Category Archives: anthropology
my ‘cyberanthropology’ workshop at the GAA conference
I just got notice that my proposal for a workshop ‘Cyberanthropology’ at the Conference of the German Anthropological Association (GAA aka DGV) – Halle / Saale, 4th – 7th October 2005 has been accepted, and that I am organizing it. … Continue reading →
anthropologists on instant messaging
Susan D. Blum of the University of Notre Dame has taught a class in anthropology on Instant Messaging: “Teaching an upper-division undergraduate class on linguistic anthropology, “Doing Things with Words,” at the University of Notre Dame, nothing got my students … Continue reading →
conference on digital experience
From 01 Dec 2005 through 03 Dec 2005 the ‘Digital Arts & Cultures Conference’ (DAC 2005) will take place at the IT University in Copenhagen, Denmark. The conference’s central topic will be ‘digital experience’. Have a look at the Call … Continue reading →
popular ethnographies
Alex Golub just recently wrote: “A week or so ago I asked the question “what are the most popular ethnographies today that give you a sense of where the field is going, or at least what is popular right now?” … Continue reading →
blogging and mapping
The last week was pretty much filled with two major tasks: Finally setting up this weblog and working on the map I am contributing to the Max-Payne-2 modification “Rogue-Ops”. Unfortunately I can’t show off any screenshots of my map yet, … Continue reading →
evocational ethnography
Since “Writing Culture” (Clifford & Marcus 1986) there is a lot of discussion about writing ethnographies in literary style(s). In my view the discussions inside visual anthropology deals with quite the same set of problems and issues transponed to the … Continue reading →
scambaiters
Nigeria, fraud, and counter-fraud Years ago, at the very beginning of my “journeys into cyberspace”, I was quite careless with my e-mail address. As a result I became the target of junk-mails, spam-mails and what you have. Meanwhile I’ve got … Continue reading →
xenophilia
↑Forarea, a bavaria-based, interdisciplinary community of about 200 scientists, concerned with the understanding of ‘other cultures’, has launched a computer game called ↑Xenophilia [=”the liking of the other”]. The game’s aim is to mediate an understanding of people who were … Continue reading →