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Friday, October 7, 2016

Anthro roundup: A new journal: “Anthropology and Photography”

Eurosphere agenda: Poland’s ‘Black Protest’.. Fraser of Allander report on Brexit…

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Fraser of Allander report: Brexit could cost 80,000 jobs

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

Scotland could lose between 30,000 to 80,000 jobs as a result of Brexit, according to the Fraser of Allander Institute.

Why Poland’s ‘Black Protest’ could be a potential game changer

open Democracy News Analysis – by Tom Junes

With its move to change the abortion legislation, the Polish government has opened Pandora’s box, the consequences of which it cannot possibly control.

Polish women protest against a legislative proposal for a total ban on abortion in Poland. PAimages/Geert Vanden Wijngaert. All rights reserved.It was Czarny Poniedziałek – Black Monday. On Monday 3 October Poland saw a nationwide ‘women’s strike’. Inspired by an Icelandic protest action from back in 1975, tens of thousands of Polish women heeded a call to strike and protest against the proposal of a new abortion law supported by the current PiS (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość – Law and Justice) government.

Abortion protests rock Polish government, prompt backtrack

EurActiv.com

Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party has looked firmly in control since sweeping to power a year ago but it may have pressed its conservative agenda too far by initially backing a virtual ban on abortion.

Poland abortion: Parliament rejects near-total ban

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

Poland’s parliament rejects a citizens’ bill for a near-total ban on abortion, after the government was swayed by nationwide protests on Monday.

Pound hit by ‘flash crash’ in biggest fall since Brexit

EurActiv.com

The pound suffered a “flash crash” Friday morning, its biggest drop since Britain voted in June to leave the EU, with confused traders scrambling to understand the reason for the sharp sell-off.

Norway’s short but controversial fence on Russia’s border

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

Norway is erecting a controversial steel fence along its border post with Russia following a surge in migrant arrivals last year.

Debate: A new president for Estonia

euro|topics

After weeks of indecision the parliament in Tallinn has elected a woman to the office of president – a first in the country’s history. Biologist Kersti Kaljulaid, 46, hitherto employed at the European Court of Auditors, will become Estonia’s new head of state. Commentators in the country have high hopes for the successor to Toomas Hendrik Ilves.

80 years ago, London’s immigrant communities fought back to halt a fascist march

Mashable! by Alex Arbuckle

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Anti-fascist demonstrators flee as police attack a barricade.

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Portugal’s Antonio Guterres set to be UN secretary general

BBC News | Europe | World Edition

The former Portuguese prime minister Antonio Guterres is poised to become the next UN secretary general, diplomats say.

Debate: How sensible are referendums?

euro|topics

The Hungarian referendum on refugee quotas has failed due to the low voter turnout. In a surprise outcome, the Colombians have voted against the peace deal with the Farc rebels. A few months ago the Brexit vote sent shockwaves through Europe. For some commentators the referendum is inappropriate as a democratic instrument. Others warn against demonising referendums as a political institution.

Debate: May presents Brexit plan

euro|topics

British Prime Minister Theresa May presented a broad outline for the UK’s EU exit negotiations on Sunday. She indicated a move toward a “hard” Brexit that could cost the country its access to the single market. Those who voted for Brexit will be hit the worst, commentators observe, and call for more clarity on the Brexit.

Debate: Black Monday for the PiS?

euro|topics

Thousands of people in Poland have protested against a total ban on abortion. Dressed all in black they took to the streets on Monday to demonstrate against the national conservative PiS government’s planned ban. Commentators believe this could be the start of a major wave of protests.

Iceland’s Pirate Party could actually win big in the next election

Mashable! by Marcus Gilmer

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Iceland has already faced steep political turmoil in 2016. Later this month, things could get even more interesting, as the country’s upstart Píratar Party (or Pirate Party) remains in the lead in polls leading up to the nation’s general election at the end of October.

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New photo from Facebook October 07, 2016 at 03:39PM

Bu arada İzlanda’da bir yerde… via Reddit. via Facebook Pages http://ift.tt/1heKubC

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Thank you @fcstpauli_EN for Solidarity with Naki, a “footballer faces up to five years for ‘PKK propaganda’ on Twitter”

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Footballer faces up to five years for ‘PKK propaganda’ on Twitter

A Turkish third-tier footballer playing in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır faces up to five years in prison for seven social media posts that prosecutors have said constitute “terrorist propaganda.”

#DenizNaki 'ye Hamburg'daki eski takımı St.Pauli'den şık ve anlamlı bir destek. Bu gidişle ülkede, hakkında dava açılmadık kimse kalmayacak http://pic.twitter.com/Qhydcu8Vox

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HÜSEYİN ALDEMİR PHOTO-REPORTING FROM İMC-TV: Before, After Shutting Down of İMC TV With Photos

Bianet :: English

Journalist Hüseyin Aldemir has taken photos reflecting what happened before and after the police raid on İMC TV that was shut down by the Statutory Decree.

AKP deputy calls for trial without arrest for jailed writers

A lawmaker from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has said jailed writers in Turkey should be tried without arrest.

‘RedHack’ Detainees Asked of Twitter Accounts

Bianet :: English

Detained on suspicion of “RedHack” membership, 12 suspects have been asked of RedHack’s Twitter accounts in the prosecution questioning. Hacking of Minister Albayrak’s e-mails haven’t been asked. Six people have been released.

