News and Reviews
2008
News and reviews of publications relating to peaceful societies—and sometimes to related topics—are normally posted here on Thursday mornings (U.S. time) and are kept on this page for one week. Older news and reviews for 2008 are listed below, and ones from previous years are listed on the News and Reviews 2004-2005 page, the 2006 page, and the 2007 page. All stories are also included in the News and Reviews Subject Listing. Recent ones are listed at the bottom of each society entry in the Encyclopedia of Selected Peaceful Societies, after the heading: Updates: News and Reviews. News and reviews about peacefulness in general are referred to from the bottom of the Facts page, while news stories about this website are linked from the About This Website page. News and Reviews can also be found with the Google search bar.
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December 25, 2008. The Christmas Spirit among Saskatchewan Hutterites
December 25, 2008. The Amish Prepare for Christmas
December 25, 2008. Bringing Christmas to the Ifaluk
December 18, 2008. Yanadi Woman Achieves Star Billing
December 18, 2008. Amish Refusals to Follow Building Codes
December 18, 2008. Celebrate Human Rights—Persecute the G/wi
December 11, 2008. Prominent Authority on Nubian People Dies
December 11, 2008. Excellent Roads Foster Rural Pride in Thailand [journal article review]
December 4, 2008. G/wi Appeal to the Pope
December 4, 2008. Birhor Life Depicted in Major Calcutta Newspaper
December 4, 2008. Annual Transvestite Festival in Zapotec Town
November 27, 2008. Labor Strikes in Peaceful Societies
November 27, 2008. Sacred Lepcha Landscapes Saved by Stories and Activists [journal article review]
November 20, 2008. Inadequate Amish Privies
November 20, 2008. Fipa Fisherman Tries to Sell His Wife
November 20, 2008. October Birhor Tragedy Still Disturbs India
November 13, 2008. Proposed Constitution for Tristan da Cunha
November 13, 2008. Traditions and Changes in a Small Ladakhi Village [magazine article review]
November 6, 2008. Hutterite Hog Barn Smells
November 6, 2008. G/wi Convince De Beers to Shut Down Diamond Explorations
November 6, 2008. Yanadi Woman Mesmerizes a Political Convention
October 30, 2008. Birhor Roots and Leaves
October 30, 2008. Nubian Villages under Construction
October 30, 2008. Hutterite Case Goes to Canada’s Supreme Court
October 23, 2008. Survival International Renews Campaign Against De Beers
October 23, 2008. Kathina Ceremony of Rural Thailand
October 16, 2008. Tragedy in a Birhor Village
October 16, 2008. Inuit Myth Fosters Purity [book chapter review]
October 9, 2008. New Film Tonight at Inuit Cultural Festival
October 9, 2008. Amish Outhouses in Pennsylvania
October 2, 2008. Wildfires Scorch the Kalahari
October 2, 2008. Ethnography of Ifaluk Atoll [review of anthology chapter in preparation]
September 25, 2008. New Book on the Semai Being Published
September 25, 2008. German Priest Helps Establish Mangyan Schools
September 25, 2008. Daily Life at a Manitoba Hutterite Colony
September 18, 2008. Paliyans Grow Organic Pepper
September 18, 2008. Blog Posts About the Batek
September 18, 2008. A Buid School Makes Significant Progress
September 11, 2008. Teesta Campaign an Example for Northeast India
September 11, 2008. The Education of Fipa Girls 100 Years Ago [journal article review]
September 4, 2008. Inuit Man in a City
September 4, 2008. Women Help Resolve Political Conflicts in Rural Thailand [journal article review]
August 28, 2008. Birhors Settle for Growing Crops
August 28, 2008. Lepcha Culture Vibrant, But Threatened
August 21, 2008. Successes of Amish Home Builders
August 21, 2008. Overview of Peaceful Societies To Be Presented by Douglas Fry
August 14, 2008. Chaos Continues in Jammu and Kashmir
August 14, 2008. A History of Inuit Warfare [anthology chapter review]
