In the actual Annual Review of Anthropology is a quite good overview over research done in this field. You may read the abstract online. Students of our institute will find the book in the shelf of the magazines.

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The HADDON catalogue contains records of over 1500 films and lengths of film footage shot between 1895 and 1945. The material is largely documentary and was largely shot outside Western Europe; it is stored in archives, museums and other institutions around the world. The film records have been collated into the HADDON catalogue for the benefit of academic researchers and others interested in the visual representation of non-European peoples and European folkways. Via DasKollektiv

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The german newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung wrote today about tourism in southern and eastern africa. There are plans to boost ecological and adventure-tourism in this region.

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From 30. through 31. May 2003 the city of Heidelberg's Institut für Ethnologie stages a symposium called "Space Games: New Research Approaches to Spatial Orientation, Spatial Perception and Spatial Cognition". It's part of the symposium of the "Internationales Wissenschaftsforums Heidelberg" (IWH) of Heidelberg university and will take place at the IWH's premises at Hauptstrasse 242, 69117 Heidelberg.

Contact the organisator: Prof. Dr. Jürg Wassmann Tel: 06221-542221 Fax: 06221-543556 e-mail the IWH via ethnOnet

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From 24. through 26. September 2003 the "Zentrum Moderner Orient" in Berlin stages an international symposium on "Angola in Bewegung: Transportwege, Kommunikation und Geschichte" ("Angola in motion: Transportation, communication, and history").

Contact the organisators: Dr. Beatrix Heintze Frobenius Institut, 60323 Frankfurt am Main Tel: 0049-69-798-33056' Fax:0049-69-798-33101

Dr. Achim von Oppen Zentrum Moderner Orient Kirchweg 33, 14129 Berlin Tel: 0049-30-80307-0 Fax:0049-30-80307-210 via ethnOnet

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From 23. through 25. June 2003 the British Museum stages aconference called "Translating things: clothing and Innovation in the Pacific", which accompanies the project "Clothing the Pacific: a study of the nature of innovation". The focus will be on the influence of clothing imported into the pacific region, innovations and cultural transformations. e-mail to: Graeme Were More info at this website e-mail the Research Co-ordinator Research Co-ordinator Clothing the Pacific TheBritish Museum Burlington Gardens London W1S 3EX Tel: 0044-0-2073238045 Fax:0044-0-2073238013 via ethnOnet

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At the "Institut für Grenzgebiete der Psychologie und Psychohygiene e.V." an interdisciplinary confernece called "Der maximale Fremde" ("Maximum alien") will take place from 4. December 2003 through 6. December 2003. Call for papers Ina Schmied M.A. Institut für Grenzgebiete derPsychologie und Psychohygiene e.V. (IGPP) Wilhelmstr. 3a 79089 Freiburg Tel: 0761-2072158 Fax: 0761-2072191 Mobil 0175-4194191 website via ethnOnet

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The "Strategic Alliance for Asian Studies and the Asia-Europe Foundation" (ASEF) calls for workshop-proposals concerning "Asia and Europe" which could/should be held in 2003/2004. The proposals have to be sent in till the first of march 2003 at the office of the Asia Europe Workshop Series -- by snail-mail, not by Fax or e-mail. International Institute for Asian Studies P.O. Box 9515 2300 RA Leiden The Netherlands Tel: 0031-71-527022027 e-mail website via ethnOnet

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Between sanctions and development aid, the EU does not pursue a coherent strategy. read article on Sueddeutsche Zeitung (german)

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"A persistent theme among people writing about the social aspects of weblogging is to note (and usually lament) the rise of an A-list, a small set of webloggers who account for a majority of the traffic in the weblog world. This complaint follows a common pattern we've seen with MUDs, BBSes, and online communities like Echo and the WELL. A new social system starts, and seems delightfully free of the elitism and cliquishness of the existing systems. Then, as the new system grows, problems of scale set in. Not everyone can participate in every conversation. Not everyone gets to be heard. Some core group seems more connected than the rest of us, and so on", writes IT-Journalist Clay Shirky.

That's an interesting thought. Maybe this is indeed a typical pattern in growing online communities. Via Mindjack

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"The 20 men, aged 18-22 and most of them high-school students, were arrested on February 5-9 in Zarzis for entering banned Internet Web Sites," said the Tunisian Human Rights League, the country's only legal independent rights group.

Read more at Reuters.

"Tunisia has been increasingly policing its citizens' internet usage, setting up a cyberpoliceforce, and competing with China for world leadership in net crackdowns. In 2002, the government arrested a journalist for Webbing false information", writes Mindjack.

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"The re-use of dirty needles in healthcare - not promiscuity - was the main cause of the AIDS pandemic now devastating Africa, according to a controversial new analysis", reports New Scientist.

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