Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
Malgrat el focus d’atenció sanitària sobre la diabetis a Espanya, hi ha nombrosos estudis que demostren que un elevat percentatge de la població diagnosticada de diabetis mellitus tipus 2 (DM2), tot i estar rebent seguiment mèdic i tractament farmacolò…
L’objectiu d’aquest assaig és reflexionar sobre les implicacions del suïcidi feminicida com a fet individual, social i biopolític, sobre la base d’un exercici reflexiu i la tensió entre diferents autors que han abordat aquesta temàtica. Es proposa lleg…
L’adherència terapèutica als fàrmacs continua exercint-se en els sistemes sanitaris des del dogma i el paternalisme degenerant en ocasions en el càstig, la coacció o la por i relegant al pacient a posicionar-se en termes d’obediència o desobediència. U…
by Jonathan Walz and Philip Gooding Abstract This article seeks to redress what the authors perceive as a coast-inland dichotomy in understandings of eastern Africa’s past. Through allowing aspects of highly problematic historical paradigms to persist, some of which are European in origin and date from the Victorian and colonial eras, and through adopting certain […]
Organizadoras María Gabriela Lugones – Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades, Facultad de Lenguas María Lucía Tamagnini – Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades, Departamento de Antropología María Cecilia Díaz – Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades, Departamento de Antropología El presente dossier surge de diálogos […]
In the uplands of northern Laos, in which bamboo and timber houses prevailed, concrete houses are now on the rise. It will be argued that houses can be used as prisms to illuminate processes of social change. Drawing on experiences of staying in both a…
In the mining town of Redeyef (south-western Tunisia), “modern” homes and building techniques bear the signs of a history of marginalization, inequality, and lack of resources. Here, power produced specific mode of living and territorial organization. …
The article develops a critical and transversal reading of the special issue. Each contribution inspired the author to seek for a mirror image or an analogy in Western societies and test the mentioned Carsten and Hugh-Jones observation of the seemingly…
In the course of the production of sociality, the interaction of interests, materialities and rules may occur in unintended and not foreseeable ways. Procedures and norms can establish themselves uncontrollably and contour politics. This paper proposes…
This research report presents the findings of a quantitative investigation about anthropology and mass media, based on questionnaires mailed to all Italian anthropology professors (Scientific-Disciplinary Sector M-DEA/01). The goal of this survey was t…
This introductory essay proposes a reflection that discusses, reframes, and presents the thematic section hosted in this volume, that investigates houses at the intersection between recent trends in the anthropology of the house, the study of material …
In the rural Bolivian Andes, personhood is defined by intersubjective reciprocal relationships between human and nonhuman beings. This paper examines the role of the house as a living being in itself and a conduit between its inhabitants and local plac…
Oral Tradition, 35/1 (2021):87-102 In March, 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic forced hundreds of thousands of Basque citizens into full lockdown,1 the electronic revolution in communications allowed the Association of the Friends of Bertsolaritza (Bertsozale Elkartea)2 to extensively share, advertise, and disseminate their online offerings. (Bertsolaritza is the Basque cultural practice of singing improvised verses.3) The scheme presented bertso followers with an […]
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Journal of Extreme Anthropology
The 2020 presidential and 2021 parliamentary elections in the Republic of Moldova saw a clear victory of the populist Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) of the newly elected president Maia Sandu over the pro-Russian coalition led by former presidents…
Introductory note to the book forum on Ernesto De Martino, La fine del mondo. Contributo all’analisi delle apocalissi culturali, new edition edited by Giordana Charuty, Daniel Fabre and Marcello Massenzio, 2019 [ed. fr. La fin du monde. Essai sur les a…
Introduction to the book forum on Ernesto De Martino, La fine del mondo. Contributo all’analisi delle apocalissi culturali, new edition edited by Giordana Charuty, Daniel Fabre and Marcello Massenzio, 2019 [ed. fr. La fin du monde. Essai sur …
A note from the Editor-in-chief.
Forum in memory of Martine Segalen. Contributions by Christian Bromberger, Adriano Favole, Michelangelo Giampaoli, Marco Antonio da Silva Mello & Felipe Berocan Veiga, Cristina Papa, David Robichaux, Pier Giorgio Solinas, Françoise Zonabe…
Izdano: prosinca 2021.
Antrocom
Trousers have traditionally been men’s clothing that women have not been allowed to wear. In this article, I study the history of […]
The European Commission has recently identified cultural heritage as one of the focus areas for EU cultural diplomacy.
While heritage is almost by definition understood as fragile, vulnerable and in need of protection, this article argues that it is also a powerful cultural force in contemporary society. The small community of Borre, south of Oslo in Norway, is […]
In this article we explore relations between personal, collective, private, and public dimensions of remembrance in the context of the Ingrians – The Forgotten Finns exhibition presented at the National Museum of Finland […]