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Challenging India's rape culture - The Hindu

Challenging India's rape culture - The Hindu | Exploring Anthropology | Scoop.it
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Challenging India's rape culture
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This culture of impunity certainly emboldened Ram Singh but the more important question is, what motivated him?
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"In the case of Muslim and Dalit women, the rate of conviction is almost nil. Three Dalit women are raped daily in some part of our country." 

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Relativism and the Ontological Turn within Anthropology- by Martin Paleček

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If Poverty Ends, Then What? - By Daniel Altman

If Poverty Ends, Then What? - By Daniel Altman | Exploring Anthropology | Scoop.it
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Human Trafficking: Interview with Kat Rosenblatt - Washington Times

Washington Times Human Trafficking: Interview with Kat Rosenblatt Washington Times CORAL SPRINGS, FL, May 13, 2013 – Building working relationships with other advocates and organizations is important in any field of advocacy, including anti-human...
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Supreme Court Asks: Can Human Genes Be Patented? - NPR (blog)

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NPR (blog) Supreme Court Asks: Can Human Genes Be Patented? NPR (blog) Same-sex marriage got huge headlines at the Supreme Court last month, but in the world of science and medicine, the case being argued on Monday is far more important.
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Putting Heads Together | Science and Natural Hi...

Properly piecing together a rare early human skull (12,000 to 15,000 years old!
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How the Science of Swarms Can Help Us Fight Cancer and Predict the Future | Wired Science | Wired.com

How the Science of Swarms Can Help Us Fight Cancer and Predict the Future | Wired Science | Wired.com | Exploring Anthropology | Scoop.it
Thanks to new observation technologies, powerful software, and statistical methods, the mechanics of collectives are being revealed.
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Full Interview of Maurice Bloch

Full interview of the anthropologist Maurice Bloch about his life and times. Made by Alan Macfarlane on 29 May 2008 All revenues donated to World Oral Litera...
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Why Are Leaders Allowing the Destruction of Historical Sites in Islam's Holiest City?

Why Are Leaders Allowing the Destruction of Historical Sites in Islam's Holiest City? | Exploring Anthropology | Scoop.it
The strange alliance of clerics and businessmen in Saudi Arabia.
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Madagascar: Preserving National Heritage with Video Archiving · Global Voices

Madagascar: Preserving National Heritage with Video Archiving  · Global Voices | Exploring Anthropology | Scoop.it
A Civil Society Initiative has been set up to preserve the 'collective memory' of Madagascar by digitally archiving videos detailing its, often controversial, history.
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Culture Clash: Baby Ear Piercing & Latinos

Culture Clash: Baby Ear Piercing & Latinos | Exploring Anthropology | Scoop.it
Mamiverse editor Lorraine Ladish reflects on her decision to follow Spanish custom and pierce her baby daughters' ears.
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It is interesting how recently the discussion has moved from female circumcison, to male circumcision to  ear pricing.. Time for more anthropological research? 

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Honest Tea Kept Culture After Coke Buyout - Business Insider | @scoopit http://sco.lt/...

Honest Tea Kept Culture After Coke Buyout - Business Insider | @scoopit http://sco.lt/... | Exploring Anthropology | Scoop.it
We spoke to co-founder and CEO Seth Goldman about that decision, and how the company has managed to keep its values and culture intact as part of a much larger organization. The company's mission is this: "Honest Tea ...
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Ukraine's Roads: An Endangered Species

Ukraine's Roads: An Endangered Species | Exploring Anthropology | Scoop.it
Ukrainian drivers are as fond of using dashboard cameras as their Russian counterparts, a “phenomenon” that has recently become known internationally thanks to the Chelyabinsk meteor.
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Into the Intro: The Six-Day War and Israeli Self-Defense

The question of responsibility for the June 1967 war remains as controversial today as it was in 1967.
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The two faces of mutuality: contemporary themes in anthropology by João de Pina-Cabral

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Can bonding with your virtual self alter your perceptions? | KurzweilAI | @scoopit http://sco.lt/...

Can bonding with your virtual self alter your perceptions? | KurzweilAI | @scoopit http://sco.lt/... | Exploring Anthropology | Scoop.it
Game avatar with a backpack (credit: S. Shyam Sundar, Penn State) If you create and modify your own virtual reality avatars, could what happens to these (Can bonding with your virtual self alter your perceptions?
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Dove Experiment Aims to Change the Way You See Yourself

Dove Experiment Aims to Change the Way You See Yourself | Exploring Anthropology | Scoop.it
Leave it to Dove to crank out a powerful ad about beauty that you'll still be thinking about days from now.
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A very intriguing experiment that reveals how we perceive ourselves. 

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Navigating Multiculturalism | MBA Diary

Latest from @CBS_MBA student blog: Diversity and multiculturalism at its best http://t.co/kl6Jn5iUoi #MBA
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Love in the Age of Enhancement

ACADEMIC PAPERS Savulescu, J., & Sandberg, A. (2008). Neuroenhancement of love and marriage: The chemicals between us. Neuroethics, 1(1), 31-44. [ LINK ] Earp, B. D., Sandberg, A., & Savulescu, J....
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The Men Who Hunted Heads

Filmed by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf in 1970. Broadcast by the BBC in the 1970's and based on fieldwork carried out in Nagaland and Arunchal Pradesh. The...
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The photos Saudi Arabia doesn't want seen – and proof Islam's most holy relics are being demolished in Mecca

The photos Saudi Arabia doesn't want seen – and proof Islam's most holy relics are being demolished in Mecca | Exploring Anthropology | Scoop.it
The authorities in Saudi Arabia have begun dismantling some of the oldest sections of Islam’s most important mosque as part of a highly controversial multi-billion pound expansion.
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PHOTOS: Once Upon a Time in Madagascar · Global Voices

PHOTOS: Once Upon a Time in Madagascar  · Global Voices | Exploring Anthropology | Scoop.it
With the same desire to honor and archive Madagascar's history, two Facebook pages are archiving vintage pictures of the cities and the Malagasy people: Madagascar Hier (Yesterday's Madagascar) and Il était une fois Madagascar (Once upon a time in...
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Why cultural entrepreneurship is a win-win scenario for the sector

Why cultural entrepreneurship is a win-win scenario for the sector | Exploring Anthropology | Scoop.it
The meeting point of culture, entrepreneurship and technology is ripe for innovation, says Peter Tullin in his new REMIX eBook
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Pedagogic Quality and Inequality in University First Degrees

Pedagogic Quality and Inequality in University First Degrees | Exploring Anthropology | Scoop.it
Trowler gave a shout out to his sociology colleagues around pedagogy #facfor13 the link to ESRC work is here http://t.co/XXKp1DTbuB
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The myth is finally debunk:  there is no link between universities' ranking and quality of teaching. Indeed scholars may prefer one particular university to another for many reasons (included quality of life in the region, family reasons and so on) 

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#Shahbag Protesters Fight off Atheist Shadow Cast by Islamist Groups | @scoopit http://sco.lt/...

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See our special coverage of Bangladesh's #Shahbag Protests Protesters calling for war criminals in Bangladesh to be put to death are pushing back after Islamists staging violent counter-protests accused the movement of being atheist and anti-Muslim.
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MIT Press Journals - Leonardo podcast: Art and Atoms

MIT Press Journals - Leonardo podcast: Art and Atoms | Exploring Anthropology | Scoop.it
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