By contributor Sean Carey Mention the Maldives to many Europeans and most of them will think of a string of paradise islands. Along with other countries in the Indian Ocean like Mauritius and the Seychelles, the Maldives is renowned as a honeymoon destination replete with 5-star hotels and luxury spas. In fact, like Mauritius and [...]
• Big male sports in U.S. universities Orin Starn, a Duke University professor of cultural anthropology is a longtime critic of Duke’s participation in Division I athletics. As quoted in the New York Times, he objects to sports occupying “this gigantic place in the university landscape.” He calls basketball “a strain of anti-intellectualism” that claims [...]
Borders When: Nov 14-18 Where: San Francisco The Association for Feminist Anthropology welcomes sessions to be considered for inclusion in AFA’s programming for the 111th AAA Annual Meeting. The AAA meeting theme this year is “Borders,” so AFA particularly welcomes panels that take up “borders” from a feminist anthropological perspective. For more information, visit the [...]
Two articles in the latest issue of Nature prompted this note. The first claims that China’s historical culture inhibits science: “Two cultural genes have passed through generations of Chinese intellectuals for more than 2,000 years. The first is the thoughts of Confucius, who proposed that intellectuals should become loyal administrators. The second is the writings [...]
By contributor Sean Carey Mauritius is in the premier league of the world’s democracies, according to the newly released London-based Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index. The Index, which monitors 167 nations ranks the small Indian Ocean island, with a population of 1.3 million, 24th out of 25 “full democracies,” just ahead of Spain. Norway is [...]
Anthroworks presents its favorite 2011 North American dissertations in cultural anthropology. In compiling this list, I searched the “Dissertations International” electronic database that is available through my university library. The database includes mainly U.S. dissertations with a light sprinkling from Canada. I used the same search terms as I did in previous years. True confession: [...]
• Ships crashing in the day Canada’s Globe and Mail carried an article on what big cruise ship crashes mean for the industry: “The crash of the Costa Concordia cruise ship [...like that of the Titanic] a century ago, is more about the overriding ambiguity of the image — the mismatch between the insulated adventure [...]
Deadline: March 1 The California Series in Public Anthropology is continuing its International Competition in 2012. It seeks proposals for short books oriented toward undergraduates that focus on how social scientists are facilitating social change. They are looking for accessible, grounded accounts that present compelling stories, stories that inspire others. The proposals should describe a [...]
Sustainable creativity in healthcare When: May 16-18 Where: Lyric Theatre Belfast The aim of the conference is to explore, celebrate, share and gain in-depth knowledge of international working models of best arts in health practice and research development. Exploration of the Arts Care model of engagement will provide delegates with insight into how an arts [...]
2012 UBC Anthropology Graduate Conference: Culture and Change: Towards a Dynamic Anthropology When: March 2-3 Deadline for submission: Jan 31 The Anthropology Department at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, is pleased to announce the 2012 graduate student conference. Anthropologists recognize that cultures are dynamic and changing. Recent global events, such as the uprising in [...]
