With apologies for the late notice, The Linguists is showing tonight at 8:30p on Detroit PBS (channel 43 on Shaw in Greater Vancouver).
The film is also showing at 12:00p on Seattle PBS (channel 27 on Shaw in Greater Vancouver) on April 10.
From the Vanity Fair review (posted on the thelinguists.com website):
The Linguists [is] a fantastic [...]
From the Prince George Citizen:
Delaying the bill is a good idea, scrapping it altogether would be better.
I don’t wish to take anything away from the noble objectives of B.C.’s
aboriginal community, but resource management is not their strong suit.
To be sure, there are pockets of aboriginal leadership out there. The
Osoyoos Indian Band … has become a [...]
Aboriginal Peoples’ Television Network (APTN) will begin airing Finding Our Talk Season 3 on April 1, 2009. From the release:
Finding Our Talk 3 is a continuing documentary series of 13 half hour episodes produced by Mushkeg Media Inc. that looks at the state of Aboriginal languages both within Canada and the boarder indigenous world. [...]
The Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group (Ladysmith, BC) is back before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on Monday, March 23, 2009. From Brian Thom, a HTG negotiator:
In this hearing Canada is making legal arguments that the HTG case is not admissible before the Commission. HTG will be responding to these arguments, emphasizing the failure [...]
We’ve been discussing witchcraft in the Anthropology of Religion this week. The idea that accusing someone of witchcraft may be a way of enforcing norms against wealth accumulation or self-aggrandizement came up several times in our classroom conversations.
Is anyone out there (in anthropology, in the mainstream press) considering that the outrage against AIG executives [...]
From the Union of BC Indian Chiefs:
In response to a growing number of questions, concerns and issues being raised by First Nations, Business and Industry Leaders; Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, Mike de Jong and representatives of the BC First Nations Leadership Council have jointly decided to postpone introduction of the proposed ‘Recognition and [...]
Is there anything actually surprising about the observation that our behavior on Facebook changes depending on who we perceive to be watching?
Isn’t this true in any social situation?
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My Anthropology of British Columbia students discussed yesterday the proposal of the BC government to legislate aboriginal rights (and title?) into existence. Their responses to the items summarized in news articles listed below were careful and insightful. We tried to consider, for example, what the government has to gain and lose. We [...]
If you’ve been wondering what the fuss around Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry is all about, the National Post has published an excerpt. Its focus: traditional knowledge. (As always, the comments are as interesting as the article.)
Oh, and an Australian ejournal of ’social and political debate’ is arguing about the book too.
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