August 7, 2008. Toleration for Transexual Boys in Rural Thailand
August 7, 2008. Armed Forces To Withdraw from Tahiti
July 31, 2008. High Fuel Costs Affect Thai Farmers
July 31, 2008. Christian Churches React to Fipa Traditions
July 31, 2008. Amish Forgiveness [book review]
July 24, 2008. Coming: Three More Books on the Amish
July 24, 2008. Kerala Dam Proposal Still Disputed
July 17, 2008. Semai Forest Preserved Temporarily from Logging
July 17, 2008. Violence in Kashmir Causes Political Chaos
July 10, 2008. Young Semai Woman Matriculates into a Malaysian University
July 10, 2008. The Story of Mbuti Stew [journal article review]
July 3, 2008. Amish Gas
July 3, 2008. Inuit Oral History of the Lost Franklin Expedition
July 3, 2008. Zapotec Grasshoppers and Deadly Poison
June 26, 2008. Lepcha Victory Over Dam Builders
June 26, 2008. New Film Upsets the Buid
June 26, 2008. A Sociologist Visits Tristan da Cunha [book review]
June 19, 2008. Canada Apologizes for Treatment of Indigenous Children
June 19, 2008. Amish Outhouses and Pennsylvania Bureaucracy
June 12, 2008. New Fishing Factory Being Built for Tristan da Cunha
June 12, 2008. Lepchas of Dzongu Challenge Hydropower Dams
June 5, 2008. The Nubia Museum Has Connections with Boston
June 5, 2008. Will Either McCain or Obama Foster a Peaceful Society? [opinion]
May 29, 2008. News and Reviews Stories Resume—Sort of
May 29, 2008. Birhor Increasingly Affected by Naxalite Terrorists
May 8, 2008. News and Reviews Feature to be Suspended for a Few Weeks
May 8, 2008. Hazards of Amish Buggies
May 8, 2008. Inuit Landscape Art Exhibition Opens in Winnipeg
May 1, 2008. Indian Politicians Make Promises for Yanadi Votes
May 1, 2008. Tourists in Botswana Get Water, but G/wi Do Not
April 24, 2008. Ladakh Protests Olympic Torch
April 24, 2008. Faces of the Buid Added to Flickr
April 17, 2008. Birhor Knowledge of Natural Resources
April 17, 2008. Chewong Village Must Make Way for Progress and Money [video review]
April 10, 2008. Shooting Death at a Hutterite Colony
April 10, 2008. Zapotec Discrimination Against Women
April 3, 2008. Nubian Conference Gains a Promise of a New Homeland
April 3, 2008. Tristan Islanders Have a New Generator and a Rebuilt Harbor
March 27, 2008. Wildlife and Ladakhis Need to Coexist
March 27, 2008. Is Peace Really Possible, or Is Warfare Inevitable? [magazine article review]
March 20, 2008. Lepcha Hunger Strike Resumes
March 20, 2008. Supporters Protest Once Again the Treatment of the G/wi
March 13, 2008. Media Focus on the Batek and the Endicotts
March 13, 2008. Piaroa Agroforestry [journal article review]
March 6, 2008. Divisions of Ladakh Still Cause Traumas
March 6, 2008. Kerala Set to Begin Dam Construction
February 28, 2008. Problems with Orang Asli Education
February 28, 2008. Inuit Views of Climate Change [journal article review]
February 21, 2008. Zapotec Woman Demands Right to Vote
February 21, 2008. Major Disaster on Tristan da Cunha
February 14, 2008. Traditional Nubian Culture Featured in New Film
February 14, 2008. A Towering Achievement for Rural Thailand [journal article review]
February 7, 2008. Rebuilding the Harbor of Tristan da Cunha
February 7, 2008. “English” Attitudes Toward Old Order Amish [journal article review]
January 31, 2008. Hutterite Children Take Photos of their Colonies
January 31, 2008. Controls on Logging and Warfare May Help the Mbuti
January 24, 2008. Lepcha Language Accepted into Unicode
January 24, 2008. Studies of the Ju/’hoansi and Other Foraging Societies [journal article review]
January 17, 2008. Andrés Henestrosa, Prominent Zapotec Author, Dies
January 17, 2007 . Developing a Culture of Peace in Ladakh [journal article review]
January 10, 2008. New Blog Includes Notes on the Batek
January 10, 2008. Mbuti Bark Cloth Art [magazine article review]
January 3, 2008. Montana Hutterites May Lose Cell Phone Services
January 3, 2008. Bush Fever [journal article review]