This will terribly improve all your papers ...

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I found this work on the internet. I haven't read it yet but I thought the titel sounds very interesting.

The Presentation of Archetype and Cultural Values in MMORPGs: A Comparison between Taiwanese and American Games

Please feel free to comment. I'd like to know wether I should read it. =)

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Some of you might have already seen the picture on the left - Bush's image made as a mosaic composed of the photos of the American service men and women who have died in Iraq. The artist, supposedly called Joe, is contra the US-involvement in Irak and contra Bush politics.

By researching a little more I found a quiet interesting weblog of the American Leftist with lots of links to left liberal blogs.

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The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES), -- which, among a multitude of other activities, offers grants to social/cultural anthropologist, too -- has recently published a range of papers and books on international policy analysis. See their publications sections: English language publications, and german language publications.

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Call for Submissions -- deadline 15 May. Asia-Europe Voices, the newly-launched journal of ASEFUAN, is pleased to announce a call for sub-missions. ASEFUAN is a network of former participants of the ASEF (Asia-Europe Foundation) Sum-mer University, which is a two-week intensive scholarship programme for talented European and Asian students from the ASEM countries. The purpose of both ASEF and ASEFUAN is to promote and foster intercultural relations between Europe and Asia. Read moreAsia-Europe Voices is a multidisciplinary journal set up by a group of ASEFUAN members from both Europe and Asia. We aim to receive contributions from students and scholars from both continents. With four issues foreseen to be published annually, the journal aims to strengthen the ASEFUAN process, bringing together both students and professionals from both Europe and Asia who are interested in the processes taking place between and within the two world regions. The journal provides a good forum to share completed articles (for example a shortened thesis) as well as work in progress both for those who have not yet published, and for those more experienced. The articles are owned by the individual contributors, copyrights are thus not transferred to Asia-Europe Voices. This also implies that contributors may choose to publish the material elsewhere, in which case, a note of reference to Asia-Europe Voices is appreciated. The Editorial Board with the Journal Management Team announces the following theme for the first issue: "TRENDS IN DIALOGUES BETWEEN AND WITHIN ASIA AND EUROPE" Original essays and articles are sought, addressing issues reflecting different political, social, cultural and economical processes taking place in the recent dialogues between Europe and Asia. These proc-esses may include, but are not limited, to: EU enlargement, regionalism vs. nationalism discussion, environmentalism, steps towards common security, and post-Asian currency crisis economic processes. We welcome both academic articles (ca. 10,000-12,000 words, ca. 20-25 pages) and shorter essays (1,500-3,500 words, ca. 3-7 pages) on the topic. The shorter essays should be more free-formed than the academic articles, and they could be written based on personal experiences but with reflections on a wider context, such as cultural, political or social implications between Asia and Europe. Original view-points are appreciated. The articles should be delivered to the Editor-in-Chief in Word- or PDF-form with references to the jour-nal. Articles will be converted into PDF-form before listed on the net. We recommend that the contribu-tors use the APSR (American Political Science Review) citation technique in the articles. Please see the instructions for APSR citation technique at www.lclark.edu. The deadline for articles is May 15, 2004. Please submit the manuscripts or further inquirements to the Asia-Europe Voices e-mail address (handled by the Editor-in-Chief): asiaeuropevoices@hotmail.comSincerely yours, Johanna Lahdenperä (AU-8Editor-in-Chief) for Asia-Europe Voices

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The "Institut für Völkerkunde/Ethnologie" in Freiburg, Germany offers a position as "Wissenschaftlicher Assistent" Read more ...Stellenangebot Wissenschaftliche/r Assistent/in (C1) Vollzeitstelle, Eintrittstermin: 01.10.2004 Am Institut für Völkerkunde/Ethnologie der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg ist zum 01.10.2004 die Stelle eines/r wissenschaftlichen Assistenten/in zu besetzen. Neben den beamtenrechtlichen Voraussetzungen müssen die Einstellungsvoraussetzungen des § 70 des Universitätsgesetzes (qualifizierte Promotion) vorliegen. Feldforschungserfahrungen werden vorausgesetzt. In der Lehre sollte ein breites Angebot und Bereitschaft zur Beteiligung an interdisziplinären Studiengängen gewährleistet sein. Erwartet wird außerdem selbständige Forschungstätigkeit und Mitarbeit in der Verwaltung. Die Stelle ist zunächst auf 3 Jahre befristet. Die Vergütung erfolgt nach C1. Die Universität strebt eine Erhöhung des Frauenanteils an und fordert ausdrücklich entsprechend qualifizierte Frauen zur Bewerbung auf. Bitte bewerben Sie sich mit den üblichen Unterlagen unter Angabe der Kennziffer 1423 bis spätestens 28.05.2004 unter folgender Adresse: Institut für Völkerkunde Universität Freiburg Werderring 10 79085 Freiburg Für nähere Informationen steht Ihnen Prof. Dr. Judith Schlehe unter Tel. 0761/203-3580 oder Email judith.schlehe@ethno.uni-freiburg.de zur Verfügung.

