In the June edition of Current Anthropology, Adam Kuper discusses the essentialisms that are present in the current struggles of "indigenous" people for their rights and the contradictions that arise from the assistance of international organizations, development agenices and NGOs. quotation: "As always, our conceptions of the primitive are best understood as counters in our own current ideological debates. The image of the primitive is often constructed today to suit the Greens and the anti-globalization movement. Authentic natives represent a world ... in which culture does not challenge nature. at the same time, the movement exploits the very general European belief that true citizenship is a matter of ties of blood and soil." Kuper's paper is followed by comments in the "CA Forum on Anthropology in Public" the contents of the whole issue you can view online. The printed version is accesible in Oettingenstr. 67, Munich.

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