Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
This article examines the fermentative processes at the core of the agricultural food system of the Upper Rio Negro, northwestern Amazon, highlighting women’s technical and social agency in the production of fermented beverages such as caxiri. Base…
La presente investigación examina el sistema agroforestal familiar (nainu) del pueblo gunadule como un tejido de resistencia social, espiritual y ecológica frente a los procesos históricos y actuales de desposesión territorial y colapso climático. …
O artigo explora a ligação entre a cosmologia do povo Ye’kwana e suas práticas alimentares tradicionais, com base no conceito central de ädeeja, que representa os alimentos cultivados. Esse termo abrange mais do que a ideia de comida — ele carrega …
This special issue of Tipití presents a critical examination of ‘food economies’ and their transformations within Indigenous communities in Lowland South America. Stemming from seminal ideas in the Anthropology of Lowland South America that directl…
This essay is based on an ethnography by Parker Shipton (2011) of a World Bank development effort in Africa which failed spectacularly. The reason for its failure – and all similarly conceived efforts – lies in its disregard of the ecology of social pr…
As climate change threatens cities worldwide, how does the act of escaping environmental disaster become entangled with opportunities to generate wealth? Recent projections indicate that Manila, the capital of the Philippines, will become uninhabitable…
Aujourd’hui, la Science fait face à des remises en question qui dépassent le cadre du débat académique. Si le « scepticisme organisé », pour reprendre le concept du sociologue Robert King Merton, fait partie intégrante du processus scientifique,…
Partant d’une recherche sociologique conduite sur la base de corpus experts, scientifiques et politiques entre 1990 et 2005, cet article explore les contextes et modalités de fabrication des nouvelles courbes de référence pour la croissance des …
La sécurité communautaire est perçue comme un objectif essentiel face au phénomène de gangstérisation qui affecte profondément certaines communautés en Haïti. La prolifération des gangs armés dans les quartiers entraîne des pertes humaines et ma…
Sur base d’une enquête en ligne (n=539) et d’entretiens (n=57) auprès d’artistes et techniciens des arts de la scène, cet article se penche sur l’influence de la grossesse et de la parentalité sur la carrière des artistes. Il cherche à comprendr…
Cet article propose d’examiner comment les dynamiques collaboratives et contributives, qui jouent un rôle clé dans la production des écrits de fans, tels que les fanfictions sur le Web, se manifestent concrètement dans l’activité de leurs auteur…
Dans cet article, il est question d’analyser l’incidence de l’ancrage de l’identité estudiantine sur la gestion de la pandémie de Covid-19 dans un restaurant universitaire au Sénégal. L’étude, dans une approche socio-anthropologique, est essenti…
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. Access to decent and affordable housing is a major source of distress for migrants in many cities in Africa. For translocal migrants, there are limited housing pathways, further constrained by various socio-cultural pra…
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) offer valuable tools for fostering social cohesion and conflict resolution, yet little is known about women’s roles in this domain. This study draws on 14 interviews to …
Comparative Cultural Studies: European and Latin American Perspectives
Comparative Cultural Studies: European and Latin American Perspectives
One of the great challenges we have to face as a society is the prevention of bullying. Peer victimization is a problem for the development of a sustainable and quality educational environment (SDG 4: “Quality Education”), with harmful conse…
This article analyzes the experience of Spaces for Change, an initiative developed in schools in the Canary Islands that promotes active student participation through citizen laboratories. Conceived and facilitated by the Social Innovation L…
The school is currently taking on a new social role as it faces increasingly complex demands that go beyond academic instruction, requiring comprehensive responses grounded in inclusive, democratic, and participatory approaches. This text ex…
The migration system affecting Latin American women without legal status during their transit through Mexico is analyzed from a decolonial feminist theoretical perspective. The study identifies the main risks and forms of violence these wome…
This study reviews the scientific literature on the relationship between participation in physical and sports activities and the psychological well-being of young people. Such activities foster self-acceptance, positive interpersonal relatio…
What is proposed here is an epistemological, ethical, and political commitment to inhabiting digital practices with awareness and creativity, with the intention of politicizing technologies without disembodiment. It is based on the premise t…
Youth participation is an essential pillar in democratic consolidation, as it promotes critical citizenship, civic habits, and institutional legitimacy. However, there are numerous structural obstacles that limit its real impact, such as adu…
This review essay undertakes a critical analysis of the work Social Education: theories and scopes for socio-educational research and intervention (Rebolledo-Gámez & Cárdenas-Rodríguez, 2025). The methodology is based on an in-depth revi…
Comparative Cultural Studies: European and Latin American Perspectives