Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
In recent years, online approaches to teaching anthropology have become popular in higher education. In this exploratory account, we consider how student understanding of anthropological ideas differed in online vs. face-to-face modalities of an anthro…
The classroom – and a first seminar or tutorial in specific – affords a seemingly infinite number of starting points, invitations, orientations, and departures. This report reflects on the introduction as a pedagogical tool of, for, and as ethnography,…
Christine Yano has recently retired as Professor of Anthropology at the University of Hawaii. She has conducted research on Japan and Japanese Americans with a focus on popular culture. At the University of Hawaii, she taught a course called ‘Applied/ …
How does asking loved ones to help you die, to help you commit suicide, bend the limits of our relationships and perhaps of care itself? This paper traces the aesthetic and affective considerations of those deciding to die resist against depersonalizin…
The brown bear reintroduction program in the Pyrenees was launched in 1996, once their population was considered extinct in the central parts of the mountain range. The increasing number of livestock casualties caused by bear attacks forced the public …
En 2021, Frédéric Lordon publie : Pleurnicher le vivant. Ce texte au ton provocateur qualifie les « penseurs du vivant » – considérés comme héritiers d’une vision politique latourienne de la nature – de « radicaux de l’insignifiance ». Il décl…
This article aims to reconstruct Pierre Bourdieu’s contribution to the analysis of the sociologist’s role in society, starting from two levels of responsibility that run through his work. The first is related to scientific quality. According to …
Dès le début du mouvement des Gilets jaunes, les chercheuses et chercheurs sont partis dans des interprétations très diverses et parfois contradictoires. Dans cet article, nous proposons une revue de la littérature, aussi exhaustive que possible…
Alors que le mouvement animaliste se politise en Occident, il reste principalement compris comme un mouvement de promotion du véganisme. Cette vision s’écarte de la volonté d’émancipation animale dont se revendiquent les militants de la cause a…
Cet article entend explorer les ressorts de la participation familiale au fonctionnement de l’institution psychiatrique, pensée essentiellement comme manière de configurer les relations en vue de “traiter” les personnes malades. Le travail effec…
Dans cet ouvrage, Alizée Delpierre, chercheuse au CNRS, poursuit son travail sur les domesticités avec l’objectif de dessiner de façon globale une sociologie historiquement ancrée des travailleurs et travailleuses domestiques à travers le monde…
Journal of Business Anthropology
Technological incubators are commonly regarded as important infrastructures that nurture nascent business ventures, meant to create conditions for innovation and regional economic development. However, in China, such an incubator functions as a perform…
Organizational research on data sharing in inter-organizational contexts is limited, giving little insight into why data is or is not shared, often bypassing social and cultural norms, values and perspectives, and issues of power, (dis)trust, and (un)w…
This essay will provide a series of concrete cases that reflect particularly successful or rewarding projects that anthropologists I interviewed worked on. These cases provide a window into the uniquely valuable contributions of anthropology when appli…
Journal of Business Anthropology
Asian Ethnology
L’utilisation croissante en cuisine de nouveaux robots multifonctions connectés génère des sentiments polarisés, qui vont de l’enthousiasme démonstratif au rejet radical. Ces affects interrogent les imaginaires et enjeux associés au « cuisiner-m…
The Coachella Valley sits at the geographic periphery of Los Angeles. Despite its physical and political marginality, the Coachella Valley is a key site of agricultural production in Southern California. Access to water is essential for ensuring the re…
HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory
HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory
HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory
HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory
HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory
HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory