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Tuesday, May 16, 2017

#Anthropology roundup: discussion: “towards a richer understanding of affordances…

A necessary complication: towards a richer understanding of affordances

media/anthropology by John Postill

A comment on Elisabetta Costa “Social Media as Practices: an Ethnographic Critique of ‘Affordances’ and ‘Context Collapse’.” EASA Media Anthropology Network’s 60th e-Seminar, 9-23 May 2017

by Christian Pentzold
Centre for Media, Communication
and Information Research
University of Bremen

In order to capture the socio-technical scaffoldings that enable digitally networked communication and interaction, current scholarship typically resorts to the dubious though alluring notion of ‘affordances’. Usually, this choice of word comes with the idea that technologies make possible some activities while constraining others. As such, the notion is invoked in order to sidestep a technological determinism on the one side and a social determinism on the other.

Bronislaw Malinowski: Don’t Let The Cosplay Fool You

Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology

If there’s one picture that epitomizes White Guys Doing Research, it’s this one:

The canonical author of the canonical book, naked black people, white guy in white clothes being White — for a lot of people, it’s totally crazy-making. But in many ways, Malinowski was far more more complicated than we given him credit for. There are many people who deserve more criticism for their role in colonialism than Malinowski (just wait for my blog post on Julian Steward). This is not to absolve Malinowski of whatever sins he committed. Rather, it’s just to ask that we remember what he actually did rather than project sins onto him.

Anthropology/Global Health Class Explores Durham Ghost Bikes
Duke Today
These are some of the questions undergraduate students creatively explored this spring in Duke Global Health Institute assistant professor Harris Solomon’s Anthropology and Global Health seminar, which centered around the theme of injury, with ghost ..

In Memory of Gill Conquest

Material World by Haidy Geismar

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Gill Conquest on May 5, 2017.

This start-up consultancy is using anthropology, data and design thinking to disrupt

anthropology / CNBC

The field, in which companies advise public and private sector players on projects related to economic development, traditionally uses a top-down strategy. Zeroth Labs, however, takes that a step further with an adaptive approach to problem solving and

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Monday, May 16, 2016

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After all; “Turkish Military’s Influence Rises Again”

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Turkish Military’s Influence Rises Again

wsj.com – Dion Nissenbaum – May 15, 2:04 PM

ISTANBUL—After 13 years of being methodically marginalized during Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s tenure atop Turkish politics, the army is regaining its clout as the president sidelines his political rivals. Turkey’s military, which has forced four

European Parliament MPs visiting Turkey on human rights

Lawmakers of the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) are visiting Turkey from May 16 to May 18, focusing on the human rights effects of the deal between Brussels and Ankara on curbing the migration flow

Obama’s words on press freedom in Turkey

Would any rational person say there is freedom of the press in Turkey?

German Television Pulls Satire Mocking Turkey’s Erdogan

The Intercept by Robert Mackey

GERMANY’S STATE BROADCASTER, ZDF, apologized on Friday for what it called satire that had crossed the line into slander and removed video of a comedian reading an obscene poem about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan from its website and YouTube channel.

The poem, which was read by the German satirist Jan Böhmermann on Thursday’s edition of his late-night show “Neo Magazin Royale,” described Erdogan in vile, obscene terms — even comparing him, at one stage, to Josef Fritzl, an Austrian man who fathered seven children with a daughter he held in a cellar for 24 years — but the text was presented as part of a comic demonstration of the difference between satire and slander.

Turkey ‘demands deletion’ of German video mocking Erdoğan

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Kate Connolly in Berlin

Ankara summons German envoy to explain song lampooning Turkish president, according to reports

The Turkish government has reportedly ordered the deletion from the internet ofa German satirical video that pokes fun at President Recep Tayipp Erdoğan and condemns his human rights record.

Germany calls on Turkey to ‘share common EU values’ over satirical video of Erdoğan

German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier said he expected Turkey as a “partner of the EU” to share the European values, as a response to Turkey summoning the German ambassador to Ankara over a video that ridiculed the Turkish president

Is it safe to go on holiday to Turkey?

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Emine Saner

Summer bookings are significantly down after a year of terrorist attacks, and some tour operators have pulled out of the country. We ask an expert to assess the risks

Turkey Wants Ban on Mocking Its Leader Enforced Abroad Too

The Intercept by Robert Mackey

NOW THAT that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has nearly completed a crackdown on dissent at home — closing down opposition newspapers,prosecuting students for joking on Twitter about officials, and putting journalists on trial — he seems intent on silencing critics in other countries as well.

Turkish journalists in clashes with bodyguards during Erdoğan’s US visit

World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by David Smith in Washington

Reporters covering a speech by Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Washington DC say they were excluded and physically attacked