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New photo from Facebook January 19, 2021 at 08:37PM
In Uncategorized on January 19, 2021 at 20:41
Boğaziçi academics continued their regular protest in snow
In Uncategorized on January 19, 2021 at 12:13A group of scholars continues to protest the rector’s appointment by Erdoğan at Boğaziçi University….
Benzemiş mi, benzemiş… https://t.co/XkHxLVbEHl
— ohannes kılıçdağı (@ohannes_klcdg) January 18, 2021
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Metallica Fuels Student Protests in Istanbul as Dozens Detained
“But students used his fandom of Metallica against him during protests on Wednesday, with the songs “Master of Puppets” and “Sad But True” echoing their feelings about his appointment.” https://t.co/MDeKTd6GOy
— Anil Sayan (@desfigures) January 7, 2021
Watch students play Metallica during university protests in Istanbul
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Banal political violence increases… “Future Party Vice Chair Özdağ attacked in Ankara last week…
In Uncategorized on January 18, 2021 at 10:23
Lawsuit against CHP Chair: Erdoğan demands 1 million lira in damages

In the mean time,

Adnan Oktar was detained in 2018 along with more than 200 other suspects in his group
A Turkish court has sentenced a Muslim televangelist who surrounded himself with scantily clad women he called “kittens” to more than 1,000 years in jail for sex crimes.
This is the first part of a series looking at Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s geopolitical ambitions, from his renewed push in Africa and the fringes of Europe to his troubled relationship with the EU. In Baku’s Freedom Square last month
A list of everyone President Erdoğan thinks are terrorists
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Video: İstanbul a little bit under snow…
In Uncategorized on January 17, 2021 at 20:08
Hard not to admire this city when it’s under a blanket of snow.
Hard not to admire this city when it’s under a blanket of snow. from istanbul

Istanbul: municipality to build water tanks to overcome drought Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality is to build water storage tanks for every building over 1,000 square metres to store rainwater so that citizens can .
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#anthropology roundup: “What Makes Vaccines Social?
In Uncategorized on January 17, 2021 at 16:43
SAPIENS by Emily Brunson and Monica Schoch-Spana
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Now is a pressing time for vaccinating the U.S. population (and the world) against COVID-19. But there are social hurdles that need to be addressed.
As of this writing, more than 380,000 people have died from SARS-CoV-2 in the U.S. alone. Worldwide, more than 92 million people have been infected, and while many of these individuals have recovered completely, some are experiencing long-term health problems.

A few months into the pandemic, a friend from Cameroon, where I’m from, sent me a video of a news clip. The video starts with shaky footage of a small crowd of people yelling and running out of a drab building onto a city street. They’re carrying what appears to be a human body.
Anthropologist counters Zoom-fatigue: “Your next video conference might resemble a video game”
Why can we spend hours playing video games while many of us get exhausted by much shorter video-conferences?
That is without doubt no bad question that the magazine Inverse asks. They turn to an anthropologist who has researched our relation to the internet for at least 15 years: Tom Boellstorff. In 2007 I wrote about his fieldwork in Second Life about the “virtually human”: “Second Life is their only chance to participate in religious rituals”.
AAA Playlist selection:
- How Australia Beat COVID-19, WBUR
- A Startling Link Between Neanderthals and COVID-19, Sapiens
- The Square Root of Impossible is Black Girls, Zora’s Daughters
- Episode 118 – BMAC: The Best Bronze Age Complex You’ve Never Heard Of, The Dirt
- 86: Seedkeeping And Land Back With Tiffany Traverse Of 4th Sister Farm, AnthroDish
- SoS 104-Doing the Biocultural Work with Dr. Jada Benn Torres and Dr. Gabriel A Torres Colón, Human Biology Association
- Sex and Gender in Osteology: Nina Wilson, That Anthro Podcast
- Mission By Mail: Evangelism in a Pandemic, The Familiar Strange
- Episode 119 – Mausoleum? I Hardly Know ’em!, The Dirt
- SoS 105 – Aha Moments And Middle Childhood Research With Dr. Courtney Helfrecht, Human Biology Association
What Did the Stone Age Sound Like?
SAPIENS by Sarah Wild
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Archaeologists Joshua Kumbani (left) and Sarah Wurz (right) work at a site near the Klasies River in South Africa.
Joshua Kumbani
On South Africa’s southern coast, above the mouth of the Matjes River, a natural rock shelter nestles under a cliff face. The cave is only about 3 meters deep, and humans have used it for more than 10,000 years.
The place has a unique soundscape: The ocean’s shushing voice winds up a narrow gap in the rocks, and the shelter’s walls throb with the exhalation of water 45 meters below. When an easterly wind blows, it transforms the cave into a pair of rasping lungs.
What we know about sex with Neanderthals
Boing Boing by Miss Cellania
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Most people today carry around at least a trace of Neanderthal DNA, the legacy of reproduction between Homo sapiens and Homo neanderthalensis thousands of years ago. Genetic studies show that such interbreeding happened time and again in different populations, and although we don’t know the circumstances, we might assume that a variety of circumstances were involved over time. —

