Kaufmann. Lena. 2021. Rural-Urban Migration and Agro-Technological Change in Post-Reform China: Book Review
Swiss Journal of Sociocultural Anthropology
Category: English
Editorial SJSCA 28/2022
Swiss Journal of Sociocultural Anthropology
Anthropological Knowledge and Power Relations
This special issue provides an opportunity to reflect on the conditions for knowledge production by interpreting the social world in a way that recognizes the interconnected nature of power relations. Building on existing research that has…
Editors’ note: On rent extraction in academic publishing and its alternatives
In this editorial we introduce new members of our editorial team and the contents of this issue. In addition we discuss open access developments of the journal, namely our new license policy, which allows authors to choose a Creative Common license tha…
Lectio Praecursoria: Transgressive participation: Housing struggles, occupations and evictions in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area
A lectio præcursoria is a short presentation read out loud by a doctoral candidate at the start of a public thesis examination in Finland. It introduces the key points or central argument of the thesis in a way that should make the ensuing discussion b…
Lectio praecursoria. Weeds of Sociality: Reforms and Dynamics of Social Relations at the University of Helsink
A lectio præcursoria is a short presentation read out loud by a doctoral candidate at the start of a public thesis examination in Finland. It introduces the key points or central argument of the thesis in a way that should make the ensuing discussion b…
Articulations of power: Guns on campus and the protests against them
When carrying concealed handguns on campus was legalised at The University of Texas (UT) at Austin in 2015, students and faculty positioned themselves in relation to the new law in very different ways, ranging from large demonstrations and the use of v…
Lectio praecursoria. Carving out Possibilities: Refugee Background Young Men and Mundane Political Agency
A lectio præcursoria is a short presentation read out loud by a doctoral candidate at the start of a public thesis examination in Finland. It introduces the key points or central argument of the thesis in a way that should make the ensuing discussion b…
Lounela, Anu, Berglund, Eeva and Kallinen Timo (eds) (2019) Dwelling in Political Landscapes. Contemporary Anthropological Perspectives
Lounela, Anu, Berglund, Eeva and Kallinen Timo (eds) (2019) Dwelling in Political Landscapes. Contemporary Anthropological Perspectives. Helsinki: SKS. Studia Fennica Anthropologica 4. 293 p. ISBN 978-951-858-087-7 (Print), ISBN 978-951-858-114-0 (PDF)…
Hartmut, Rosa 2020. The Uncontrollability of the World. Cambridge, Medford: Polity Press. 140 p.
Rosa, Hartmut. The Uncontrollability of the World. Cambridge, Medford: Polity Press. 2020. 140 p. ISBN: 9781509543151 (hardcover); 9781509543168 (softcover)
Rural mobilites and urban norms
This article deals with everyday life in sparsely populated parts of northern Sweden. It investigates the relationship between local practice and political discourses. The discussion is based on fieldwork carried out in two northern municipalities. Emp…
Living and Working Research Policies: The Case of International Scholars in Latvia
The article examines the incorporation of international scholars into the Latvian higher education and research system from the perspective of labour. Whilst recent research policies in the country are aimed at increasing international cooperation to s…
Sleights of Hand: Free Ports, Bordering, and the Racial Capitalist Roots of Economic Nationalist Strategies in the US and the UK
Sleight of hand economic nationalist strategies by recent administrations of the US and UK emphasizing the “freedom” of those selectively imagined as belonging to the nation while quietly but pivotally discouraging human mobility and encouraging elite …
From ‘Anglophone Problem’ to ‘Anglophone Conflict’ in Cameroon: Assessing Prospects for Peace
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. Since 2017, an armed conflict has been raging in the English-speaking regions of Cameroon between separatist forces and the Cameroonian military. This review analyses the historical origins and root causes of the confli…
Could ChatGPT Prompt a New Golden Age in Higher Education?
The public rollout of ChatGPT, a free app that produces uncannily refined responses to users’ questions or prompts, initially had many education professionals up in arms due largely to fears over student cheating. Panic levels receded as a new realizat…
New issue: Volume 19 (2022)
A new issue of Vibrant – Virtual Brazilian Anthropology is now available: Vibrant – Volume 19 contains the dossiersGlobal Anthropological Dialogues – Dossier Reflections on Anthropological Practice around the world; Dossier Indigenous Peoples, t…
Le ceebu jën
Les valeurs, les représentations et les symboles alimentaires circulent entre les villes et les campagnes sénégalaises depuis la colonisation. La présence d’un plat partagé par la majorité des Sénégalais et consommé presque quotidiennement par u…
Déb’bo, marque africaine déposée: Deborah, cuisinière et impresario de la valeur écologique et healthy des aliments et savoir-faire venus du continent africain
Déborah Ribeiro, rencontrée pour la première fois par Abdourahmane Ndiaye et Chantal Crenn à Bordeaux, à l’Institut des Afriques, en mars 2022 (https://institutdesafriques.org/agenda/dejeuner-et-presentation-poetique-proposes-par-deborah-ribeiro…
La protestation AUCHAN DÉGAGE à Dakar
Dans cet article, nous proposons d’explorer les mobilisations alimentaires, à l’instar d’Auchan dégage, une campagne de protestation contre l’offensive de la grande distribution française au Sénégal, sous le prisme de l’approche du conflit, pers…
Les consommateurs des produits maraîchers biologiques à Ouagadougou
L’emploi des intrants chimiques dans l’agriculture conventionnelle est une pratique observée dans les champs maraîchers de Ouagadougou. Cette situation est sans doute à l’origine de problèmes de santé liés aux mauvaises pratiques des producteurs…
Being beldi
Based on ethnographic fieldwork carried out in Chefchaouen (Morocco) in 2017 and 2018, this text seeks to reflect on the impacts of the classification of the “Mediterranean Diet” (UNESCO 2010) on the territory. To this end, it will be important …
« Ce sont les femmes qui savent »
Les changements globaux affectent depuis quelques décennies les rizières estuariennes de Basse-Casamance : ils imposent aux cultivatrices de nouvelles pratiques agricoles et influencent de nouveaux choix de semences. Cet article a pour objectif …
Manger à Bamako (Mali) : entre besoins et aspirations
Cet article étudie les attentes et les aspirations des Bamakois et Bamakoises (habitants de la capitale du Mali) concernant leur alimentation. Dans un contexte de transition alimentaire en milieu urbain, il s’intéresse à la façon dont les représ…
L’art de se nourrir en temps de crise aggravée et en contexte d’insécurité alimentaire structurelle
Dans la région de Diffa au Niger, à une situation alimentaire structurellement déficitaire en raison d’une croissance démographique forte en zone aride, se surimpose une crise sécuritaire liée au groupe djihadiste Boko Haram, qui a entrainé un d…
Le goût des origines
Through an ethnographic survey conducted between 2019 and 2020 in Casablanca, the article shows that, despite the significant food diversity that this city offers to eaters, they remain strongly attached to their regions of origin in Morocco and…