Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
There are more aspiring artists than available positions for artists in artistic labor markets. For fiction writers, the publication of a first book often means getting the first big break in their literary career and entering the literary worl…
This article discusses the situation of Finnish visual artists, taking as its starting point ideas presented by Hans Abbing in his book Why Are Artists Poor (2002). The empirical data derive from a survey on young artists conducted at the end of…
La question des dynamiques temporelles des carrières artistiques a été souvent investie, avec l’ambition de mettre au jour les patterns menant à la reconnaissance critique et/ou publique. Ainsi, les logiques structurant les rythmes des carrièr…
This paper utilizes qualitative and quantitative analysis to examine the careers of foreign (non-EU) musicians living and working in Europe, and in particular, the second phase of a career in classical music of Japanese musicians in France and P…
This article examines some paradoxical intersections of fear, security, and morality on Ahamb Island in Vanuatu in the South Pacific. I take as my ethnographic vantage point a child-led Christian revival movement that developed in the wake of enduring …
Book review: Tat’yana Vladykina. 2018. The Udmurt Folklore ‘Worldtext’: Forms, Symbols, Rituals. Izhevsk.
The second International Multidisciplinary Conference Mongols: Traditions and Modernity took place on September 11–13, 2019 at the Russian State University for the Humanities (RSUH), Moscow.
This article is about the distinct groups that practised malevolent and benevolent witchcraft in Swedish-speaking Ostrobothnia in late-modern Finland according to belief legends and memorates. Placing belief legends and memorates in Mary Douglas’ tripa…
Book Review: Aleksandar G. Marinov. 2019. Inward Looking: The Impact of Migration on Romanipe from the Romani Perspective. Romani Studies 2. Oxford; New York, NY: Berghahn Books.
This article investigates, for the first time, the local musical tradition of the Udmurt of Chainsk district (Tomsk oblast). The overwhelming majority of migrants in this region arrived from the Sharkan district of the Udmurt Republic, in Siberia, at t…
Traditional rituals formed the basis of ethnic Chuvash culture, and are still relevant in today’s festive and ritual culture, primarily among Chuvash ‘pagan’ ethno-religious groups. Today among the unbaptised Chuvash there is, with varying degrees of p…
30 years after socialism many groups of Evenki reindeer herders failed to survive in the suboreal taiga of East Siberia. By making reference to two case studies from the northern part of the Zabaikal region and southern part of the Republic of Sakha, t…
This article looks at the perceptions of fear and ‘the frightening’ in contemporary Mongolian demonology. In the article, I discuss beliefs concerning both human and supernatural – what is supposed to be frightening for humans and what is supposed to b…
Manasā is a very important goddess of the eastern part of India, particularly for the lower castes of Bengal, West Assam, some districts of Odisha, Jharkhand and Bihar. She is the main goddess for the majority of Rajbansis of North Bengal. The fluid bo…
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Abstract: Using bodylore concepts of kinesthetic empathy in conjunction with spirituality scholarship, this research works to demonstrate the blurred boundaries between secular and spiritual activity in a particular occupation. Despite the vast range a…
Journal Name: Journal of Legal AnthropologyVolume: 4Issue: 1Pages: 92-100
Journal Name: Conflict and SocietyVolume: 6Issue: 1Pages: 255-268
Journal Name: Anthropology in ActionVolume: 27Issue: 2Pages: 40-44
Journal Name: Journal of Legal AnthropologyVolume: 4Issue: 1Pages: 71-75
Journal Name: Conflict and SocietyVolume: 6Issue: 1Pages: 201-217
Journal Name: Conflict and SocietyVolume: 6Issue: 1Pages: 145-164
Journal Name: Anthropology in ActionVolume: 27Issue: 2Pages: 45-48
Journal Name: Journal of Legal AnthropologyVolume: 4Issue: 1Pages: 46-70
Journal Name: Conflict and SocietyVolume: 6Issue: 1Pages: 218-235