Dept. of ethnologica, warauduati, August 27, 2003 at 3:55:59 PM CEST

A long struggle for their territories...

Within a series of the Süddeutsche Zeitung called "Schatzsuche" about the West of the USA Wolfgang Koydl wrote about the Indians fighting and struggling for their territories.

Additionally the news today: After 13 years of struggle the Canadian government has given back 39.000 square km to the Tlicho, belonging to the Dene Indians. The treaty includes self-government, further exploitation of two diamond mines, etc.

To read at Spiegel Online.

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Dept. of ethnologica, warauduati, August 23, 2003 at 11:31:14 PM CEST

Rüdiger Nehberg Missing !

Quiet ambigious feelings about the German Rüdiger Nehberg in respect to anthropology but still one of the adventurers giving up-to-day and sometimes valuable information about indigenous people in the Amazone. Now, during his latest adventures though the jungle, he is missing... various reasons might be possible...!

... just a media sensation or reality?

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Dept. of ethnologica, kerleone, August 15, 2003 at 7:23:00 PM CEST

History of Evil

There's a nice online-edition of Paul Carus book "The history of evil, and the Idea of Evil from the Earliest Times to the Present Day", 1900. Paul Carus, an american philosopher, was trying to establish religion on a scientific basis. Later he was a advocator of relativity. Via Kellerkind

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Dept. of ethnologica, kerleone, August 14, 2003 at 2:19:43 PM CEST

Pop. Anthropology: The Maori of New Zealand

The german magazine Spiegel writes about the Maori Culture of New Zealand in the travel section of their online website.

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Dept. of ethnologica, poomaalai, July 30, 2003 at 10:29:53 PM CEST

Article on Eco-Toursim

In the german weekly magazine Freitag you could find a short essay on the "sustainability" of eco-tourism (in german).

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Dept. of ethnologica, kerleone, July 30, 2003 at 8:18:03 AM CEST

Learning Intercultural Communication in HiFi

How-To-Bow is a serious and very elaborate site to explain with short flash comics the behaviour in private and business situations in japan. Via UltimateInsult

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Dept. of ethnologica, kerleone, July 26, 2003 at 6:33:56 PM CEST

Amazon Indians Honor Indian Rights Advocate

The New York Times has an interesting article reporting about a burial ritual a dozen tribes from the Upper Xingu River performed for Villas Bôas, a white indian rights advocate, who died recently. The ritual is called quarup, and this one is one of the biggest they've ever made. Villas Bôas, who died with 88, was the eldest survivor of four brothers who devoted their lives to contacting and documenting the native peoples of the Brazilian Amazon and 'protecting them from the onslaught of modern civilization' and thus became an especially revered figure here.

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Dept. of ethnologica, muk, July 24, 2003 at 6:34:38 PM CEST

News of Africa

Just a short note today: I found a quite interest page in the web about news and right now discussed topics from every state in africa. Have a look at: www.africatime.com

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Dept. of ethnologica, kerleone, July 24, 2003 at 11:36:54 AM CEST

Indigenous Photographic Perspectives

The australian newspaper The Age about the 'godfather of Australian indigenous photography', Mervyn Bishop and a exhibition of his work.

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Dept. of ethnologica, kerleone, July 24, 2003 at 11:25:31 AM CEST

Cultural Anthropologists: Doing the After War Work

The New York Times about how experts from cultural sciences help rebuilding of a defeated enemy. With a review of the work of Ruth Benedict, who wrote a dossier on Japan after World War II, the article describes the need for experts.

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Dept. of ethnologica, kerleone, July 24, 2003 at 11:08:41 AM CEST

Anthropologist on Living With a Remote Amazon Tribe

National Geographic got an interview with Flora Lu Holt, who is doing field research on the Huaoranis of Ecuador.

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Dept. of ethnologica, kerleone, July 23, 2003 at 6:54:04 PM CEST

No Support for the Murung

The Frankfurter Rundschau (german) reports about the Murung of Bangladesh and other remote cultures in the mountains, and their problem of not beeing supported by the government in Dhaka. Thanks to Sophie for the hint

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