MetaFilter posts tagged with Anthropology and Indonesia

Sabine Kuegler, Jungle Kid.

goodnewsfortheinsane — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 13:32:59 -0800

Sabine is an ordinary German woman - except that she grew up among the Fayu tribe of West Papua and only moved to Europe at 17.

Thick Description

Seth_Messinger — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:04:07 -0800

Pioneering Anthropologist Clifford Geertz Dies. An era ends.

Beautiful, Tsunami-Battered Nais Island

breezeway — Mon, 18 Apr 2005 09:16:26 -0800

Located west of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the tropical Island of Nias is renowned for its traditional buildings and archaic stone sculptures. In the 1920's, Danish doctor Agner Møller studied the local culture and language and created a unique collection of art, artefacts and photographs from Nias for the National Museum of Denmark.

I have a feeling we're not in Christchurch anymore, Frodo...

louigi — Wed, 27 Oct 2004 21:17:42 -0800

Hobbits found near New Zealand! A new species of human, only 4 feet tall and dating to only 18,000 years ago, has been discovered in Indonesia. It's important enough that Nature has a special issue. Even better? The tiny people hunted tiny elephants. (Journal article here, for those of you with access.)