Alex Gillespie analyzes the relationships between tourists in Ladakh and the Ladakhi people on the basis of trust. Tourists visit Ladakh to hike in the mountains, visit remote villages, see Buddhist monasteries, and engage with what they hope will be traditional Ladakhi people. They often are more concerned with the… Continue reading…
Elisha Kilabuk, a master Inuit throat singer and storyteller, will be performing this coming Saturday, September 26, at the Unikkarvik Visitor’s Centre in Iqaluit, the capital city of Nunavut Territory. Kilabuk, who was born in Iqaluit, learned stories from his mother, Mukpaloo Kilabuk, who learned them from her father, Inuksiaq…. Continue reading…
Gamal Mubarak, a powerful young Egyptian politician, traveled to the Aswan area last week to address some of the concerns of the Nubian people about the government’s intentions toward them. The second son of aging Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, Gamal is head of the Policies Committee of the ruling National… Continue reading…
An Amish newspaper, The Budget, proposed moving its content onto the Internet but subscribers responded angrily to the suggestion. According to an AP story last week, local Ohio news where the paper is published (Sugarcreek, in Eastern Ohio) is already made available digitally, but the rest of the newspaper, a… Continue reading…
Los Angeles style gangs are forming in the Zapotec community of Yalálag and the local villagers are trying to cope by performing stylized dances at religious celebrations. In a journal article last year, Adriana Cruz-Manjarrez analyzes the way the danzas chuscas, the local dance performances held during annual religious festivities,… Continue reading…
Although the Supreme Court of Canada, in July, denied that a couple Hutterite colonies have the right to provincial drivers’ licenses without photos on them, the Hutterites have appealed for a rehearing. Led by the Wilson Colony near Lethbridge, Alberta, the two colonies decided to contest a 2003 ruling by… Continue reading…
The de Young museum in San Francisco has announced that a new Inuit exhibition opened on August 28th. Called “Yua, Spirit of the Arctic: Eskimo and Inuit Art from the Collection of Thomas G. Fowler,” the exhibit displays artifacts and art objects dating from 2,500 years ago to the present…. Continue reading…
An anonymous former Botswana official has admitted that his government ousted the G/wi and G//ana people from their homes in 2002 in order to expedite a proposed diamond mining project. According to an article in the current issue of Dissident Voice: A Radical Newsletter in the Struggle for Peace and… Continue reading…
