Golublog: An Anthropology Blog

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MAZEL TOV!

“Step one”:http://www.nypress.com/18/8/news&columns/proptales.cfm “Step two”:http://www.allguinness.com/2008/01/03/did-i-forget-to-mention/ Space Marines: Nothing can stop them.

Lawrence Hammar has a Website

And its called “Methods Man.com”:http://methodsman.com/ — some usefuls stuff on qualitative research and his own experiences. Still… it makes me wonder if he knows about “the other guy”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method_Man.

Their kung fu, it’s pretty fierce

Two volumes on a topic I will probably not have time to deal with until retirement: ” The Shaolin Monastery: History, Religion, and the Chinese Martial Arts “:http://0-www.uhpress.hawaii.edu.pugwash.lib.warwick.ac.uk/cart/shopcore/?db_name=uhpress&page=shop/flypage&product_id=5309&category_id=b3e6237d1b1b3b8594488ed1c40d0dfb&PHPSESSID=815beb845cfdf2ead27aaeca2280fb46 By Meir Shahar and, on the lighter side “American Shaolin”:http://www.mattpolly.com/polly-books.htm By Matt Polly — much more a genre piece.

Mining elites

Two quick stories on investors and executives in the mining industry and how it relates to PNG: “Graham Briggs, the new CEO of Harmony”:http://www.miningmx.com/gold_silver/758726.htm and “Nautilus’s Russian Billionair shareholder”:http://rspas.anu.edu.au/blogs/rmap/2008/01/03/russians-pacific-punt/

Another miner shot in Porgera

Another illegal miner has been shot in Porgera — there is coverage at “The National”:http://www.thenational.com.pg/010208/Nation%205.htm and “The Age”:http://news.theage.com.au/illegal-miner-shot-dead-in-png/20080102-1jun.html