Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
El número 42, volum 1, dedica el seu monogràfic a un dels principals reptes socioeconòmics del present, l’accés a l’habitatge i les seves tensions amb el dret a la propietat. Des d’un diàleg entre l’antropologia social i el dret, els vuit articles que …
Lo que Engels no podía saber. La vivienda como bien de inversión Andrej Holm (2024) Iruñea: Katakrak. 270 p. ISBN: 978-84-10316-01-0
A les àrees urbanes contemporànies, una ‘generació llogatera’ està trobant refugi en habitatges de lloguer privat cars i precaris. Organitzacions de llogateres i iniciatives legislatives han estat actuant per millorar les condicions d’habitatge de les …
Aquest article té com a objectiu articular el conjunt de reptes i plantejaments que sorgeixen durant el primer any de doctorat a les dues autores, oferint respostes i reflexions basades tant en la bibliografia com en l’experiència personal. Els temes p…
El present article analitza la planificació de la sortida d’una crisi estructural d’habitatge en els estrets límits del neoliberalisme, a través de l’estudi del Pla Territorial Sectorial d’Habitatge de Catalunya i el Pla 50.000 habitatges, en un contex…
Aquest article examina com les pràctiques impulsades pels moviments socials es tradueixen en comuns habitacionals redistributius mitjançant arranjaments híbrids de governança públic-comunitària, tant existents com potencials, a Berlín, Roma i Barcelona…
Nuclear waste disposal is a technological project that produce uneven geographies—a longstanding concern of environmental justice scholars and activists. This article explores the scalar politics of nuclear waste governance in Switzerland by focusing o…
InVisible Culture
Marshall Sahlins. The New Science of the Enchanted Universe: An Anthropology of Most of Humanity. Princeton, NJ, and Oxford, UK: Princeton University Press. 2022, 208 pages, hardcover, $35.00.
Ethnographic fieldwork often causes strong physical and mental strain to the working anthropologist, yet the vocabulary to address such issues within the discipline seems stagnated. This article argues that anthropology’s loss of vocabulary for address…
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. This article presents the first systematic study of cultural impacts caused by infrastructure building, resource extraction (particularly mining), and renewable energy systems in South Africa since democratisation, focu…
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print.
Cet article analyse les perceptions et attitudes d’étudiants maghrébins établis en France à l’égard de l’entomophagie, considérée comme une alternative alimentaire durable mais confrontée à d’importantes résistances. L’étude identifie trois prin…
Introduction
Bien que de nombreuses études se soient intéressées aux préférences alimentaires des enfants, à leurs habitudes ou aux pratiques au sein de leurs familles, leur compréhension des processus de fabrication et de transformation d…
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…
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. Policy reforms in Africa are crucial for land rights. Ghana’s land administration project (LAP) seeks to modernise land administration, improve tenure security, and reduce poverty. However, little research explores its …
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print.
Participatory methods in cultural anthropology continue to gain popularity. These methods respect community values and promote empowerment and co-creation, enhancing the ethicality and relevance of research findings. Despite their advantages, formal tr…
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. This article examines how vernacular community radio shapes cross-border Zimbabwean traders’ urban citizenship practices in Musina, South Africa, where migrants are central to the local economy yet marginal in formal po…
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. Somali giving practices during severe crises are shaped by diverse socio-demographic profiles and varying patterns of digital technologies. Using a cross-sectional survey of Somalis in Eastleigh, Nairobi, and multinomia…
This introduction frames a thematic section dedicated to examining how contemporary digital technologies are reshaping visual ethnographic practice and contributing to the emergence of a new habitus of visual production. Drawing on debates in vi…
Media studies that examine the relationship between media content and the materiality of media objects partly address the question of the logics of innovation in media tools. From a historical perspective, some focus on the specificity of media …
Drawing from the fieldwork experience with a sound engineering and video maker in Austria, France, and Italy, the paper reflects on how to use a camera to explore beekeeping practices. Shadowing the footage and related fieldwork notes, the contr…
This article examines the ethnographic significance of silence and background noise in biographical video interviews with former miners in southwest Sardinia. Drawing on John Cage’s conceptualization of silence, sensory ethnography, and anthropo…
David MacDougall’s film work and theoretical reflections, which began in the late sixties and continue to this day, are anchored in the idea that film should maintain a respectful, coexisting relationship with everyday reality. The notion of par…