Exiled Turkish journalist Dundar sets up new media outlet in Germany

dpa-international.com

Afghanistan • Families flee as fighting rages in Kunduz Turkey • Exiled Turkish journalist Dundar sets up new media outlet in Germany Afghanistan • EU, US promise to uphold Afghanistan aid pledges for next four years Germany

Passports of two Turkish journalists seized by authorities

The passports of two journalists have been confiscated by police at Istanbul Atatürk Airport in the latest of a string of previously unannounced measures preventing media workers from traveling overseas.

Passports of Journalists Başlangıç, Yıldırım Rendered Invalid

Bianet :: English

Passports of journalist Celal Başlangıç and Cumhuriyet daily columnist Ayşe Yıldırım have been rendered invalid. “I have a court order ruling that my passport cannot be rendered invalid”, Başlangıç said

Broadcast of İMC TV Shut Down

Bianet :: English

İMC TV’s regie room was sealed today during live broadcast. Channel staff protested the sealing with clappings and slogans “Free press cannot be silenced” on the live broadcast.

Özgür Radyo Broadcast Shut Down, Staff Detained

Bianet :: English

Özgür Radyo’s terrestrial broadcast has been cut off. Coming to the radio building, police units stormed the building breaking the door. Radio staff have been pounded up and detained.

Media members criticize decision to remove channels

Representatives of TV and radio channels which were removed from Türksat, Turkey’s top satellite network, as part of a state of emergency decree held a press conference on Oct. 3 in the Turkish Journalists’ Union Office, daily BirGün has reported.

Broadcast of Med Nûçe TV Shut Down

Bianet :: English

Broadcast of Med Nûçe TV broadcasting in Kurdish and Turkish from Europe was shut down by France-based satellite company Eutelsat at around 11 a.m. today.

Row erupts between Nigeria, Turkey over Gülenists: Report

A row has reportedly erupted between Nigeria and Turkey over the followers of U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, who is believed to have orchestrated the attempted July 15 failed coup

Turkish military announces personnel figures after dismissals over coup attempt

Some 355,212 military personnel are currently serving in the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) following a series of dismissals after the July 15 failed coup attempt, with more than 4,000 purged just in the last month

35 women killed in September in Turkey

A total of 35 women were killed in September and 44 others were subjected to sexual violence, according to a report released by the Kadın Cinayetlerini Durduracağız Platformu, a women’s rights activist organization that keeps track of violence against women.

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Wednesday, October 7, 2015

New photo from Facebook October 07, 2015 at 06:33PM

Putin cevap verir… via @Mndcrimer via Facebook Pages http://ift.tt/1heKubC

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New photo from Facebook October 07, 2015 at 03:00PM

Beijing, Çin’de trafik. via Reddit. via Facebook Pages http://ift.tt/1heKubC

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New photo from Facebook October 07, 2015 at 01:04PM

Fransa’da afyon partisi. 1918. via Facebook Pages http://ift.tt/1heKubC

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New photo from Facebook October 07, 2015 at 10:38AM

Yunanistan’da bir sokak… via Facebook Pages http://ift.tt/1heKubC

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Anthropology roundup: “Task Force on AAA Engagement on Israel-Palestine”- Final report

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Final Report: Task Force on AAA Engagement on Israel-Palestine

American Anthropological Association by Anne Kelsey

Read the full report.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Recent years have seen increasing pressure in the American Anthropological Association (AAA) and many other professional academic associations to discuss alleged Israeli violations of academic freedom and human rights, and to move toward sanctioning Israel. More than 1,100 anthropologists, many of whom are AAA members, have now signed a petition asking the AAA to undertake a boycott of Israel. This particular position, along with the perspectives of others encouraged AAA to consider how it might best engage with the issues the situation in Israel/Palestine raises. On August 1, 2014, the AAA Executive Board announced the formation of the Task Force on the AAA Engagement on Israel/Palestine (hereinafter referred to simply as the Task Force, or TFIP). The Task Force was charged with helping the Executive Board consider the nature and extent to which AAA might contribute – as an Association – to addressing the issues that the Israel/Palestine conflict raises.

Highlights from the AAA Israel-Palestine Task Force’s Final Report

Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology

The Task Force on AAA Engagement on Israel-Palestine issued its final report today. It is a long and thorough report, so I won’t attempt to summarize the whole thing. (There is already an “executive summary” in the report itself.) But as someone who has followed the issue for a long time, both through the extensive coverage here on Savage Minds as well as on the blog of the Anthropologists for the Boycott of Israeli Academic Institutions, and who is therefore suffering from “BDS fatigue” from the repetitive nature of some of the discussions, I still found much that was new and interesting in this report. Even with regard to topics that I am already somewhat familiar with, the report provides examples from the daily lives of academics working in the region which bring these issues to life. Accordingly, what I have assembled below is a rather idiosyncratic selection of highlights from the report, based on what jumped out at me and got my attention, along with some comments and reflections of my own. I hope it will encourage more people to read the full report.¹

Anthropology association task force recommends the group take action in …

Anthropology association task force recommends the group take action in …Inside Higher EdA task force charged with recommending how the American Anthropological Association (AAA) should respond to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has outlined a range of possible actions the group can take, from issuing a statement censuring the Israeli …and more

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Tantra and Transparency, or Cultural Contradiction and Today’s Tibetan Buddhist Wizard

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

This is the first of a series of articles that I will be posting this month as a guest-contributor for Savage Minds. In each post I will be sharing some preliminary and open-ended reflections relating to my research on Tibetan diaspora, esotericism, and the globalization of Tibetan culture. This week, I’d like to introduce readers to the non-celibate Tibetan religious specialists known as ngakpa (literally mantra or ‘spell’-users in Tibetan, sngags pa) who are the focus of my current doctoral dissertation fieldwork with Tibetan refugees in India and Nepal.

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