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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Raping law everyday: Turkey detains head of Diyarbakır Bar Association #TahirElçi

Diyarbakır Bar Association head detained for PKK remarks

Diyarbakır Association head Tahir Elçi is detained in the southeastern province late for his recent remarks that ‘the PKK is not a terror organization’

Diyarbakır Bar President Detained

Bianet :: English

Diyarbakır Bar President Tahir Elçi, has been detained. His testimony will be taken in İstanbul.

Journey Towards History of Schizophrenia

Bianet :: English

“When was the schizophrenia given its name first?”, “where does the term asylum come from” and answers to many other questions lie in “Let Us Not Overlook – Journey of Schizophrenia from Prehistory to Modern-Day” exhibition.

British consul-general urges Turkey to support free media ‘without ifs or buts’

British Consul-General to Turkey in Istanbul Leigh Turner has published a blog post following the attack on Hürriyet columnist Ahmet Hakan

Problems in democratization, media freedom hinder Turkey’s EU talks: IKV chief

Among the most significant obstacles to rekindling talks on Turkey’s EU membership are restrictions on democratization, media freedom, freedom of expression, and human rights, Economic Development Foundation (IKV) Secretary General Çiğdem Nas has said

CHP leader accuses gov’t of ‘protecting’ ISIL, laying ground for Ankara massacre

Turkey’s main opposition leader has openly and directly accused the caretaker of the interim government of providing “protection” for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), thus paving the way for the Oct. 10 Ankara double suicide bombing which killed at least 102 people

MEDIA MONITORING REPORT 2015 3RD QUARTER: Increasing Pressure on Press: Democracy in Question

Bianet :: English

101 websites, 40 Twitter accounts, 178 news have been censored; 21 journalists, three media organs, one printing house were attacked; arresting media representatives increased sixfold; 28 journalists have been sued, 24 journalists and nine distributors sent to prison.

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Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Anthropology roundup: ” the 2015 Sapir Prize Entries

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Announcing the 2015 Sapir Prize Entries

Society for Linguistic Anthropology by Dave Paulson (SLA Web Assistant)

The Edward Sapir Book Prize was established in 2001 and is awarded to a book that makes the most significant contribution to our understanding of language in society, or the ways in which language mediates historical or contemporary sociocultural processes. Beginning in 2012, the Sapir Prize has been awarded annually. The following 12 books have been submitted and are now being considered for the Edward Sapir Book Award. Winner(s) will be announced to the SLA membership at the SLA Business Meeting, held during the AAA Annual Meeting in Denver (November 18–22).

Committing Crimes during Fieldwork: Ethics, Ethnography, and “On The Run”

Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog

At this point the debate about Alice Goffman’s book On The Run looks something like this:

Goffman writes a successful ethnography.
Journalists are peeved that Goffman followed social science protocols and not journalistic ones.
Journalist verify that Goffman’s book is accurate.
Journalists remain peeved that Goffman followed social science protocols and not journalistic ones.

The Problem With Transgender Generality
Huffington Post
More important than a lesson in identities, Jenner’s announcement and the media frenzy that followed has provided an important diagnostic tool, a moment to pause and do what weanthropologists love to do: pull back from the tight focus on Jenner’s ..

Jeremy Boissevain, anthropologist who made Malta home, dies
MaltaToday
In a collection of essays, ‘Factions, Friends and Feasts:Anthropological Perspectives on the Mediterranean’, Boissevain publically acknowledges that his 1965 prediction about Maltese festi was wrong-headed. His cautionary note to fellow …

Food Studies at SOAS

FoodAnthropology

SOAS Food Studies Chair, Professor Harry West

Welcome to the inaugural post of SAFN’s new Food Anthropology Program series. We will feature an undergraduate or graduate food anthropology program in each post. If you would like to participate, or would like to nominate a food anthropology program for the series, please email the series coordinator, M. Ruth Dike.

Book: Climate Cultures: Anthropological Perspectives on Climate Change – Yale News

Book: Climate Cultures: Anthropological Perspectives on Climate Change

Prominent anthropologists join academic boycott of Israel – The Electronic Intifada (blog)

…ycott of IsraelThe Electronic Intifada (blog)The essays, all by figures eminent within the field of anthropology and archaeology, combine personal, political and philosophical reflection on why each of the writers believes an academic

Twitter Anthropology: Your Data&Mined 2016 Presidential Candidate Portraits – Fast Company

Fast CompanyTwitter Anthropology: Your Data&Mined 2016 Presidential Candidate PortraitsFast CompanyDigital-media firm Essence broke down the profiles of followers of 2016 presidential candidates. Here’s what they found

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