Book review of Van Beemen, O. 2024. Ondernemers in het wild: Het ontluisterende verhaal van een club witte weldoeners in Afrika
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Journey into Legends: A Plunge into World Folklore
Folklore, a body of culture shared by a particular group of people; the stories, traditions, customs, and beliefs passed down from one generation to the next, reveal a deep and fascinating insight into their worldview. It represents not only the tales we tell but also the way we understand the world. Let’s embark on a […]
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Folkloric Fascination; A Journey Through Lore and Myth
Unveiling the fascinating, mystical, and mysterious world of folklore is like embarking on a timeless journey. Our ancestors were mighty story weavers, and their tales, known as folklore, have ripened with age, echoing through generations. The captivating realm of folklore varies significantly worldwide, boasting vivid narratives that express regional beliefs, practices, and customs. Let’s delve […]
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The reclamation and rematriation of Tsē Zūl: The Tū Łídlīni Dena’s story of the Faro Mine
Tū Łídlīni (Ross River) is a Kaska Dena village nestled at the confluence of the Ross and Pelly Rivers, in so-called Yukon, Canada. 70 km north of Tū Łídlīni, the lead-zinc Faro Mine was developed illegally on unceded Kaska traditional territory in 196…
Review of John Duerk (Ed). 2021. Environmental philosophy, politics, and policy
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40 | 2025 – Les Fêtes de la langue
Comment la fête vint à nous, et comment nous allâmes à la fête [Full text]
Marc Aymes and Emmanuel Szurek
How the Festival Came to Us, and How We Went to the Festival
Matériaux pour un…
A World in Pieces?
Journal of Business Anthropology
Book Review: The Market of the Gods: How Religious Innovations Emerge. From Judaism to Christianity by Dominique Desjeux. 2024. Bruxelles: Peter Lang
Journal of Business Anthropology
Corporate Utopias: The Tech Elite’s Visions and the Global Crises of Democratic Problem-Solving
In this article, I argue that the utopian novels of the past have given way to corporate visions. Those who today challenge the dominant structures of power through radical reengineering of systems are tech CEOs and investors. The article examines Soyl…
Transforming Dead Knowledge into Living Help: Balancing Hope, User-Ambivalence, and Expertise in Fire Safety Digitization
Many industries worldwide are digitizing professionals’ expertise to boost productivity, enhance collaboration, and improve knowledge sharing. The current spread of increasingly capable AI technologies has accelerated this transformation further. But s…
Vacuums with Meaning: The Observation of Vacuity in Coworking Spaces
This field report analyzes the unexpected challenges faced during participant observation in coworking spaces and how these challenges required a process of trial and error to be understood. Between 2018 and 2022, I studied the urban transformation of …
Book Review of Boccagni, Paolo (ed.) 2023. The Handbook on Home and Migration. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. pp. 702.
The main aim of the recent Handbook on Home and Migration was to overcome the case study-based fragmentation of the discussion on homemaking among people on the move, and to elevate it to a substantive thematic, conceptual and theoretical le…
The Rightward Shift: Transformation of Global Migration Policy and Discourse
Nordic Journal of Migration Research
Book Review of Horsti, Karina 2023. Survival and Witness at Europe’s Border: The Afterlives of a Disaster. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University. pp. 286.
Nordic Journal of Migration Research
Book review of Martin, Lawrence M. 2024. Foreigners in their own country: Identity and rejection in France. New York: Berghahn. pp. 268.
Nordic Journal of Migration Research
Book Review of Helms, Elissa and Pulkkinen, Tuija. (eds.) 2023. Borders of desire: Gender and sexuality at the eastern borders of Europe. Manchester: Manchester University Press. pp. 181.
Nordic Journal of Migration Research
From Roots to Digital Realms: Jordan Jamieson on Revitalising Indigenous Culture through Archaeology and Technology
This interview with Jordan Jamieson explores the intersections of archaeology, technology, and the revitalisation of Indigenous cultural practices. With over ten years of experience in archaeology and cultural resource management (CRM), Jamieson reflec…
Self-Determination in mine site transitions and mine closure governance across Indigenous nations
This introductory article provides a synthesis of and a conceptual framing for, the five contributing articles in the Special Section “Self-determination in mine closure and mine site transition across nations”. These articles explore the intersections…
Book Review: Karlsson, K. A Sense of Place and Belonging: The Chiang Tung Borderland of Northern Southeast Asia.
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Early Adopters or Forever Resisters? Singapore Veg*ns’ Views Toward Alternative Protein Foods
Alternative protein foods, which provide significant quantities of protein but do not use conventional animal sources, can be an important component of sustainable diets. This paper presents the results of an autoethnographic study by an activist refle…
Book Review: Prajak Kongkirati. (2024). Thailand: Contestation, Polarization, and Democratic Regression.
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Language and De-/Escalation of Conflict in Aceh, Indonesia
This article examines the role of language in the de-/escalation of the Aceh conflict. Our analysis is situated at the crossroads of the literature on language and conflict and the literature on the micro-dynamics of violent conflict and everyday peace…
Memes and the Indonesian 2024 Presidential Elections: Performative Politics in an Illiberal Setting
Memes played a significant role in the 2024 Indonesian presidential election, particularly in shaping illiberal and elite discourse. This study focuses on Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the eldest son of President Joko Widodo (2014-2024) and, since October 20…
Editorial: Sustainability, Governance, and Conflict
Fieldschool Is Not What It Used to Be: Innovations in Teaching and Learning Ethnographic Methods
This article examines how teaching and learning ethnographic methods could be adapted to contemporary times, considering shifting understandings of ethnography and practical attention to the experiences of new fieldworkers. Using the European Field Stu…