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Hi everyone,
I am pleased to announce that the latest issue of Anthropology Matters is now online! Please forward the announcement to anyone you think may be interested in this issue.
Thanks, Ingie

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LATEST ISSUE OF
ANTHROPOLOGY MATTERS:

ENGAGING ANTHROPOLOGY
http://www.anthropologymatters.com/journal/2008-1/index.html 

The latest issue of the Anthropology Matters Journal is a collection of anthropological perspectives on Britain under New Labour. The articles are written by a group of former MA students from Goldsmiths (University of London). Most of the authors are actively engaged as youth workers, and their case studies and observations provide much food for thought on current British policies. They show how anthropology can lead not just to acute observation, but also to deeper engagement. 

All articles can be found at:
http://www.anthropologymatters.com/journal/2008-1/index.html 

EDITORIAL: A tribute to Paul Hendrich: Engaging anthropology (by Alpa Shah, Goldsmiths)

MY DOG'S THE CHAMP: AN ANLYSIS OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN URBAN SETTINGS AND FIGHTING DOG BREEDS, by Saffron Burley. There is a growing phenomenon of young people in urban areas owning fighting dog breeds, such as Pit Bull Terriers, Staffordshire Bull Terriers and English Bull Terriers. Many people find these youths and their dogs threatening. I hope to reveal the extent of more subtle needs and nuances in the behaviour of these young people and the deeper motivations behind their choice to own and train fighting dog breeds, by using a more sensitive, ethnographic approach…

CONTROL, COHESION AND CONSUMPTION: CONSTRUCTING YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH PARTICIPATION AND CITIZENSHIP, by Rachel Ashcroft. Using the framework of Foucault, this article explores the importance of participation and citizenship as "ordering concepts" in the New Labour project. Moreover, it argues that participation is part of a wider discourse of control, cohesion, and consumption. By de-politicising participation, New Labour serves to enhance its own legitimacy… 

YOUTH PARTICIPATION: CREATING GOOD CITIZENS OR GOOD SUBJECTS? By Helen Clark. By examining UK Government policy such as the "Respect Action Plan" (Home Office 2006) and the "Youth Matters" Green Paper (DfES 2005), the article will analyse the Government's approach to young people as citizens. Using my own experience as a youth worker I will show the impact this has on youth work practice and the ways in which young people experience citizenship and participation in everyday situations…

EMPOWERING TO DISEMPOWER: A DILEMMA WHEN WORKING WITH ADULTS WITH LEARNING DIFFICULTIES, by Beccy Blow. Is the use of participatory techniques effective in empowering and engaging adults with learning difficulties within their "communities"?  Who ultimately benefits from empowering practices? This paper discusses the complex ethical considerations of adopting participatory processes with adults with learning difficulties…

A MODERN MORAL PANIC: THE REPRESENTATION OF BRITISH BANGLADESHI AND PAKISTANI YOUTH IN RELATION TO VIOLENCE AND RELIGION, by Rayen Salgado-Pottier. Moral panics have arisen about young British Pakistani and Bangladeshi males along two veins: violence and religion. Throughout this article I shall demonstrate that these young men should be considered modern "folk devils", by placing them at the end of a succession of young deviants who have been repeatedly vilified... 

CHARTING A NEW COURSE FOR DEPTFORD TOWN HALL , by Paul Hendrich. Goldsmiths, one of the colleges in the University of London , is the current owner of Deptford's former Town Hall, an ornately sculpted building on a maritime theme. Controversially, the figures celebrated on the front of this building have close associations with the British slave trade. The paper attempts a new historicisation of Goldsmiths in relation to Deptford Town Hall , racism and resistance to racism. It further discusses the institutional responsibilities of Goldsmiths to adequately address this controversial artefact…

All articles can be found at:
http://www.anthropologymatters.com/journal/2008-1/index.html  

***ABOUT ANTHROPOLOGY MATTERS***

Anthropology Matters is the postgraduate arm of the Association of Social Anthropologists in the UK and Commonwealth (the ASA). Anthropology Matters runs a website (www.anthropologymatters.com), an open email list and an online journal. If you would like to join the email list, please sign up through the website.

The Anthropology Matters Journal aims to promote innovative perspectives, critical reflection and questioning of established anthropological boundaries. We encourage submissions from PhD students and early-career anthropologists. If you would like to submit a paper, please contact the editor, Ingie Hovland ([log in to unmask]).


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