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Browsing AnthroNotes by Subject "Asia"

Browsing AnthroNotes by Subject "Asia"

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  • A Case of Missing Persons: Cultural Relativism in Today's World 
    Miller, Barbara (1994)
    Cultural relativism discussed; includes case study of female infanticide in rural India.
  • Afghanistan in the Classroom 
    Shalinsky, Audrey (2002)
    Written to help teachers and students in 2002 discuss aspects of Afghan history and culture; anthropologist Shalinsky did fieldwork there in the mid-1970s.
  • Being a Refugee: Humanitarianism and the Palestinian Experience 
    Feldman, Ilana (2010)
    Palestinian refugee experiences since 1948 offer the anthropologist insights into the multiple perspectives of being a refugee as well as the impacts humanitarian efforts have had on those experiences.
  • Lao Refugee Women Take Control 
    Krulfeld, Ruth (1997)
    Anthropology professor Krulfeld's work focuses on refugee women and their self-empowerment through the formation of an organization for women, The Lao-American Women's Association.
  • Rediscovering the Film Series "Faces of Change: Afghanistan" 
    Lacroix, Jennifer (2006)
    Five ethnographic documentary films provide glimpses of northern Afghan culture in the early 1970s; article includes lesson objectives and discussion topics suitable for grades 10-12 and college.
  • Remapping the World of Autism 
    Grinker, Roy Richard (2006)
    Based on his study of autism in over a dozen countries, Grinker defines autism and presents brief case studies of how families in India cope with their autistic children.
  • Return to India 
    Harper, Louise (1984)
    Teacher Harper describes how a rural village in India has changed in the thirty years since she first studied it as a doctoral student.
  • Selected Web Resources on the Middle East 
    Dittemore, Margaret R. (2002)
    Annotated bibliography of online websites offering resources for teaching about the history, geography, and peoples of the Middle East.
  • The Poetics of Power: Sumba and Beyond 
    Kuipers, Joel C. (1991)
    The importance of poetic performance and ritual speech to the Weyewa people on the eastern Indonesian island of Sumba.
  • Through Foreign Eyes: Indochinese Refugees in America 
    Bai, Le-the; Chaleunrath, Vilay; Hackett, Beatrice; Haines, David (1984)
    Four commentaries, two by Indochinese and two by anthropologists, provide insight into the refugees' response to American culture.
  • Tourists and Strangers: An Anthropological Perspective 
    Spang, Lyra (2010)
    Anthropologist Spang examines tourism as an ideal place to explore key questions about identity production, 'the other,' boundaries between different ethnic and cultural groups, as well as cultural exchange, change, and ...
  • Understanding the Behavior of Shi'a and Sunni Muslims in Iraq is Complicated 
    Beeman, William O. (2009)
    Anthropological exploration of the complicated nature of Iraq's several communities and sub-communities, and how they view and interact with each other.
  • Unpacking Cars: Doing Anthropology at INTEL 
    Bell, Genevieve (2011)
    Cars are significant sites of human activity and here one car is investigated for what it can tell us about culture and technology; the author, who specializes in the study of technology and its uses, is senior cultural ...

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