One of the strengths of cultural anthropologists (as opposed to political scientists or mass media researchers) conducting research in the emerging field of media anthropology is that through their deep relationship with a particular place, particular people, and particular media, they are able to more holistically document the visible and audible evidence of cultural production […]
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Indigenous Peoples in Bolivia Depicted Inaccurately
August 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »
Tags: United Nations · South America · social justice · indigenous+peoples · human rights · colonialism
Gond Indigenous Peoples of India Impacted by Deforestation
August 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »
The South Central Gond indigenous people live in the forests and hills of India in Maharashatra and Andhra Pradesh, north of the Godavari River. They are essentially concentrated in the Chandrapur, Adilabad, and Garhichiroli districts. The Southeast Gond indigenous people live in the forests and hills of southern India. They are primarily concentrated in the […]
Tags: indigenous+peoples · deforestation · human rights · india · colonialism · environment
Indigenous Peoples in Ecuador Impacted by Oil Drilling
August 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Post to NewsCloud »
Impacted Indigenous Peoples
The A’ingae, or Cofan people, have lived between the Aguarico and Guamués rivers for centuries, long before the foundation of the Republics of Ecuador and Colombia, from the Azuela river up to the middle section of the Aguarico basin, and up to present-day Puerto Asís. The Cofan territory was next to the communities […]
Tags: social justice · Oil and Gas · indigenous+peoples · human rights · Amazon · environment