Am Mittwoch, den 18. Juni 2003 findet im Biergarten des Instituts in der Oettingenstraße 67 um 20:00 Uhr das Ethnologische Sommerfest statt. Um 21:00 Uhr tritt die Band Phunkgerät auf mit anschließender Open Stage. Jeder, der letztes Jahr bereits mit dabei war, weiß, dass keiner diese Party versäumen sollte. Anschließend betätigen sich wieder die DJs Fishsurfer und Marc an den Turntables. Gegen einen kleinen Eintritt von 2,- Euro seid Ihr mit dabei. Es gibt Cocktails, Longdrinks, Bier und Wein zu sensationellen Preisen... Wir freuen uns auf Euch.

Des weiteren erwartet Euch in den nächsten zwei bis drei Wochen noch eine neue Ausgabe der Ethnologik, an der wir intensivst arbeiten... Jeder der noch eine Idee oder einen Beitrag hat, schreibt bitte an Marc. Die Ethnologik ist dann in den Seminaren, bei der Fachschaft und natürlich wie immer online erhältlich.

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Since Wednesday, April 23, 2003 a new blog (by Elizabeth Lane Lawley, Clay Shirky, Ross Mayfield, Sébastien Paquet & Jessica Hammer) called many-to-many is online, discussing social software: "Social software blends tools and modes for richer online social environments and experiences. Some examples of social software are weblogs, wikis, forums, chat environments, or instant messaging, and related tools and data structures for identity, integration, interchange and analysis. For more, see Liz's primer on what we're up to." via Got Game?

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"Cultural Interactions: 50 Years of American Studies in Germany" - this is the title of a conference in Munich, Germany. From June 10th to 13th there will speak Michael Kammen (Cornell University), Seyla Benhabib (Yale University), Demetri Papademetriou (Washington) and others in Amerikahaus, Karolinenplatz 3, 80333 München. It's the conference to 50th birthday of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Amerikastudien (DGfA). See more about the program (German version) at University's site and more about the DGfA (English version) here.

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A link list to local newspapers from all over the world (from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe) you can find here: www.thelocalpapers.com . (There also is a link list to newspapers from many US-American states.) There is not every country and every newspaper, but you can find an overview about what's going on in the country you are specially interested in. Another link list to newspapers all over the world you can find on www.onlinenewspapers.com. And there is another German website (www.zeitung.de) where you can find a link list. This list includes German writing newspapers which are not printed in Germany (like Jewish transatlantical newspaper Der Aufbau printed in New York City), too. Links to more East African newspapers you can find here, to West African newspapers here, many South African papers' links here and North African newspapers' links here. All these web pages include newspapers not listed by the other pages.

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Today I read an interesting article in the Süddeutsche Zeitung about the supposed German involvement in East Africa. The article originates in the actual debate about European military action in the conflict areas of Uganda, Ruanda and Congo. Interesting to see here once again is the critical debate on how anthropology and development aid don't mix. Make your own opinions!

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Members of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana are celebrating Palm Sunday (Asamankese/Ghana, 2000)

"Cherchez le Chercheur" No. V Let's get away from last week's traditional issues. Here’s another picture of a fieldworker trying to get involved in his field: he does everything to feel, to act and to look like ‘them’. If only he knew how he really stands out from the crowd…

All dressed in their neat Sunday costumes, the Christian congregation gathers after the 3,5 hours church service to parade the main streets of the town. They are celebrating Palm Sunday (Jesus entering Jerusalem, as you know) with cheers, bells, a monstrously noisy brass band and bound branches from coconut and palm trees. Though the rainy season has already started the tropical sun burns heavily. The bald (bold?) man in the middle of the crowd certainly suffers the most.

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The Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative, ATON, has a constantly growing number of patrons. New statistics have been released emphasizing the continued success of the ATON website. Approximately 200,000 documents have been digitally delivered to half the countries in the world. The Epics (Dastan) which date back 2,200 years are the most popular of the collection. Patrons have used 10,000 internet service points to access the website. The site is organized in mutually supporting sections including music, historical documentation, explanations of the narratives, and anthropological and ethnographic materials. Of the three similar programs worldwide ATON is the only collection digitized and accessible on the web. There are currently around 200 links to the ATON website from various other sites around the world. Academic and professional organizations with a link include such prestigious institutions as The U.S. Library of Congress and the British Library.

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Brigitte Zarzer of Telepolis did a short Interview with Eben Moglen (Professor of Law at the Columbia University in New York and Board Member of the Free Software Foundation). On 5th of June Mr. Moglen will join the Open Cultures-Conference in Vienna and deliver a speech called: "Free Software, Free Culture: After the dotCommunist Manifesto". In the Telepolis-Interview he said: "Free software provides the all-important layer that determines how the network around us functions in a form that users, individually and collectively, can modify and share. This means that the technology of the network serves its users, and evolves to meet their needs, rather than being controlled by those who manipulate them. [...] Free software means having a network that is conceived in freedom, of the people, by the people, and for the people." The interview is available in english and german. In this context I have to point you to Chris Kelty's (a member of Ethno::log :o) article Free Software/Free Science. Some current developments as a side-note: The city of Munich, Germany just recently decided (Spiegel-article in german) to change the Operating System of its ICT-infrastructure. More than 14.000 computers owned by the city's administration will get rid of MS-Windows and instead will run on Linux in the near future. And there's a healthy chance of whole Germany's administration switching to Linux, too. via Telepolis, First Monday, and Spiegel online.

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Myths and realities Feminist Perspectives on Globalisation September 11-14, 2003 in Graz, Austria Karl-Franzens University, Resowi Center

Organized by feministATTAC Austria jointly with the Institute of International Management, University of Graz in collaboration with Femmes et Mondialisation, France, frauennetz ATTAC Germany and other feminist and gender groups within ATTAC Sweden, Belgium and Finland as well as in cooperation with Renner-Institut, Grüne Bildungswerkstatt, Frauenarmutskonferenz, WIDE, Verein für soziale Stadtentwicklung Graz, Dreikönigsaktion and the Austrian Student Union (ÖH).

more information in english and german

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"The American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT) is a non-profit educational institution dedicated to promoting American and Turkish research and exchange related to Turkey in all fields of the humanities and social sciences. ARIT provides support for these scholarly endeavors through maintaining research centers in Istanbul and Ankara and administering a program of fellowships to support research in Turkey at the doctoral and post-doctoral levels." Read more about all this at the ARIT homepage.

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The 'W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research (AIAR) offer quite a number of substantial fellowships: "In the next academic year, the Albright will administer $200,000 in grants, fellowships and fee awards. These include awards for an Annual Professor, to National Endowment for the Humanities, three Andrew Mellon East-Central European, and three USIA Junior Research Fellows, as well as awards for a Samuel H. Kress, a Joint Samuel H. Kress Athens/Jerusalem and a George A. Barton Fellow. Thirteen USIA administrative fee grants will be awarded to Albright Associate Fellows. This year, the Albright has 59 fellows, including 28 with stipends and fee awards from the Albright Institute. Associate Senior, Post-Doctoral and Research Fellows receive funding from other sources, including, among others, the Fulbright and the Council of American Overseas Research Centers." Have a look at the list of the fellowships, including detailed descriptions and deadlines. The Application Forms are downloadable, too.

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