Present-day Taiwanese indigenous peoples have been somewhat influenced by Han Chinese, but their Austronesian languages and culture are distinctly different. Therefore, from an academic perspective, ...
As part of Simon Fraser University's 50th Anniversary celebrations, the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology was proud to engage in a major renewal in our gallery. Throughout the Fall 2015 semester, ...
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The National Museum of Ethnology in Osaka, Japan, is the world’s largest ethnology museum, yet regrettably, this nationally funded institution has accepted the political propaganda of “one China.” The ...
The Smithsonian’s Bureau of Ethnology (renamed the Bureau of American Ethnology in 1897) was established in 1879. Its first director, John Wesley Powell (1834-1902), helped shape the field of ...
Ludovico de Varthema of Bologna is the second European traveller to have visited and described Vijayanagara. We know little about him, apart from what he tells us in his own book, and that, alas, is ...