The Jargon File is a common heritage of the hacker culture. very interessting, also with a spotlight to early hacking culture like B1FF

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The university of California put a short index online listing all important Culture-Bound Syndromes. Deeper information is available for Culture-Bound Syndomes in China.

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The latest newsletter sent to me by DAVO (see older story) features the following items of interest:

1. Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in Religionswiss. Univ. Erfurt (job opportunity)
2. DAVO-Kongress 2003, Hamburg, 20.-22. November 2003 (event)
3. DAVO-Kongress 2004 / 29. Deutscher Orientalistentag, Halle, 20.-24. September 2004 (event)
4. BRISMES Annual Conference: "Education as a Force for Change?" Exeter,12-15 July 2003 (event)
5. Congrès AFEMAM 2003: "La construction des savoirs sur les mondes musulmans" Paris, 2-4 juillet 2003(event)
6. Séminaire Doctoral du GDR International EMMA: "Economies de la Méditerranée et du Monde Arabe" Paris, 20-21 mars 2003 (event)
7. Tenth Annual Conference of the Economic Research Forum (ERF), Cairo, 16-18 December 2003 (event)
8. Research Officer, German Development Institute, Bonn, Germany (job opportunity) Read the details here ...

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Looking for a classic book in anthropology? Take a look at this (of course subjective) list of 99 Anthropological Classics

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It seems like the 'shamanism-buffs' have discovered digital media. The munich-based club 'Ethnomed e.V.' (see older story) has published its first DVD, which is called "Voices and Rituals concerning Ethnomedicine" I haven't had the DVD in hands myself, but as I understand it contains numerous interviews (I guess in german), music, slideshows and some videos which were shot on the conference 'Rituals of Healing'. The conference was organised by Ethnomed e.V. and took place in Munich (Germany) in 1999. You can read more here (in german) and judge yourself.

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The Berliner Zeitung today reports about the long lasting war in columbia: In Kolumbien bekämpfen sich linke Guerillas, rechte Paramilitärs und Regierungstruppen. Finanziert wird der Konflikt auch mit Geldern aus den USA. Read more ... Via Cable Cat in Telepolis Forum

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The international medical aid organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) last week issued its list of the Top 10 Most Underreported Humanitarian Stories of 2002. To this topic you may also r read this article at Telepolis (german).

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The Social Construction of Race: The Washington Post writes about latino immigrants, which came to the USA and discovered, that here they are black. In Argentina, Chile, Peru and Bolivia, there are racial tensions, but mostly between indigenous Indians and white descendants of Europeans.

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The cultures, lifestyles and general quality of life of the Indigenous peoples across the world have attracted the attention of researchers, development practitioners, government officials and non-governmental organizations all over the world. However, limited opportunities exists for interested parties to meet and exchange information on a variety of development issues the directly or indirectly affects the Khoe and San. Questions are increasingly being raised on the extent to which the Khoe and San are included in their own development and thus able to shape their destiny. We are pleased to announce plans for an international Khoe and San conference to be held in Botswana (University of Botswana) on the 10-12 September 2003. The conference entitled: Research for Khoe and San Development will provide a unique environment for academics, government officials, development practitioners and the Khoe and San to dialogue on pertinent issues of mutual concern. The timing of this conference is opportune, given the recent international negative publicity about the treatment of the San in Botswana. It will raise the profile of the problem and provide essential information for future development in the area of research, policy making and programme implementation. Additionally, it will provide and an important platform for the Khoesan representatives to express their understandings and desires for more appropriate development policies and programmes. Read more ...

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Students: There's still time to apply for admission to the MA and PhD archaeology programs within the Anthropology Department at the University of South Florida (deadline is January 15). Very competitive stipends are available on a competitive basis for our PhD students (about $14,000 for a 20-hour appointment as departmental teaching or research assistant, plus tuition waiver), and other positions on faculty grants are also available. Read more ... via ANTHRO-L

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