Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
Digitally tracking food and eating has become a widespread activity. Scholars in anthropology, sociology and science and technology studies have problematised the personal and social implications of dietary tracking and the metrification of …
Data constitute a crucial resource in healthcare systems increasingly reliant on digital technologies powered by artificial intelligence (AI). However, before these technologies can be used, they need to be ‘trained’ on large datasets ass…
In recent years, a lot of scholarly attention has been devoted to how practices of digitalisation and datafication require medical professionals to work together with different stakeholders, and to how such collaborations shape expertise (St…
Special Issue “Health-Related Expertise in the Digital Age: Reconfigurations and Redistributions”, guest edited by Sandra Bärnreuther, Nolwenn Bühler and Giada Danesi.
This commentary is about the ways in which research can enhance policy making. It opens with a broad discussion of the relationship between research and policy as many have traditionally conceived it, often through the metaphor of a policy cycle into w…
This paper explores municipalism in a Danish context. The notion of municipalism has over the last decade gained both renewed academic traction and developed as a political practice, especially in a Southern European context. Within this framework, mun…
The relationship between researchers and policymakers has never been straightforward when it comes to using the best evidence to solve societal problems. This paper examines this relationship by analysing two major refugee events in Germany: the arriva…
Environmental degradation induced by climate change disturbs livelihoods and is, therefore, a critical issue in policy and academic discourses on immobility. This paper aims to investigate experiences of immobility in three coastal areas within Indones…
A sizable level of informal employment, often stemming from social disparities and limited economic opportunities, can have great implications for migration in Sub-Sahara Africa. Similarly, inequality, particularly unequal access to economic resources …
This paper contributes to the discussions on AI initiatives applied to migration management by drawing attention to critical issues in the AI systems field. It suggests a research agenda to investigate how AI-generated insights inform policies and how …
On average, an estimated 20 million people each year are displaced by climate-related hazards. This number will increase in coming years due to global warming, sea level rise, and rapid population growth in areas highly exposed to floods, storms and dr…
In this introduction to the special issue on migration research and governance, we identify three key issues at the heart of current migration discourses: a range of normative and ethical assumptions, the transnational dynamics of migration, and the ch…
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…
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. Jackson Park in Kumase, Ghana, was designed to serve the recreational interests of its immediate African community. The article analyses how Asante citizens appropriated a colonial park and how it was refashioned by the…
This study explores the role of algorithmic management in India’s food delivery industry, specifically focusing on platforms like Swiggy and Zomato, which act more like employers than mere intermediaries. By harnessing extensive data, these …
Aquest article té com a objectiu recollir el punt de vista d’alguns participants sobre la trobada que el 26 de febrer del 2024 va tenir l’alumnat de l’assignatura de primer curs d’Antropologia de la Societat Contemporània (grup de tarda) amb membres de…
(Con)textos: revista d'antropologia i investigació social
(Con)textos: revista d'antropologia i investigació social
A finals del 2019 es presentava públicament la iniciativa Maestrat-Els Ports que tenia l’objectiu de crear una destinació ecoturística a nivell internacional de 550.000 ha situada entre les províncies de Castelló, Terol i Tarragona. En menys de set mes…
L’article compara les contribucions de Veena Das a l’estudi de la violència amb les narratives de víctimes d’assetjament sexual a escoles. Inicialment, presenta la manera com Das comprèn el fenomen de la violència per, a partir d’aquí, emmarcar els ass…
(Con)textos: revista d'antropologia i investigació social
Darrerament, s’ha produït un augment en l’anàlisi i l’estudi del fenomen i la problemàtica de la violència de gènere. Tot i així, gran part d’aquestes investigacions han donat prioritat a l’abordatge dels abusos físics, per sobre d’altres formes no tan…
L’article té l’objectiu de presentar una sistematització de les aportacions teòriques que expliquen els fenòmens de la despossessió i acaparament de terres, a partir de l’anàlisi comparatiu de diversos texts de la matèria. Com sol passar en treballs d’…
(Con)textos: revista d'antropologia i investigació social
Aquest assaig crític examina, a través d’una exploració teòrica i bibliogràfica, la revisió de la dicotomia natura/cultura proposada pel gir ontològic. En primer lloc, es subratlla la tendència d’inferir una teoria ideogràfica del canvi social de la re…