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News and Reviews

2011

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. News and reviews for 2011 are listed below, and ones from previous years are listed on the News and Reviews 2004-2005 page, the 2006 page, the 2007 page, the 2008 page, the 2009 page, and the 2010 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 2011

December 29, 2011. Constructive Spirit in an Arkansas Amish Community

December 29, 2011. New Hutterite Colony Stirs Opposition

December 22, 2011. Police Intimidation of Nubians

December 22, 2011. Nonkilling/Peaceful Anthropology

December 15, 2011. Birhor Contraceptives and Cell Phones

December 15, 2011. Summary of Evidence for Peaceful Societies [Panel Presentations, part 3]

December 8, 2011. Kadar Involved in Hornbill Research

December 8, 2011. Peaceful Societies Exemplify Ecocentric Living [Panel presentations, part 2]

December 1, 2011. Inuit Artists in Cape Dorset

December 1, 2011. Center for Global Nonkilling [Panel Presentations, part 1]

November 2011

November 24, 2011. Malapandaram Colonies in the News

November 24, 2011. Center for Global Nonkilling [book review]

November 10, 2011. Birhor Society Still Imperiled

November 10, 2011 . Earthquakes Destroy the Dzongu, but Lepchas Abandon Mun

November 3, 2011. Amish Buggies and Beards

November 3, 2011. Semai Incensed by Firearms

October 2011

October 27, 2011. National Geographic Project at a Hutterite Colony

October 27, 2011. Fipa Vitality

October 20, 2011. Strengthening the Uses of Inuit Languages

October 20, 2011 . A Fair Settlement for Jammu and Kashmir ?

October 13, 2011. Amish Attack Amish in Central Ohio

October 13, 2011. Fiftieth Anniversary of the Evacuation of Tristan

October 6, 2011. Kadar Included in New Mapping Project

October 6, 2011. Possible Causes of Earthquake Destruction in Sikkim

September 2011

September 29, 2011. Nubians Hopeful

September 29, 2011. Earthquake Destruction in Lepcha Communities

September 22, 2011. Mbuti in a Squalid Refugee Camp

September 22, 2011. Amish Men Begin Serving Jail Sentences

September 15, 2011. Joy in a San Community

September 15, 2011. Violence among the Nubians

September 8, 2011. Piaroa Frustrations with Government

September 8, 2011. New Inuit Students in Montreal

September 1, 2011. Condolences after a Mass Murder

September 1, 2011. Forgiveness after a Mass Murder

August 2011

August 25, 2011. Amish Bed and Breakfast Operations

August 25, 2011. Witchcraft Killings in Tanzania

August 18, 2011. Semai Homes Buried by Mudslide

August 18, 2011. Forest River Hutterite Colony in the News

August 11, 2011. Yanadi Colony Troubles Former Film Star

August 11, 2011. Discrimination Against the Mangyans

August 4, 2011. Usage of Amla Fruit Spreading in India

August 4, 2011. Photos of Batek Life

July 2011

July 28, 2011. Tristan Fishery Earns Certification

July 28, 2011. Indian Army Displays its Might in Ladakh

July 21, 2011. Birhor Youth Will Attend College

July 21, 2011. Environment Minister in India Removed

July 14, 2011. Zapotec Woman Saluted

July 14, 2011. Amish Attacked in New York and Welcomed in Maine

July 7, 2011. Inuit Need Qualified Teachers

July 7, 2011. Ju/’hoansi Need Qualified Teachers

June 2011

June 30, 2011. Paliyan Protect Endangered Squirrels

June 30, 2011. G/wi Will Soon Get Water

June 23, 2011. Mbuti Refugee Stories

June 23, 2011. Conflict Over the Chalakudy Dam Nearly Ended

June 16, 2011. Symphony Orchestra at a Piaroa Village

June 16, 2011. Family Murdered, Father Commits Suicide in Nunavut

June 9, 2011. Schwartzentruber Amish Lose Court Appeal

June 9, 2011. Birhor Supported, but Exploited

June 2, 2011. Nubians Appoint Oddoul to Represent Them

June 2, 2011. Pepper and Honey from Kerala

May 2011

May 26, 2011. Kadar Women Try to Stop Alcoholism

May 26, 2011. A Woman Healer for the Fipa

May 19, 2011. Meth Labs Emerge in Amish Country

May 19, 2011. Yanadi Traditional Knowledge Threatened

May 12, 2011. Do Raised Bed Gardens Foster Peace?

May 12, 2011. Values for Peace [journal article review]

May 5, 2011. Census Flap in Ladakh About the Position of Women

May 5, 2011. Mangyans Unite for their Rights—with Poetry

April 2011

April 28, 2011. Gjoa Haven Visitors’ Center

April 28, 2011. Paliyan Medicinal Plants [journal article review]

April 21, 2011. Tristan Disaster So Far

April 21, 2011. Nubian Voters and Their Opinions

April 14, 2011. Nubians Demonstrate for Land Rights

April 14, 2011. Montana Hutterite Fish Farms

April 7, 2011. Invasion of Ju/’hoansi Territory Finally Settled

April 7, 2011. Lepcha Magazine Provides a Cultural Feast [online magazine review]

March 2011

March 31, 2011. The Birhor Need Water

March 31, 2011. Tragedy for Nightingale—and Tristan da Cunha

March 24, 2011. No Harm to Ifaluk from the Tsunami

March 24, 2011. Inuit Perceptions of Climate Change: New Documentary Film

March 17, 2011. Polygamist Mormons and Amish Share Experiences of Abuse

March 17, 2011. Buddhist and Muslim Families in Ladakh [journal article review]

March 10, 2011. Mbuti Exhibit Celebrates Presidential Inauguration

March 10, 2011. Birhor Girls Take Up Boxing

March 3, 2011. Semai Woman Earns Prestigious Malaysian Award

March 3, 2011. Witchcraft in Rukwa

February 2011

February 24, 2011. Nubian Reactions to the Revolution

February 24, 2011. Alcohol Abuse and Violence in Nunavut

February 17, 2011. Birhor Live in Poverty

February 17, 2011. Piaroa Aesthetic Values on Tour

February 10, 2011. New Ventures for the Yanadi

February 10, 2011. The Kadar of the Western Ghats

February 3, 2011. Will the G/wi Win Respect?

February 3, 2011. Rioting in Egypt Affects Tourism

January 2011

January 27, 2011. Alcohol and the Amish

January 27, 2011. San Situation in the News Again

January 20, 2011. Measures for Peace in Ladakh

January 20, 2011. Tragedy in Kerala and the Malapandaram

January 13, 2011. Progress in the Anamalai Hills

January 13, 2011. Appraisal of John Marshall’s Ju/’hoansi Films (journal article review)

January 6, 2011. Tourism in the Dzongu

January 6, 2011. Amish Newcomers in Missouri

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