Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
This special section, with texts by six researchers, three of whom are also the volume’s editors, spans diverse geographical spaces – Portugal, Angola, São Tomé and Príncipe, Indonesia, and the Netherlands – and a long chronology from the mid-nineteent…
This paper examines the life narratives by and about queer youth in Sweden and Switzerland through the lens of scholarship on queer temporality. The analysis focuses on two questions: Firstly, how do queer youth narrate their childhood (past) and adole…
This article analyses the practice and presence of photography in Goa, and by Goan photographers outside of Goa, from the 1850s to the 1900s. One of the aims of this text is to draw a preliminary mapping of Goan photographic histories beyond its most w…
„Kalevipoeg” on Eesti rahvuseepos, mille koostas 19. sajandil peamiselt Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald eesti rahvaluule põhjal. Teost peetakse üheks eesti kirjanduse olulisemaks teoseks ja sellel oli suur roll eestlaste rahvusliku eneseteadvuse kujunemisel. Idee: anname rahvale eepose 19. sajandi alguse rahvusliku liikumise ajal leidsid rahvavalgustajad, et eestlaste eneseteadvust aitaks tugevdada teiste rahvastega võrdväärne kangelaseepos. Õpetatud Eesti Seltsi […]
The post Kalevipoeg: kuidas sündis Eesti rahvuseepos first appeared on Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics.
Regilaul ehk regivärsiline rahvalaul ehk vanem rahvalaul on eesti rahvalaulu vanem vorm. Selle juured ulatuvad läänemeresoome rahvaste ühisaega ja vanuseks hinnatakse tuhat kuni kaks tuhat aastat. Regilaulu tunnused Regilaulu tekst jaguneb tavaliselt kaheksasilbilisteks värsiridadeks. Iseloomulikud on algriim ehk alliteratsioon, kus sõnad algavad samade häälikutega, ja parallelism ehk mõttekordus, kus sama mõtet öeldakse järgmises reas teiste […]
The post Regilaul: Eesti vanim rahvalaul, selle tunnused ja kus seda kuulata first appeared on Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics.
Based on the reflections of three anthropologists teaching in a UK-based university, this paper critically assesses our attempts to realise a playful pedagogy in the design and delivery of undergraduate ethnographic methods teaching. Our playful approa…
This article calls for a ludic, liberatory anthropological pedagogy that uses skilful means to structure playful exploration of possibility through the nested games of educational practices. I argue that course design is always already game design and …
Curated Collections highlight previously published articles from our AnthroSource archives that speak to urgent issues in the present, offering insight into current events unfolding around the globe. From movements for racial justice and Indigenous sovereignty to the social implications of climate change, technological transformation, migration, and public health, these contributions demonstrate anthropology’s enduring relevance and […]
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In contexts of violence, the question of trust affects the very way we work, as anthropologists and filmmakers: What can we do? Are images capable of showing what is happening and enabling audiences to feel and understand it? Building on my expe…
This article reflects on the ethical, political, and representational dilemmas of advocacy filmmaking and visual ethnography in humanitarian crises. It examines how film was used to advocate for a marginalised Sudanese refugee population in Erit…
Trust in anthropology requires situated intersubjectivity and interdependency, emerging from relational contexts and transforming the people involved through performative acts. The act of trust is culturally, psychologically, and pragmatically i…
This article explores the transformative potential of collaborative filmmaking in fostering trust, dialogue, and social transformation among women in Northern Cameroon. Against a backdrop of existential insecurity and patriarchal norms, the stud…
This essay arises from an extended conversation between anthropology, cinema, and activism—from within the intricate weave that connects the making of images to the making of trust. It unfolds around the Stronger Family, a Black LGBTQIA+ collect…
Trust is a fundamental—and almost definitory—principle of ethnographic cinema, operating in all phases of visual anthropological research, from shooting to post-production and dissemination. Although the issue of trust has always been implicitly…
Resilience is widely celebrated worldwide as a goal for ecosystems and human communities, and yet often lacks a critical, historically specific analysis of equity, specifically from Indigenous and rural standpoints. Without equity or history, resilienc…
In recent decades, Australia has developed a public grammar for addressing the Stolen Generations through inquiries, testimony, apology, commemoration, legal action and partial schemes of reparation. This article draws on long-term ethnograp…
Drawing on the innovations of Norwegian atmospheric black metal and its nature-oriented themes, Cascadian black metal foregrounds ecology and the natural environment—particularly that of the Cascadia region—while distancing itself from some …
This piece is part of a collection of Anthropology News articles on Climate Governance. Click here to read other articles in the collection. In early October 2023, I arrived in Tokyo for the first time, as a financial professional and a graduate student in anthropology studying sustainable finance. Somewhere along my fieldwork journey, my attempts at breaking into the […]
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The Anthropology News Interview In-depth conversations with the people who make anthropology tick. Doing anthropology isn’t always fun, but some of the people doing it are absolute delights—and they have a lot to say about their research, the state of the discipline, and, naturally, their favorite foods. Welcome to The Anthropology News Interview, where we sit down with some of […]
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In May 2018, the New Mexico Mining Commission (in the USA) held a public hearing regarding a permit revision that would allow the Mt. Taylor Uranium Mine to change its status from “standby” to “operating.” The New Mexico Environmental Law Center contes…
This piece is part of a collection of Anthropology News articles on Climate Governance. Click here to read other articles in the collection. “In the past, a lot of money for capacity building has been spent on foreign consultants who fly in for a week and stay at five-star, air-conditioned hotels.” The audience, a group of environmental professionals, academics, […]
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COP30 beyond the Documents This piece is part of a collection of Anthropology News articles on Climate Governance. Click here to read other articles in the collection. 20 November 2025. The eve of the final day of COP30 in Belém do Pará. The heat was intense. I was in the Country Pavilion in the Blue Zone, an area reserved […]
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This piece is part of a collection of Anthropology News articles on Climate Governance. Click here to read other articles in the collection. Since 1995 world leaders have descended each year on a chosen city to discuss the fate of the biosphere at the annual “Conference of the Parties” to the UN Framework Convention on […]
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This piece is the introduction to a collection of Anthropology News articles on Climate Governance. Click here to read other articles in the collection. As a graduate student attending a climate meeting for the first time, I did not know what to expect. I hustled down a street in Katowice, Poland, in the early morning […]
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