiyya community in Punjab and its coverage in Urdu language news media of India, this paper locates its narrative at the intersection of media, politics and religion. It seeks to advance the field…
Review of Essentials of Linguistics
Review of Essentials of Linguistics
IJAPS Vol. 15, No. 1 (2019) Published
The International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies is delighted to inform our readers that our latest publication, Vol. 15, No. 1 (January 2019) is now published. In this latest issue, articles of multi disciplines and geographical spread are made available for downloads. All of the contents published are open access and licensed under Creative Commons … Continue reading →
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On Eating and Killing: Multispecies Entanglements and Implications for Ecology
by Kelly Linton (The University of Western Ontario) kabrams4@uwo.ca January 15, 2019 It was a late morning in early October. The sun shone brightly and the air was crisp. The kind of autumn day that in southern Ontario, Canada brings to mind chun…
ExtrACTION: Impacts, Engagements, and Alternative Futures
Journal of Ecological Anthropology
ExtrACTION: Impacts, Engagements, and Alternative Futures
Journal of Ecological Anthropology
A Cultural History of Climate Change
Journal of Ecological Anthropology
Pinngortitaq – A Place of Becoming
Arctic ecosystems are on the verge of changes that are unprecedented in both magnitude and velocity. We stress that statements of a changing climate and environment have ambiguous definitions in both theoretical and metaphorical senses. Inuit have …
A Cultural History of Climate Change
Journal of Ecological Anthropology