Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
Beginning with images of rampant destruction and violence in our day, Paul Ricœur’s reflections on the political paradox and his “little ethics” (contained in Oneself as Another) are responses to peace and understanding. Ricœur is concerned …
With its emphasis on action and new possibilities opened by imagination, Paul Ricœur’s narrative theory offers insights to understanding each other in a world of polarized views. His theory is helpful in describing the potential that narrati…
Following Part I, this essay (Part II) continues my attempt to develop an ontology of peace by drawing resources from Ricœur’s thought. I begin with Augustine, Dionysius, and Aquinas to show that peace is not contrary to our humanity but is …
This essay is the first of two seeking to draw out an ontology of peace from Paul Ricoeur’s thought. This first essay (Part I) argues that Ricoeur’s hermeneutics of creation provides the best starting point because of its insistence on…
This article critically examines Paul Ricœur’s philosophical contributions to inter-religious dialogue, focusing on his treatment of religion as a presumed universal category. Ricœur’s insights into religious violence and post-religious fait…
Kevin Rudd’s 2007 Apology to Australia’s Indigenous Peoples acknowledged the devastating impact of child removal on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and communities and included a commitment that ‘the injustices of the past must never, ne…
The Argyle diamond mine, in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia, ceased production in late 2020 after 37 years of operations and producing 865 million carats of rough diamonds. Opening in 1983, it was the first major diamond-mining operation…
During the peak of its operation, Century mine, in Australia’s western Queensland, was the third largest lead, zinc and silver mine in the world. The mine has had a turbulent history. It was resisted by the indigenous Traditional Owners, and then an un…
En este artículo ofrezco una reflexión sobre el giro etnográfico en arqueología y su aporte en la vinculación con los Pueblos Indígenas a través del desarrollo de las arqueologías pública, colaborativa e indígena. Este trabajo no pretende ser exhaustiv…
En este artículo presentamos una introducción al dossier dedicado a la memoria de Victoria Castro Rojas (1944-2022), destacando su legado en el contexto de las discusiones nacionales e internacionales sobre el aporte de las mujeres al desarrollo cientí…
Se propone describir en intensidad el modo de vida pescador y recolector en la Caleta de Arica. A partir de ciertas ecologías de prácticas y tecnologías de vinculación, abordamos las vivencias heterogéneas que entretejen un entorno socionatural distint…
El texto presenta una entrevista realizada a Victoria Castro Rojas en el contexto del primer podcast dedicado a la antropología en Chile, A campo traviesa. Luego de una introducción en donde se remarcan dos aspectos del quehacer de Castro Rojas -la sup…
La cerámica “Hedionda”, cuyo nombre proviene del sitio de una laguna homónima del suroeste de Bolivia donde fue reconocida por primera vez, también fue identificada en la década de los setenta y ochenta en las quebradas altas del Loa Superior, específi…
Este texto reflexiona y destaca aportes fundamentales de la investigadora Victoria Castro Rojas. Nos referimos a la particular visión del ejercicio académico e investigativo que promovió a lo largo de su carrera, y de la arqueología como una disciplina…
Se presenta una investigación histórica acerca de la construcción de la identidad de género durante el siglo XIX en el contexto educacional chileno, mediante la creación de una muestra de estudio obtenida de objetos del sitio arqueológico Pique Hospita…
Testimonio de investigación de los primeros años del Grupo Toconce, una agrupación de origen universitario formada a mediados de los setenta para investigar el pasado prehispánico de la cuenca alta del río Salado, principal afluente del río Loa. A lo l…
InVisible Culture
The colonial university has long existed as a site of traumatic incorporation of western knowledge systems into the lives of indigenous populations across the world. Western academic styles of teaching and learning in South Africa reenact indigenous tr…
This reflection questions how “trauma-informed anthropology” as a method and reflexive praxis undergirding fieldwork evolves: How do attempts to mitigate re-traumatisation shape the meanings of the relationship between researcher and interlocutor? Issu…
What can the contribution of anthropologists be when working with communities facing post-disaster trauma? What are the role, responsibilities and – equally important – needs of the anthropologist in a post-disaster site? What are the processes for con…
The 21st century has seen a dramatic increase in chronic non-infectious diseases, and medical anthropologists have noted a rise, particularly, in the area of mental health. Past studies have shown that a lack of cultural understanding of trauma narrati…
Traumatic experiences are prevalent across all cultures and all Higher Education contexts will almost certainly have survivors of trauma in the classroom as students or teachers. Focusing on the UK Higher Education context, this article draws on data i…
This article explores ways that trauma can come into tension with anthropological methods, specifically during fieldwork. It is based on findings from a survey conducted among anthropologists in 2023, which sought to understand preparation for fieldwor…
This Teaching Brief is an extended discussion on the findings presented in our article ‘Field of Screams Revisited: Contending with trauma in ethnographic fieldwork’ (Procter, Spector and Freed, this Special Issue). In the article, we report on a surve…
Teaching a module entitled ‘Decolonising Anthropology’ means having to approach numerous difficult and challenging subjects with students. It also means having to respond to and reflect on the traumatic responses that these topics bring about in indivi…