Focuses on the presence of anthropological reports and data in the National Archives at Kew in England. Preservation of unpublished materials in the archive that provide some interesting sidelights on the history of anthropological studies in Great Britain; Proliferation of items relating to anthropology in the Colonial Office papers; Relationship between anthropologists and government officials in the country.
abstract The paper describes a developing sociological and psychoanalytic approach to the study of 20 London families in the early 1950s. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Highlights the anthropology and genomics workshop at the University of Durham in England. Encouragement of anthropologists to present papers on genomics-related topics to a small invited audience to respond to the themes and issues raised; Discussion of the global and transnational dimensions of genomics; Exploration of human cloning within Sri Lanka's Theravada Buddhist tradition.
Information about several papers discussed at the conference entitled "21st-Century Anthropology: Global Process and Power," held at Rhodes House in Oxford, England on June 28-29, 2007. The conference has focused on the aspects of anthropology. Among the speakers include Thomas Eriksen, Gerhard Anders, and David Gellner.
European conference on fieldwork for graduate students and junior researchers, will be held at the University of Oxford, from December 17-19, 2003. This conference on anthropological fieldwork organized by the Oxford University Anthropological Society and Anthropology Matters, drew over 70 postgraduate students from more than 25 British and European universities. There were 36 papers addressing a variety of issues and methodological problems, dominant among which were questions of place and ethical issues. Ethical issues were also raised in accounts of research in conflict situations. In her keynote lecture Judith Okely argued that textbooks and methodology courses often leave the people underprepared for the complexity of life and learning "in the field."