Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
La viande de brousse est la principale source d’aliments riches en protéines pour les populations qui vivent dans la forêt en Afrique centrale. Cependant, de grands changements affectent les écosystèmes forestiers de cette zone et les régions de…
Thinking ecologically about food reminds us that eating is an agricultural act that “ends the annual drama of the food economy that begins with planting and birth” (Berry 1992)
À l’heure des changements sociaux et environnementaux globaux …
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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 …
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…
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…
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…
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print.
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America
In Ticuna communities across Amazonia, ceramics are useful objects employed for cooking and storage. Their practical importance, however, does not describe the extent of their significance. In the following article, we consider Ticuna ceramics and …
Rites of passage and associated social processes and configurations can foster a sense of shared purpose, fraternity, and dedication to community through common experiences of group trials and commitment. A’uwẽ (Xavante) age organization entails th…
This article examines the capture of forest spirits through music in the Anĩ pihi speech-songs of the Araweté, a small Amerindian society in Eastern Amazonia, Brazil. The Anĩ pihi are unique in their combination of spoken and sung forms, in which s…
In this special issue of SITES, due for publication in December 2023, we invite submissions on the theme of “Emergenc(i)es.” We are interested in submissions that raise and address qusetions around varied emergent forms, including methodologies and res…
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. Intervening in the enduring debate on the origins of the African state, this article examines the processes of producing custom in the Ugandan societies of precolonial Bunyoro and colonial Toro to trace the development …
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print.
We are pleased to announce the latest publication of the International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies, Vol. 19, No. 1.
All articles in this latest issue can be accessed via this link.
We take this opportunity to thank our contributors, reviewer…
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print.
The significance of Islamic marketing for Ukrainians is determined by its influence on consumers of informational and industrial products in a non-Muslim country. The objects of our research are semantic components of the Islamic narrative in Ukraine. …
Review of Anthropological Theory for the Twenty-First Century: A Critical Approach by A. Lynn Bolles, Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz, Bernard C. Perley, and Keri Vacanti Brondo
It would be far too unkind to suggest that academics and journalists have presented the COVID-19 pandemic in isolation from its broader economic context. However, it would be less unkind to suggest that its location in a triptych of major cr…
It is difficult to describe the experience of living through the COVID-19 global pandemic while simultaneously teaching anthropology and sociology courses to undergraduates. My students and I experienced together not just the fear of sickness and death…