The postponement of the 2008 IUAES Congress

The postponement, indefinitely, of the 16th World Congress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES), due to take place in Kunming, China, on the 15th of July of the current year, illustrates how the imminence of the Beijing 2008 Olympic games is « pushing » th...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/jda,
1. Verfasser: Ribeiro, Gustavo Lins
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Sprache:Anglais
Veröffentlicht: Journal des anthropologues 2009
Online Zugang:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:The postponement, indefinitely, of the 16th World Congress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES), due to take place in Kunming, China, on the 15th of July of the current year, illustrates how the imminence of the Beijing 2008 Olympic games is « pushing » the Chinese government to take extra measures to control the impact that the situation in Tibet might have on its international image. For many, the 21st century will be the Chinese era, an era marke...