Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
Within the literature on ‘rushing rituals’ at institutions of higher education, there is a dominant focus on the creation of cohesion or communitas (Turner 1969) between students. This focus causes these rituals to be treated analytically as disjointed…
Roberts, Les 2020 (2018). Spatial Anthropology: Excursions in Liminal Space. London: Rowman & Littlefield. 318 p. ISBN: 9781786606372 (hardback); ISBN: 9781786615978 (paperback); ISBN: 9781786606389 (E-book).
This lectio summarizes a PhD study of the public activities of East Javanese regional councillors. Analysing the communication of these politicians, the thesis focuses on the ways they authorize their status as representatives of their constituency. Th…
Suomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society
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We invite articles, research notes, essays and book reviews that discuss how public discourses on vaccination are shaped and structured at the intersection of scientific rationalities, social institutions, cultural imaginaries, and political ideologies. We welcome texts from multiple disciplines and genres. Deadline for manuscript submissions: July 27th, 2021 Send manuscripts at compaso@compaso.eu. Public discourses on […]
This paper focuses on expected communicative behaviours during asymmetrical interactional events among Ghanaians, with special reference to Ewes and Akans. Drawing on the ethnopragmatic techniques of semantic explication and cultural scripts, it demons…
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print.
The Co-production of Space, Politics and Subjectivities in India’s Urban Peripheries [Full text]
Shubhra Gururani and Loraine Kennedy
Caste at the City’s Edge: Land Struggles in Peri-urban Benga…
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print.
There is a saying, ‘do not paint the devil on the wall’, which is commonly taken to mean that one should, for all intents and purposes, avoid portraying something in an overly negative or exaggerated way. The German origin of the proverb is even more i…
By Eliseo Ortiz (University of Colorado Boulder) In 1878, British psychologist Francis Galton wrote about the significance of photography in policing and incarcerating populations. Together with the famous jailer Edmund Du Cane, Galton investigated cri…
Journal Name: Anthropology in ActionVolume: 28Issue: 1Pages: 25-28
Journal Name: The Cambridge Journal of AnthropologyVolume: 39Issue: 1Pages: 55-71
Journal Name: Learning and TeachingVolume: 14Issue: 1Pages: 60-88
Journal Name: Social AnalysisVolume: 65Issue: 1Pages: 103-112
Journal Name: Anthropology in ActionVolume: 28Issue: 1Pages: 21-24
Journal Name: The Cambridge Journal of AnthropologyVolume: 39Issue: 1Pages: 37-54
Journal Name: Learning and TeachingVolume: 14Issue: 1Pages: 35-59
Journal Name: Social AnalysisVolume: 65Issue: 1Pages: 113-122
Journal Name: Anthropology in ActionVolume: 28Issue: 1Pages: 16-20
Journal Name: The Cambridge Journal of AnthropologyVolume: 39Issue: 1Pages: 18-36
Journal Name: Learning and TeachingVolume: 14Issue: 1Pages: 1-34
Journal Name: Social AnalysisVolume: 65Issue: 1Pages: 89-102