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Les Roberts: Spatial Anthropology: Excursions in Liminal Space

Eeva Berglund Published: 2021-03-17 Categories: English

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).

Lectio Praecursoria: Routine Work: Authorizing Representation in East Javanese Regional Politics

Heikki Wilenius Published: 2021-03-17 Categories: English

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…

Editor’s Note

Matti Eräsaari Published: 2021-03-17 Categories: English

Suomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society

Traditional Nuosu Origin Narratives: A Case Study of Ritualized Epos in Bimo Incantation Scriptures

Noel Spencer Published: 2021-03-12 Categories: English

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Palestinian Improvised-Sung Poetry: The Genres of Hidā and Qarrādī Performance and Transmission

Noel Spencer Published: 2021-03-12 Categories: English

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Call for papers: Public discourses on vaccination: communities, practices, subjectivities

stefania.matei Published: 2021-03-12 Categories: English

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 […]

Cultural Scripts for Asymmetrical Interactions in Ghana

Rachel G. A. Thompson Published: 2021-03-11 Categories: English

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…

Book Review: Humanitarianism and the Quantification of Human Needs: Minimal Humanity

Agnes Bresselau von Bressensdorf Published: 2021-03-09 Categories: English

Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print.

26 | 2021 – Engaging the Urban from the Periphery

South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal Published: 2021-03-03 Categories: English

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…

Book Review: International Law and Transitional Governance

Julia Strasheim Published: 2021-03-03 Categories: English

Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print.

Editorial

Henrik Hvenegaard Mikkelsen Published: 2021-03-02 Categories: English

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…

Guess who did the crime?: The Facial Composite Game

IVC Author Published: 2021-03-01 Categories: English

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…