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"NAPA [National Association for the Practice of Anthropology was founded in 1983 to promote the practice of anthropology, both within the discipline and among private and public organizations. NAPA has grown as anthropologists have developed broader professional opportunities outside the academy. [...] NAPA members use anthropological training to address issues related to public health, organizational and community development, information technology systems, housing, social justice, law, the media, marketing, environmental management, and the arts."

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Munich - Radio Lora has interviewed Prof. Kurt Beck of our institute. The topic of the interview is the projected reduction of academic positions at our institute (in the face of 1054 students studying social/cultural anthropology here). The interview will be aired today at 19:00h (plus some minutes) on Radio Lora 92.4 (cable: 95.6). Tune in and stay informed.

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Today the Süddeutsche Zeitung published a book review of "Matisse und Picasso als Kulturrreisende. Primitivismus und Anthropologie um 1900" by Bärbel Küster. Unfortunately I haven't found the online-article yet, but I will add it later...

Küster investigated in her dissertation the view on painters representation of the earlier so called "primitives" - such as paintings as "La Gitane" or "L' Algérienne" by Matisse or "Deux femmes nues" by Picasso. She constitutes the thesis of the "anthropological turn" (1)Maybe someone might add something about "anthropological turn" in the theoretical debate in History of Art. My expertise ends here unfortunately! by statements of theory in art and states that painters in the early 20th century have been highly influenced by anthropological photographs, adapting the anthropological question of characteristics of human beings though presenting the "primitives" in a different way than ethnographers.

Akademie Verlag, Berlin 2003. 239 pages, 39,90.

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Finally Gabi Geuter, who has known the elusive legend of cultural anthropology, Carlos Castaneda in person, has published her tremendous book Filming Castaneda: The hunt for magic and reason. I know Gabi face-to-face (she was willing to be my informant on Castaneda while I wrote my Ph.D.-thesis -- a big Thanks again) and can assure you that her book is none of the New-Age-rubbish which partially sprang up around the name Castaneda. During the genesis of her book Gabi frequently sent me chapters in progress and I always was thrilled and delighted while reading them. You may know that Castaneda was reluctant to have himself photographed and even made sure that false pictures of him, showing someone other, got into circulation. When Castaneda died, AP delivered a picture of him which was reprinted in countless obituaries around the world -- until today the picture keeps popping up, even in social/cultural antropological publications. Some days later AP wrote to its customers that they should delete the picture, as it was not depicting Carlos Castaneda. But it was too late -- the old trickster's last deception? Besides the concept of 'erasing oneself' in Castaneda's books the concept of 'stalking' is described as another faculty of 'his' magical system. Gabi took those concepts a substantial step further: She stalked Castaneda by camera. Her book is both a meditation and an analysis of all this and her entanglement with Castaneda and his circle -- a hunt for magic and reason. There's a press release, too.

GEUTER, GABI. 2004. Filming Castaneda: The hunt for magic and reason. Bloomington: 1stBooks Library/Authorhouse. [ISBN: softcover: 141404612X, hardcover: 1414046138]

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As Spiegel-Online reports the Italian Ministry of Education bans the chapter on evolutionary theory from their school books. As a result of the latest shortages in the educational sector the decision is part of the ministries newest reforms. The article supplies further information on the ideology behind - mainly by referring on former debates in the USA where only 43 Percent of the people belief in Darwin but instead in a pseudo-science called Creationism.

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This weekend (23.04 and 24.04.) a congress called "Bild und Macht" (picture and power) originated by the department of philisophy is taking place at LMU.

For further information visit www.bild-und-macht.de.

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