Dollbaum, Jan, Morvan Lallouet, and Ben Noble. 2021. Navalny: Putin’s Nemesis, Russia’s Future? London: Hurst.
Journal of Extreme Anthropology
Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
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 […]
Dear Colleagues!
CAES editorial team waits for your contributions for CAES Vol. 8, N 1 that is going to be published in early March 2022. The deadline for submission is February 15.
Editor’s foreword Think pieces: Social aspects of Neolithic technology of firing pottery in bonfires Alexander Akulov Firing pottery was one of the most complicated Neolithic technologies since it requires certain natural conditions to be met and the existence of an organized group that could successfully make firing. Such group/team consists of a person that can […]
Introduction. From Diaspora Politics to Host-society Politics: Strategies of Political Mobilization and Integration of South Asian Migrants [Full text]
Anne-Sophie Bentz and Lola Guyot
“If you b…
Book review of Ivan Della Mea, Il penultimo comunista. Scritti sulla politica (1993-2009), edited by Antonio Fanelli and Mariamargherita Scotti, Il de Martino. Rivista dell’Istituto Ernesto de Martino per la conoscenza critica e la presenza alternativa…
Book review of Sabrina Tosi Cambini, Altri confini: Storia, mobilità e migrazioni di una rete di famiglie rudari tra la Romania e l’Italia, Mimesis, Milano, 2021, pp. 274.
Souvenirs have become an integral part of consumptive tourism with marine curios being a common offering in coastal destinations. The Philippines, an emerging coastal destination is also a large exporter of marine shells. There is some overlap in the s…
In 2017, the Indonesian government launched the ‘100 Smart Cities’ initiative to mark the rise of smart city concepts in urban development. Rather than replicating what has been done by developed countries, Indonesia has experienced somewhat different …
A project report describes the symposium “Material Culture and Heritage Safeguarding in Southwest China” held online on September 16–17, 2021. Organized by the International Folklore Studies Center, a joint center of Beijing Normal University and India…
Organizadoras: Carla Costa Teixeira[1] (UnB/LEIPP)Emma Crewe[2] (SOAS/GRNPP)Cristiane Brum Bernardes[3] (CEFOR/INCT-DD/GRNPP) Fazer etnografia em centros de poder é um desafio cuja complexidade muitos cientistas sociais, incluindo antropólogos, têm buscado solucionar.[4] Os problemas tradicionais derivados da inserção do antropólogo no seu ambiente de estudo e análise tornam-se mais agudos ou distintos quando nos voltamos para as instituições […]
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print.
Jiangyong ICH Women’s Script Chinese folklore cultural transmission The Chinese ICH (intangible cultural heritage) program has created the conditions for the invention of a new phase within the well-known “Women’s Script” tradition in Jiangyong County,…
Baltistan script politics nation-building geopolitics Tibetan past Pakistan The Baltis mostly inhabit a region at the western edge of the Himalayas, also known as Baltistan. Today, Baltistan is considered to be a geographic and geopolitical border regi…
Drung (Dulong/T’rung) tattoo body femininity fertility reproduction This article examines the tradition of facial tattooing among Drung women in Yunnan province, China. Now obsolete, the practice of female tattooing—by puncturing the skin, causing blee…