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  • Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:58:59 +0000: Publications, papers & presentations about MyKnet.org - Philbu's Blog
    This is a list of publications, papers and presentations that results from research on MyKnet.org, an online social environment for First Nations people of northwestern Ontario, Canada. For more information on MyKnet.org and the research project, take a look at the summary of the MyKnet.org research project and the MyKnet.org research website. Publications Bell, B., [...]
  • Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:34:56 +0000: Report on the MyKnet.org and Facebook Online Survey, April - December 2011 - Philbu's Blog
    Budka, Philipp. 2012. Report on the MyKnet.org and Facebook Online Survey, April-December 2011. http://meeting.knet.ca/mp19/course/view.php?id=7 Abstract This report presents and discusses findings of an online survey which aims to contribute to the understanding of First Nation online practices. By looking at two popular web services, MyKnet.org, a regional First Nation homepage environment, and Facebook, the global [...]
  • Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:29:02 +0000: Ethnographie als theoretischer & epistemologischer Ansatz - Philbu's Blog
    Ideen und Anmerkungen zur Ethnographie als theoretischer und epistemologischer Forschungsansatz, die im Rahmen eines Jour Fixe der Gruppe Internetforschung am 09.01.2012 diskutiert wurden. Dabei wurde vor allem der Frage nachgegangen wie Ethnographie in der Internetforschung Verwendung finden kann. Ethnographie ist eine Theorie des Beschreibens (Nader) → Kontext → Holismus → Imagination von Gesamt- oder Ganzheit [...]
  • Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:46:03 +0000: References and resources on online ethnography - Philbu's Blog
    Literature on online ethnography collected through the EASA Media Anthropology Network Mailing List to contribute to this collection go to the network's project wiki: http://www.media-anthropology.net/index.php/projects Bell, David, and Barbara M. Kennedy 2000 The Cybercultures Reader. London : New York: Routledge. Boellstorff, Tom: Coming of Age in Second Life, 2008. The volume, which is an ethnography [...]
  • Sat, 05 Nov 2011 07:40:10 +0000: Project (un)Lawful Access - Cybersurveillance in Canada - Philbu's Blog
    from http://unlawfulaccess.net/ "This project is a response to the serious threats to privacy, free speech and civil liberties raised by proposed lawful access legislation. To understand what is at stake in this invasive and costly bill, Canada's leading privacy and surveillance experts offer their anaylsis in the hopes of stirring debate on these critical issues." [...]
  • Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:00:11 +0000: Western Apache Ethnography and GIS Research Experience for Undergraduates - American Anthropological Association
    This guest post is an announcement for an exciting undergraduate opportunity from AAA Member, Karl Hoerig. Please contact Dr. Hoerig directly with your program questions: khoerig@fortapachearizona.org I am happy to announce the third season of the White Mountain Apache Tribe/University of Arizona Western Apache Ethnography and GIS Research Experience for Undergraduates, a National Science Foundation [...]
  • Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:00:48 +0000: SACC Annual Meeting – Call for Papers - American Anthropological Association
    The Society for Anthropology in Community Colleges annual meeting takes place in San Diego, CA from April 25-28, 2012. Biruté Galdikas is the featured speaker. Registration fees include most meals, as well as field trips to the Beckman Center for Conservation Research at the San Diego Safari Park and a historical archeology site at the [...]
  • Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:59:39 +0000: New Podcast Series – Ordinary Anthropologists Doing Extraordinary Things - American Anthropological Association
    An interview with Dr. Laurian Bowles kicks off AAA’ s latest podcast series Ordinary Anthropologists Doing Extraordinary Things. Dr. Bowles is Assistant Professor at Western Illinois University, where she specializes in gender and power, migration and Africa, and black youth culture. Known by her students as Dr. Laurian, she engages them in current anthropological dialogue via [...]
  • Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:00:49 +0000: Photo Friday - American Anthropological Association
    The 2011 AAA Photo Contest is a showcase of anthropology at its best. Of the 93 photos submitted, AAA members selected their favorites in each of the four categories: Practice, People, Place and Process. You can view the top 20 photos in Anthropology News. Here on the AAA blog, we will feature several of the [...]
  • Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:00:29 +0000: Care for Light Tea in Pennsylvania? - American Anthropological Association
    AAA Member, Paul Stoller, regularly writes editorials for the Huffington Post. In Stoller’s recent post, he draws attention to the quiet yet concerning issues that plague the Pennsylvania state-owned university system. Below is a excerpt of the published piece; click here for the complete article. Governors like the ghoulish Rick Scott of Florida, or the [...]


  • Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:44:26 +0000: Alright, how about a Digital Anthropology Interest Group? - Savage Minds
    Following on the heels of Bill Davis’ letter to the White House that has been hashed out here and elsewhere it became apparent that many of us are concerned about the future of Open Access principles within the AAA. The suggestion that we organize an OA interest group has been amended to include working towards [...]
  • Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:35:58 +0000: Voyaging for Anti-Colonial Recovery - Savage Minds
    The piece for discussion this week (actually, it should have been last week, but I got caught behind a couple of different eight balls) is Vincente Diaz’s “Voyaging for Anti-Colonial Recovery“. It’s a short piece with a few flaws — it lacks the informality and wit of Diaz’s other work, and feels at times one [...]
  • Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:17:59 +0000: Chron of Higher Ed: Charles Murray’s New Book - Savage Minds
    Peter Schmidt over at the Chronicle of Higher Ed has a new article that takes a long look at Charles Murray’s new book “Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010.  Murray is one of the authors of the (in)famous book The Bell Curve, if you didn’t already know.  Schmidt writes: Mr. Murray’s newest book, Coming Apart: [...]
  • Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:24:04 +0000: Archaeology & place - Savage Minds
    It’s 8 am, and already bright.  I’m out for an early morning walk because it’s a good way to see what ‘s going on around this community–to see what people are up to, and also just to go check out the surrounding landscape.  I like to do this a few times a week…it’s good for [...]
  • Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:14:04 +0000: Is there support for an OA interest group among AAA members? - Savage Minds
    Shortly after Bill Davis’s letter to the White House provoked debate here at Savage Minds and other anthropology blogs I joined a conversation in the comments section of one post about what actions advocates of OA ought to take. In this post I’d like to continue that discussion: what should we do next? I will [...]

  • Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:19:33 +0000: Open Folklore Links - Open Access Anthropology
    Those visiting this website may wish to follow discussions of the Open Folklore project happening elsewhere.  Here are some links. The site itself, with an announcement from the lead partners (IUB Libraries and the AFS) can be found at: http://www.openfolklore.org/ Two detailed blog posts about the project have appeared, one at Savage Minds (here) and [...]
  • Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:14:04 +0000: The American University in Cairo: Digital Archive and Research - Open Access Anthropology
    I would like to announce that The American University in Cairo via its Digital Archive and Research believes in the open access movement. As stated in AUC DAR website: Open Access is a worldwide movement to encourage unrestricted availability of high-quality peer-reviewed research for the greater good of science and society. The Internet has the [...]
  • Fri, 28 May 2010 17:05:47 +0000: Our Circulatory System (or Folklore Studies Publishing in the Era of Open Access, Corporate Enclosure and the Transformation of Scholarly Societies) - Open Access Anthropology
    Just a note to note that I have made public an essay titled “Our Circulatory System (or Folklore Studies Publishing in the Era of Open Access, Corporate Enclosure and the Transformation of Scholarly Societies).” The piece began with a series of posts published on this site in 2008 and was a talk given at the [...]
  • Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:21:27 +0000: Duke Votes for Open Access - Open Access Anthropology
    Yesterday the Academic Council at Duke University unanimously adopted an Open Access policy for scholarly articles written by the Duke faculty. - Read full article here.
  • Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:44:09 +0000: Social Sciences Open Access Repository - Open Access Anthropology
    Via John Postill’s Media/Anthropology  blog, a post about a new Open Access Repository for all the social sciences. “SSOAR [Social Science Open Access Repository] is geared towards a scholarly audience in the social sciences wishing to search quality-controlled content across disciplinary boundaries and to access documents directly and free of charge.” This is the first [...]

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