Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
El present article analitza els aspectes econòmics de la cura de la maternitat, proposant la teoria de l’economia del do matern com un marc possible per abordar les causes econòmiques i estructurals de la violència obstètrica. En l’economia actual de l…
En aquest article analitzo l’experiència i la perspectiva de dones italianes i espanyoles que han optat per donar a llum a casa i de les comares que les han atès. Les dades provenen d’una investigació etnogràfica realitzada a Itàlia, Espanya i els Païs…
La qualitat de l’atenció materna i neonatal (QMNC) es va veure afectada negativament durant la pandèmia de COVID-19. Presentem les dades preliminars del projecte regional IMAgiNE sobre QMNC amb dones que van donar a llum a l’hospital durant la pandèmia…
Editorial (con)textos 10
Número monogràfic “La perspectiva interseccional en la salut sexual i reproductiva de les dones”
Current Issue | School of Anthropology & Museum Ethnography
Current Issue | School of Anthropology & Museum Ethnography
Current Issue | School of Anthropology & Museum Ethnography
Bribery relations are a way to cope with the uncertainties of everyday life for many people living in Tanzania. For members of the Tanzanian Indian communities, the uncertainties not only count the faltering bureaucratic systems and a state …
Review of Gendered Lives: Global Issues, edited by Nadine T. Fernandez and Katie Nelson
In studies of African languages, Phasal Polarity (PhP) expressions – already, still, no longer, and not yet – have received little attention in the literature on the Mabia (Gur) languages of West Africa. This study aims to address that gap by inves…
Migrants from Senegal constitute a small minority in Norway, which complicates their possibilities of carrying out certain linguistic and cultural practices face-to-face. However, with increased access to digital means, socio-cultural practices, includ…
This article focuses on a single interaction taking place in a tree nursery located in a village of the Iringa Region in Tanzania. In a country which built its unity around one language, Swahili, this article intends to show how code-switching between …
The study of African youth languages (AYLs) has seen a few conceptual shifts and portrayals, reflecting their dynamicity, diversity, and fluidities. In these contexts, AYLs have been described as constituted by codeswitching/mixing, and as restrictive …
This introduction to the special section on African multilingualism introduces and contextualises three contributing articles into the recently growing research area of small-scale multilingualism. This article does so by briefly characterising the con…
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Over the last two decades, there has been a rapid rise in the proportion of older adults in prisons across the world. While the cause for this trend depends on local demographic, legal and social circumstances, ethnographic attention to this issue rema…
Each year, more than 200 World War II, Korea, and Vietnam Veterans participate in the VetsRoll program, a four day bus trip from southern Wisconsin to Washington, D.C. VetsRoll is one of several organizations that bring Veterans to war memorials in Was…
Swim-related activity is one of the most recommended forms of physical activity for older adults, increasing the importance of access to swimming and water sports throughout the life course. This study examined eight online forums addressing topics rel…
The elder population in Japan is increasing drastically, causing a number of issues that have not yet surfaced in most Western countries. Demographic data from Japan reveal that the Japanese have the longest lifespan globally, resulting in the world’s …
Amidst the widespread stigma and exclusion attached to dementia in dominant narratives of successful ageing, this article addresses a gap in the scientific literature concerning our understanding of the medicalization of cognitive decline as a natural …