Unsettling the Past: Radically Reimagining Archaeological Knowledge
SAPIENSby Chip Colwell
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For decades, Black and Indigenous archaeologists have rightfully called for a radical reimagining of how archaeology interprets and understands the past. The formulation of archaeologies by, for, and with Indigenous peoples and informed by Black feminist experiences are a testament to the desire of scholars to create a field rooted in decolonial and liberatory praxis. These decolonial interventions work to unsettle the past—reveling in the human complexity of Indigenous and Black life. This panel, comprised of leading Indigenous and Black archaeologists and artists, focuses squarely on the continued work of scholars who are helping to decolonize Black and Indigenous pasts by reshaping how archaeological knowledge is created.
What are the connections between climate change, global capitalism, xenophobia and white supremacy? Marc Schuller does in his new book something rather unusual: He asks big questions. Humanity’s Last Stand. Confronting Global Catastrophe is the name of the book that not only analyzes the state of the world but also offers advice about what to do according to an interview on the Northern Illinois University website.
There is a virtual book launch tomorrow 15.1.2021.

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New photo from Facebook January 17, 2021 at 02:25PM
In Uncategorized on January 17, 2021 at 14:26
Turkey getting ready for the Biden administration
In Uncategorized on January 12, 2021 at 14:33Turkey with 3 out of the top 10 new contracts https://t.co/kWd4oDyUM1
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Foreign minister: Turkey, US to set up working group on sanctions, S-400s

US says there is no working group on CAATSA, rebuking Çavuşoğlu | Ilhan Tanir @WashingtonPoint

U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Turkey Over 2017 Purchase of Russian Missile Defenses


Ankara has long welcomed Uighur and Turkic Muslims fleeing China but rights groups fear the treaty will endanger them
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EFF statement: “YouTube and TikTok Put Human Rights In Jeopardy in Turkey
In Uncategorized on January 11, 2021 at 11:03YouTube and TikTok Put Human Rights In Jeopardy in Turkey
EFF.org Updates by Katitza Rodriguez
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Democracy in Turkey is in a deep crisis. Its ruling party, led by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, systematically silences marginalized voices, shuts down dissident TV channels, sentences journalists, and disregards the European Court of Human Rights decisions. As we wrote in November, in this oppressive atmosphere, Turkey’s new Social Media Law has doubled down on previous online censorship measures by requiring sites to appoint a local representative who can be served with content removal demands and data localization mandates. This company representative would also be responsible for maintaining the fast response turnaround times to government requests required by the law.
Youtube submits to Turkey’s Social Media Law, opening representation office
Turkey had passed the Social Media Law in July 2020 and as part of this law has given a fine twice to digital platforms in the past month 10 million TL the first time and 30 million TL the second time. As digital rights & liberties activists and platforms had been waiting for the digital platforms’ response to Turkey’s coercive legislation, Youtube has announced that they would open a local office.

Reverse Decision to Appoint Local Representative in Turkey (Istanbul, December 18, 2020) YouTube announced on December 16, 2020 that it will appoint a local representative in Turkey to comply with the country’s recently amended internet law, making…
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New photo from Facebook January 10, 2021 at 10:21PM
In Uncategorized on January 10, 2021 at 22:26
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