The Anthropology of the State: A Reader (Blackwell Readers in Anthropology)
Love Undefiled (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
The Apostolic Exhortation Ecclesia in Europa proposed that the Church must become a message of hope to a continent that has lost sight of it. With "grave uncertainties at the levels of culture, anthropology, ethics and spirituality, Europe is experiencing a great loss of hope in the future. This hope gives meaning to life to continue on our way together. The most substantial moral question in...
Cognitive Edge (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
Given that Sunday will not exist for me (I leave Los Angeles before midnight on Saturday and arrive in Singapore at midday on Monday, God do I hate the date line) I thought it would make sense to reflect in advance on my latest purchase. I normally buy two to three watches a year, not because of any fetish fueled extravagance on my part I hasten to add. The reason is that I forget to take my watch...
From the Dust Returned (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
From Sam Dunn, the maker of Metal: A Headbanger's Journey comes Global Metal, a look at metal in some of the less-discussed corners of the world. While the original documentary focused on the roots and subgenres (and therefore the US and Europe), Global Metal is more concerned with locales than artists and styles themselves. Like his previous work, Dunn presents Global Metal within the framework of...
Chicago Breaking News (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Two Chicago -area residents and a University of Chicago grad are among the 32 winners of this year's Rhodes scholarships. The prestigious scholarships provide tuition and a living stipend for two to three years study in any field at the University of Oxford in England. The winners include Russell A. Perkins of Evanston , Daniel D. Shih of Aurora and Stephanie A. Bell , a University of Chicago graduate....
Planet Intertwingly (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago
Kevin Marks Originally uploaded by O'Reilly Conferences Last week at Web2expo I gave a 10-minute keynote on the new vocabulary needed to understand where the web is going - most of this comes from sociology and anthropology. If you've been following my blog, you'll recognise this inculdes ideas from my Twitter in Theory post, from the Flow Past Web , from one on Digital Publics and of course from the...
Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago
MEXICO CITY.- Two centuries before our era, the region of Campania became the favorite place of Roman emperors-from Julius Caesar to Nero- and aristocrats to relax, due to the beauty of the Bay of Naples. Pompeii, Herculaneum and nearby villages represented leisure for some and work for others, like artists. A hundred pieces, which reveal the luxury and sophistication that this Mediterranean zone...
Anthropology.net (Free subscription) | 20 hours ago
Researchers from Stony Brook University Medical Center in New York confirmed that the Hobbits, or Homo floresiensis, are indeed a separate “human” species instead of a population of diseases Homo sapiens. The 7th Human Evolution Symposium, Hobbits in the Haystack: Homo floresiensis and Human Evolution was held this year at Stony Brook. A recent full-body [...]
CBSE News (Free subscription) | yesterday
West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) WBCHSE Class 12 Examination (New Syllabus) Date Sheet 2010 West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) Class 12 Examination (New Syllabus) Date Sheet 2010 DAY DATE SUBJECT/PAPER (10.00 A.M. TO 1.15 P.M.) WEDNESDAY 17.03.2010 Bengali (A), Hindi (A), Nepali (A), Bengali (B), Hindi (B), Nepali (B), Santali, Urdu, Tamil, Telugu,...
CBSE News (Free subscription) | yesterday
West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) WBCHSE Class 12 Examination (Old Syllabus) Paper II Date Sheet 2010 West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) Class 12 Examination (Old Syllabus) Paper II Date Sheet 2010 DAY DATE SUBJECT/PAPER (10.00 A.M. TO 1.15 P.M.) WEDNESDAY 17.03.2010 Bengali (A), Hindi (A), Nepali (A), Bengali (B), Hindi (B), Nepali (B), Santali, Urdu,...
Omniorthogonal (Free subscription) | yesterday
Phil Agre, a friend and former UCLA professor who I've often mentioned on this blog, has gone missing , and some of his friends are organizing an informal search of the streets . As far as anyone knows, he had some sort of severe mental breakdown and is presumed to be homeless somewhere in LA. Phil was one of the smartest people I knew in graduate school. More than smart, he had the intellectual courage...
Restless and Reforming (Free subscription) | yesterday
Romans Seven has been and will no doubt continue to be a chapter in Scripture over which controversy will rage. Who does it describe? Does it describe a Christian? But how can it? In the light of Ch 6:14, how can a Christian possibly say, 'For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am of the flesh, sold under sin'? Does it describe someone who is not a Christian? Seems highly unlikely. What non-Christian...
Blogging Pompeii (Free subscription) | yesterday
"Pompeya y una Villa Romana: Arte y Cultura alrededor de la Bahia de Napoles" (Pompeii and the Roman Villa. Art and Culture around the Bay of Naples) has arrived in Mexico and will open this month at the National Museum of Anthropology. As part of the cultural exchange program between Mexico and Italy, the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) sponsors this international exhibition...
Left Focus (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
by Lev Lafayette (picture above) The fact that communities have always had policies concerning the movement of people into the lands held by that community should surprise nobody with even a modicum of understanding of anthropology and history. True, there are some rugged individuals who dream of a past or of a future, where one can simply wander with absolute freedom wherever they should like and...
Click World News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
An after-Thanksgiving treat for the whole family... Scrooge has no honor, nor any courage. Can three ghosts help him to become the true warrior he ought to be in time to save Tiny Tim from a horrible fate? Performed in the Original Klingon with English Supertitles, and narrative analysis from The Vulcan Institute of Cultural Anthropology. Playing November 27 through December 13 at Minneapolis' Mixed...
Letters in Bottles (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The Tulane Hullabaloo asks for feedback on its sidebar: " How do you feel about demolishing Anthropology building for parking lot?" Yes, it's official - now that the building is almost entirely demolished, the university has informed the paper that it intends to make the site into a tiny parking lot. The paper sought comment from me, so the edition that hits newsstands today may have a story...
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