Op 9 februari lanceerden de antropologie studenten die aan de Antwerpen-Banjul Challenge hebben meegedaan hun lang verwachte film: Challenge: een samenspel tussen avontuur en goede doelen. Op StandplaatsWereld hebben we de voorbereidingen en de verslagen…
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How to Mock the Past of a People in Shock
By Donya Alinejad
The aftershocks of the earthquake continue to hurt and haunt Haitians. As the nightmare goes on, the estimated death toll has reached 200,000 and the European Commission has estimated that 2 million people are homeless. Emergency aid from all over the world is being mobilized. But news of international aid seems to be reaching us much faster than the aid itself is reaching those who need it.
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Door Erella Grassiani Tussen 3 en 11 januari heeft Stichting gate48 een groep jonge politici en studenten rondgeleid in Israel en de Palestijnse Bezette Gebieden. Het doel van de reis was om deze jonge mensen kennis te laten maken met het conflict vanuit de grassroots. Zij ontmoetten verschillendeIsraëlische en Palestijnse mensenrechten activisten die zich inzetten tegen de bezetting, zij zagen met eigen ogen wat het effect is van deze bezetting op het dagelijkse leven van de Palestijnen.
Marjo de Theije, one of the staff members of the Anthropology Department of the VU, carries out research on Brazilian goldminers in Suriname and was in Albina two days after the riots. She wrote a personal account of the situation in Albina:
Nobody was prepared for a tragedy like this. Suriname is a country proud to be a place where many cultural groups live peacefully together. This is exemplified by the close proximity of the mosque and the synagogue in the centre of Paramaribo. However, “Albina” happened. And society is short of explanations. Albina, or better Papatam, the industrial area where the attack on the Brazilians happened, was surprised by the riots on Christmas eve 2009. Papatam housed several commerces related to the gold mining business along the upstream Marowijne river (and Lawa and Tapanahoni and into French Guiana).
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By Duane Jethro
The FIFA Fan Fest™, a locally organised public festival celebrating the FIFA 2010 World Cup™ final draw, was the watershed event marking South Africa’s official role as host of the 2010 World Cup tournament. Held in Long Street Cape Town, the magnanimous celebration stretched from the Convention Centre on the east, through the heart of the city to its western boundary. Attended by revellers, officials and, celebrities from across the globe, it represented the first major occasion for the local organising committee and the South African public to welcome the global football loving audience to South Africa. Significantly, amongst many nations represented at the event, there seemed to be a large contingent of Dutch supporters present, celebrating the Netherlands’ berth, and indulging in the general festivities.
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By Pál Nyiri
After my inaugural lecture – in which I suggested that anthropology should study the re-emergence of shared forms of sovereignty like China’s concessions in Africa – I gave a similar talk at the British Inter-University China Centre’s conference in Manchester and then headed to the American Anthropological Association (AAA), which this year took place in Philadelphia. Our department was well represented, with five or so VU anthropologists in attendance. The AAA tends to be overwhelming, but every five years or so it’s worth making the pilgrimage, just to see what’s “in”.
3 CommentsInteresting documentary on Monday 23 November at 20.55 hrs on Dutch channel 2
Kill one person, and you’re a murderer. Kill many, and you become a hero. It is this type of global injustice that the International Criminal Court was set up to prevent. The court, which is functioning since 2002, has the mandate to prosecute genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. It is the first international body that can legally hold accountable sitting heads of state, as became clear when an arrest warrant was issued against Sudanese president Al Bashir earlier this year. At the moment, the first trial is ongoing and more trials are on their way, all of which deal with crimes committed in or around central Africa.
1 CommentAntropologen van de VU en hulpverleners van diverse instellingen hebben onderstaande brief gestuurd naar de leden van de Tweede Kamer Commissie Wonen Werken en Integratie naar aanleiding van de voorgestelde veranderingen in de wetgeving ten aanzien van huwelijksmigratie.
Betreft: AO Inburgering Buitenland en Huwelijksmigratie
Amsterdam, 15 november 2009
Geachte Commissieleden,
Onderstaande personen, actief op het gebied van inburgering, emancipatie en het waarborgen van rechten voor vrouwen en kinderen enerzijds, strijd tegen huiselijk geweld, gedwongen huwelijken en achterlatingen anderzijds, roepen u op kritisch te staan tegenover voorgestelde, aanvullende maatregelen tegen gezinsmigratie.
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Thursday, November 19th, Prof. dr. Pal Nyiri hold his inaugural lecture called ‘Foreign concessions: the past and future of a form of shared sovereignty.’
How are China’s experience of Western colonialism and today’s Chinese projects in Southeast Asia and Africa related to each other? What are the similarities between the 19th century foreign control over customs and security in treaty ports on Chinese territory and contemporary concessions on for instance palm oil plantations in Congo-Kinshasa? And why do we need both anthropology and history to understand these connections?
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