In the United States, cases of invasive cervical cancer have declined in recent decades due to earlier detection through the Pap smear and improved forms of treatment. Significant regional variations exist across the country in mortality rates from cervical cancer, and the Appalachian region stands out as having high rates. It is also an area [...]
Tracy Kidder’s widely read documentary book about Paul Farmer’s work in Haiti is called Mountains beyond Mountains. The title comes from a Haitian proverb which is translated into English as: “Beyond the mountains, more mountains.” In other words, every challenge is followed by another.
Have you by any chance read Rose George’s book, The Big Necessity: [...]
Having lost his job as a Cultural Resource Management archaeologist working with the Klamath Indians, John Allison posted his cv online and was shortly contacted by the Human Terrain Systems. John had done his doctoral fieldwork in Afghanistan in 1969-70, making him a potential asset for the HTS. He listened to the HTS message that [...]
The Culture in Global Affairs program is hosting its second event of 2010 this week on Wednesday, February 24. For those in the D.C. area, we would love to have you join us. You can RSVP here.
Conflicts in Israeli Feminism and the Question of Palestine
Dr. Smadar Lavie
Associate Professor of Studies in Women and Gender
University [...]
• Stop disaster capitalism in Haiti
Cultural anthropologist Mark Schuller published an update in the Huffington Post on the earthquake damage in Haiti. An assistant professor of African-American Studies and anthropology at York College, the City University of New York, Schuller recently returned from a trip there. He embroiders the often-cited statement that Haiti is [...]
The Andaman Islands are a string of islands in the Bay of Bengal that belong to India. For unknown numbers of centuries, many of the islands were inhabited by people who fished, gathered and hunted for their livelihood. During the 18th century, when European countries were expanding trade routes to east Asia, the Andaman Islands [...]
Losing one’s home has both short-term and long-term negative effects on people. It can disrupt marriages and relationships and produce undesirable behavioral changes in children. The fallout of losing one’s home brings with it the catastrophic loss of investments, dignity, safety, aspirations and the ability to provide basic needs for oneself and one’s loved ones.
Moody’s [...]
For those in the D.C. area, The George Washington University Institute for Public Diplomacy and Global Communication and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting are hosting a fascinating event on Monday. Details below:
Afghanistan: The Human Factor
Monday February 22, 2010
1957 E Street NW, Lindner Family Commons (Room 602)
Introductions:
Sean Aday, Director, Institute for Public Diplomacy and [...]
A report by Charlotte Feldman-Jacobs and Donna Clifton of the Population Reference Bureau in Washington, DC, provides updated information about the prevalence of female genital cutting (FGC):
“FGM/C is practiced in at least 28 countries in Africa and a few others in Asia and the Middle East. It is practiced at all educational levels and in [...]
Please join the Department of Anthropology and the College of Arts and Sciences of American University for the following special event:
The Insecure American: Book Reading and Signing
With co-editor Hugh Gusterson
and authors Susan Hirsch, Roger Lancaster, Janine Wedel, and Brett Williams
Thursday, February 25, 7-9pm
Hughes Formal Lounge
American University Main Campus, Washington, DC
Refreshments will be served
Directions: http://www.american.edu/maps; [...]
