ON STANDS
all articles published in June, 2011
Bearing Witness
Tags: Anthropology, gender, Guatemala, Media, rape, trauma, violence, war
Added on Tuesday, June 28th, 2011 to Press Watch sections.
CNN runs a two-part story on the traumas of rape in wartime. The first part highlights the work of Vitoria Sanford among Mayan women in Guatemala: It began as a headache. Then her throat started to feel tight. A dull pain welled in her chest and…
Open Access Anthropology
Tags: Anthropology, Media, open access
Added on Friday, June 24th, 2011 to Press Watch sections.
Several anthropologically minded open-access journals and blogs emerged across the web in the last few months. AnthroNow presents several of the most interesting ones. Ethnosense is a new blog which moves beyond the disciplinary boundaries of…
Anthropology, Pole Dancing and Tax Exemption
Tags: Anthropology, art, dance, Media, The Law
Added on Saturday, June 18th, 2011 to Press Watch sections.
Anthropologists sometimes serve as expert witnesses at courthouses. In this “exotic” case, the anthropological testimony did not impress the court. “NEW YORK— “Looking for a nightclub experience that isn’t the same old, same old? Nite Moves…
The Amazon
Tags: amazon, Anthropology, Brazil, development, drug trade, indigenous people, Media
Added on Friday, June 10th, 2011 to Press Watch sections.
“The Amazon is in the hands of the drug trade,” by Paolo Moiola, an Interview with Roberto Jaramillo, Jesuit priest and anthropologist, at Latinamericanpress: “Colombian Jesuit priest Roberto Jaramillo has lived in the Brazilian Amazon for the…
Creativity in an Age of Connectivity
Tags: Anthropology, creativity, internet, Media
Added on Friday, June 3rd, 2011 to Press Watch sections.
Genevieve Bell, an anthropologist working for Intel: “MOBILE phone use and instant access to the internet from almost anywhere could be stifling creativity, according to Australian born cultural anthropologist, Genevieve Bell. “I wonder if it…
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