Jutta Bluehberger

Scenery, machinery or people?

Scenery, machinery or people? In anthropology we learned about the "scenery, machinery, people" approach of most Westerners: we often divide people in these three groups and treat them accordingly. - The "scenery people" are for example those that we photograph... Weiterlesen

What did you learn today?

So, what did you learn today? (or the last few days) Here is what I learned last week: I spent the second half of last week in San Diego at a conference of the NAES, National Association of Ethnic Studies.... Weiterlesen

Aid to Africa: What An African Woman Thinks

One of the blogs I read "What An African Woman Thinks" has an interesting summary of several articles about the debate Aid to Africa: On AppAfrica, Jonathan Gosier used a well-known tale to make a point. He suggested that people... Weiterlesen