Thomas Hauschild, cultural anthropologists, wrote an article in the FRR (german) about such notions as "honour" and "disgrace" and what they might have to do with torture and terror in Iraq.

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The "Students for Development" in Oxford organise annually a student conference on development issues. They call for postgraduate and PhD students to present their papers:: "Following the success of the first two SfD Conferences, organised by postgraduate students at QEH in 2002 and 2003, this year?s conference seeks to tackle the broad theme of North-South power relations within development. The aim of this broad approach is to maximise active participation from as diverse an array of presenters as possible. As in revious years we hope to combine postgraduate students presenting their own work in a relaxed environment of research-exchange with a number of speakers from both academic and practitioner backgrounds. further information.

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The 'Work Group Anthropology & Tourism' at Munich University is organizing a visit to the tour operator Hauser exkursionen in Munich. We will be introduced to the tour operator’s codes of conduct, its agendas on ethics and sustainability, etc., and we can discuss anthropological questions with a few staff members (including an anthropologist). The event will take place on Thursday, May 27ths, 2004. Everybody interested is welcome to join!! For more information see this Aushang (application/msword, 38 KB) ...

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