Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
This article examines the possibilities and challenges of slowing down in field research. It follows four early-career scholars of Southeast Asia with varied positionalities and roots in the region, attempting to conduct reciprocal research and activis…
Business incubators have become central organizations within global entrepreneurial ecosystems, and their intermediary position between local entrepreneurs and multinationals calls for closer, more nuanced examination. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork…
In this article, I describe my long-standing experience of engaging with ‘foreign’ researchers when I was asked to provide support and partner as a local fixer, research assistant, tour guide for field studies, recruiter of enumerators, and field facil…
Nordic Journal of Migration Research
Nordic Journal of Migration Research
Nordic Journal of Migration Research
Nordic Journal of Migration Research
Nordic Journal of Migration Research
Nordic Journal of Migration Research
The Tattarisuo Mystery was a sensationalized witchcraft case in Finland in the early 1930s. At its centre was a group of displaced working-class individuals, called by the press the Tattarisuo coven, who sought through magical rituals to re…
In Finland, kirtan—communal call-and-response singing rooted in Indian devotional traditions—has become a diverse practice across both new religious movements and contemporary spirituality. This article asks how culturally learned symbols c…
How do practitioners learn to recognize divine presence? Drawing on apprentice ethnography in the Court of Aine, a Swedish Wiccan coven—four interviews and some twenty ritual occasions—this article argues that revelation is best understood …
Within religion, spirituality and esotericism aspects of concealment and revelation are a recurring theme. This thematic issue brings together articles developed from papers presented at the summer school and conference Religion: Concealed …
In this article I examine how Elsa Heporauta (1883–1960) produced, interpreted and circulated esoteric knowledge in early-twentieth-century Finland, situating her work within a vibrant esoteric milieu. Drawing on archival notebooks, manuscr…
In this article I explore the evolving relationship the Finnish poet and journalist Aarni Kouta had to the mythological character of Lucifer over his lifetime. Kouta was a prominent figure in the early-twentieth-century Finnish cultural sph…
This article examines the historical formation and contemporary significance of Kirishitan shrines (Kirishitan jinja) in Nagasaki Prefecture. Rather than viewing Kakure Kirishitan survival primarily as the preservation of Christian practice…
The focus of the article is Duchess Hedwig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp and her involvement in Freemasonry, specifically through her lodge of adoption, which operated within the Stockholm royal castle in the late eighteenth centu…
In this article I engage with the video works Sentimentum and Fantomi by the Finnish visual artist Venla Helenius, departing from the conceptual frameworks of esotericism and critical post-humanism. In these video works, different epistemol…
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…