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The Weird New Field of Object Sexuality in the Technological World The term "cybersex" is far away from us, it really is bound to the 90's. But at Telepolis (german) they have an interesting new thought, which sheds new light on phenomenons we may have called "cybersex" or - less upbeat - "internet love". They write, that at least some sexual relationships on the web are in fact "objectum sexuality" to the computer. This means, instead of loving Linda with ICQ #xyz from the Chatroom abc, it's rather a love with the computer itself, standing at the desk in front of you, and maybe the webcam you installed on top of it. Well, an intersting thought, an amusing article, lots of links, but I think it's also a little bit overdone. In english you can read a story at Wired which inspired the one of telepolis. ... Link (0 comments) ... Comment Dept. of ethnologica, kerlone, November 20, 2002 at 9:02:37 PM CET Black Representation in Advertising
... Link (0 comments) ... Comment Dept. of ethnologica, kerlone, November 20, 2002 at 4:58:40 PM CET Science: Ancient Afghanistan The last Science Science Magazine (2002 298 - only accessible for subscribers and some universities) has a long special issue about ancient cultures and archaeology in Afghanistan. It's also about the current situation of science in afghanistan. ... Link (2 comments) ... Comment Dept. of Publications, kerlone, November 20, 2002 at 9:57:14 AM CET TV: AIDS in Afrika Today at the german TV broadcaster ARD (23.30): "AIDS - Tödlicher Angriff auf Afrikas Seele". A documentation about AIDS in Afrika. Among other things the report want's to show, that also the traditions of ethnic groups are responsible for the disease. ... Link (0 comments) ... Comment Dept. of ethnologica, kerlone, November 19, 2002 at 11:02:31 PM CET Bill Gates is the Icon of a New Cargo Cult The India Times calls the charity of Bill Gates a Cargo Cult come true for many indians. ... Link (0 comments) ... Comment Dept. of Publications, zephyrin, November 19, 2002 at 1:54:08 PM CET Nobody's reign BECK, ULRICH. 2002. Macht und Gegenmacht im globalen Zeitalter: Neue weltpolitische Ökonomie. Frankfurt am Main:Suhrkamp Verlag. [15,-- Euro] The renowned sociologer Ulrich Beck, teaching in Munich, Germany, has published a new book on globalization, which already is heavily discussed. Yesterday the Süddeutsche Zeitung dedicated half a page to the book. Some time before the german weblog Dienstraum and the Netzeitung already had reported :o) ... Link (1 comment) ... Comment Dept. of events, zephyrin, November 19, 2002 at 1:26:58 PM CET 51th International Congress of Americanists
... Link (1 comment) ... Comment Dept. of events, kerlone, November 19, 2002 at 1:00:35 PM CET Highlights from the Aztec Exhibition 
The Guardian shows some of the nicest pieces in the new opened aztec exhibition in London. And there's some article describing the exhibition. "Grotesque gods, demonic animals, human sacrifice ... the art of the Aztecs is the stuff of nightmares", says the author.
Of course he says not what the nightmare of the aztecs was ... probably the thought, all their religious goods and skulptures could fall in the hands of the enemys far away from home, where nobody understands them ;-)
... Link (3 comments) ... Comment Dept. of cyberethnologica, kerlone, November 18, 2002 at 10:48:54 PM CET Internet Use and E-Commerce in Developing Countries The UN today published the E-Commerce and Development Report 2002 (PDF-Datei, 272 Seiten). It's an important data and information source, it seems. And I guess you can find everything you wan't to know about IT and developing countries ... but I don't wan't to read it without needing to ;-) Gladly Forbes (english) and heise (german) are writing only about some important facts of the report. ... Link (0 comments) ... Comment Dept. of cyberethnologica, kerlone, November 18, 2002 at 9:01:20 PM CET The Indigenous Maori of New Zealand in Cyberwar with LEGO 
The maori people, inigenous people of New Zealand, are probably using some kind of modern shamanism to defend their culture. The LEGO-Company produced some action-toys bearing some names and religious words of the maori, like Toa, Mata Nui, Pohatu, Whenua, and Tohunga. The company did already stop producing last year, after maori people protested. But now a hacker did attack a fan site, were the old names and words are still in use. But the american fans also seem to have "The Power": They hacked some maori sites. The result: The LEGO-Fan-Site is still down, the maori sites were temporally unavailable.
Spiegel (german) reports, they are assuming that in fact anti-globalisation activist around Indymedia did the attack. Stuff (english) is also reporting.
Update:And somedays after us Wired reported about the story.
... Link (2 comments) ... Comment Dept. of Publications, Dijon, November 18, 2002 at 6:09:53 PM CET Southeast Borneo, History
"The book deals with the relationship between people and the natural environment in Southeast Borneo, based on many hitherto unused primary sources. It describes the ways in which people made a living within the wide range of environments found here, focusing on agriculture, hunting, fishing, animal husbandry, forest exploitation, and the collection of products for the market. It deals with the impact of these activities on the natural environment and attempts to explain why most areas were strikingly little affected until modern times, yet others showed clear signs of human occupation and exploitation from an early date." In the next issue of TRIBUS (Linden-Museum, Stuttgart) you will find a book review by Martin Baier. ... Link (1 comment) ... Comment Dept. of , MarcMurschhauser, November 18, 2002 at 12:53:24 PM CET Big ANTHROPOLOGICAL Party - "Ethnofest" The same procedure as every year... ...every semestre the students of the Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikanistik in München organize a big party to welcome all our new students and to celebrate with everyone else thoughout all grades. Everyone is invited - everyone is welcome to bring friends with lots of energy. This year our anthropological party will take place THURSDAY, 21.11.2002, at: S U B S T A N Z , Ruppertstr. 28, München (best take underground U3/U6 to Poccistr. and follow our signposts) Entry at 08:00 pm, Fee 3.00 Euros, ... ...with music by DJ Fishsurfer, Bruno & Marc See ya all !!! Cheers !!! ... Link (2 comments) ... Comment ... Next page
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KNAPEN, HAN. 2001. Forests of Fortune? The environemental history of Southeast Borneo, 1600-1880. Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 189. Leiden:KITLV Press. [ISBN 90 6718 158. 33,-- Euro]