Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
Within the ‘Collaborative Museum’, the podcast ‘Going Against the Grain’ (German: Gegen die Gewohnheit) tells its audiences about the collaborative projects of the Ethnologisches Museum and the Museum für Asiatische Kunst. Reflecting on both their guid…
This article examines the complexities and structural challenges of collaboration in ethnographic museum work through a case study of the Collaborative Museum (CoMuse) project at the Ethnologisches Museum and the Museum für Asiatische Kunst in Berlin. …
In 2024, the Mazatec writer and librarian Gabriela García came to Berlin to study the Mazatec collection in the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz. Acquired by the museum from Wilhelm Bauer in 1903 and 1908, this ethnograph…
The Kribi Archives project is a collaborative project aimed at revitalizing a neglected local archive in Kribi, Cameroon, and transforming it into a sustainable, community-driven space for historical engagement, research and artistic exchange. Rather t…
This article describes a long-term, process-oriented collaboration between the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin and the Kotiria community of Macucu in Colombia. This cooperation has evolved into a deep relational engagement in which cultural objects are se…
This reflective report provides insights into a long-term collaborative research project in the field of visual anthropology. It deals with questions of collaboration in visual anthropological research, ethnographic film-making, and the archiving and u…
The Global Culture Assembly (GCA) is a collaborative initiative that seeks to redefine museum governance through inclusive, horizontal and cross-cultural participation. Emerging from the 2022 Humboldt Forum’s opening symposium, the GCA has evolved thro…
Research on degrowth has developed a strong conceptual vocabulary for envisioning alternatives, centered on life-making and collective autonomy within ecological and societal limits. Looking into the past and engaging with anarchism, we argue, can furt…
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. In British academia, Africa occupies a paradoxical position, highly visible as a site of humanitarian concern and policy experimentation, yet structurally marginalised in shaping research agendas and defining scholarly …
Este artículo analiza la relación entre las carreteras y la introducción de alimentos manufacturados en la cultura wayuu a mediados del siglo XX. La problemática que se plantea es ¿en qué medida la Troncal del Caribe contribuyó a la configuració…
This article examines nostalgia and its political force around the Zayandehrud River in central Iran. Once seen as perennial and life-giving, the river is now dry for much of the year, turning its absent flow into an object of longing. This reflects a …
How do bodybuilders perceive and negotiate the moral and social demands of strict diets? Which discursive repertoires, including scientific, biomedical, and experiential forms, are mobilized to justify and normalize these regimens? Based on one …
In December 2024, during a parliamentary debate marking 75 years of the Indian Constitution, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) repeatedly invoked the 1975 Emergency as the ‘darkest’ moment in India’…
Õpi, kuidas kaitsta end e-posti ja telefoni kinnituse pettuste eest ning säästa raha võltsitud OTP-kulude vältimisega.
The post Kuidas Vältida Võltsitud OTP-kulusid: Näpunäiteid ja Ettevaatusabinõusid first appeared on Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics.
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. This article examines how Islamic ethical thought shapes socio-political life in Northern Nigeria. It argues that crises of governance, insecurity, inequality, and mistrust cannot be explained through institutional or e…
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The post Eesti autentimistööriistad: Smart-ID, Mobiil-ID ja ID-kaart sinu veebilehele first appeared on Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics.
Dear Colleagues,
The CAES editorial team looks forward to receiving your papers for CAES Vol. 12, No. 3, which will be published in the middle of September 2026. The deadline for paper submission is August 17, 2026.
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