Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
This study examines the ethical and methodological complexities of conducting qualitative research with forcibly displaced Ukrainian youth during an ongoing war. Through two waves of semi-structured interviews (2023–2024) with 20 young refug…
Digital transformation in Ukrainian local authorities aims to enhance public services, strengthen citizen engagement, and improve transparency and efficiency. The United Nations E-Government Survey (2022) classified Ukraine within the ‘very …
In contemporary realities, cultural heritage has become a crucial and effective resource for the preservation of cultural diversity and the sustainable development of countries, regions, and communities. One of the key approaches to supporti…
In today’s global politics and economy, a country’s image is just as important as its natural resources or scientific and technological capabilities. Building a strong, positive brand is closely tied to shaping an external image through publ…
This editorial introduction presents the special issue of Cosmopolitan Civil Societies, ‘Ukraine’s Crossroads: Domestic Shifts and International Strategies in Times of War’, which brings together five interdisciplinary contributions examinin…
In the context of the ongoing Russian war of aggression in Ukraine, resilience has become a crucial attribute for educators striving to maintain quality education under adverse conditions. This paper examines teacher-led Communities of Pract…
Published: June 2026.
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print.
Scientific Rationale
Foodways constitute one of the most enduring dimensions (though likely still insufficiently theorized) of African diasporic presence in the Americas. Beyond ingredients and recipes, they embody complex histories of dis…
Argumentaire scientifique
Les pratiques alimentaires constituent l’une des dimensions les plus durables (mais sans doute encore insuffisamment théorisées) de la présence africaine dans les Amériques. Au-delà des ingrédients et des recettes…
Justificación científica
Las prácticas alimentarias constituyen una de las dimensiones más duraderas (aunque todavía insuficientemente teorizadas) de la presencia africana en las Américas. Más allá de los ingredientes y las recetas, encarn…
Justificativa científica
As práticas alimentares constituem uma das dimensões mais duradouras (embora ainda insuficientemente teorizadas) da presença africana nas Américas. Para além dos ingredientes e das receitas, elas incorporam históri…
Anthropology often lacks sufficient research opportunities for undergraduates. In this manuscript, we describe the development, delivery, and pilot assessment of INvolving Students In DEsigning Research (INSIDER), a seminar-style course designed to pro…
The purpose of this study is to understand the impact of Course Preparation Assignments (CPAs), informal writing assignments that ask students to respond to the reading, on the student learning experience in an Introduction to Cultural Anthropology cou…
Re-establishing society’s ability to coexist with wildlife species that were historically extirpated presents a critical challenge for reintroduction. Tribal-led efforts across North America aim to restore American Buffalo (Bison bison) as an ecologica…
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. The 2011 Uprising in Tunisia marked a turning point leading to a democratisation process that granted unprecedented political freedoms. Yet, socio-economic rights remained limited, and corruption persisted among politic…
Fela Anikulapo Kuti (1938–1997) distinguished himself as one of the foremost Nigerian musicians in the Afrobeat genre by identifying with the masses in Africa. He achieved a populist appeal by critiquing social ills and advocating for the es…
This paper reports findings from a study examining Rwandans’ attitudes towards Swahili across different occupational groups. The study hypothesized that there would be a relationship between Rwandans’ occupations and their attitudes towards …
By the mid-2000s, the contribution of Tanzania’s pharmaceutical industry to local drug circulation was low compared to imports, with the latter mostly coming from India. The situation had mainly stayed the same since independence in 1961, de…
This paper presents a discussion of Akan noun-noun compounds and a Construction Morphology account of their properties. Noun-noun compounds are the most studied type of compounds cross-linguistically, with studies revealing interesting issue…
Losing a close relative in old age is nowadays a very common occurrence. But what does it mean in practice to organise a funeral for someone over 80, in a context characterised by the pluralisation of our relationship with death and the de…
This article engages with current debates in queer anthropology that interrogate gender and sexuality as discrete analytical domains and highlight their complex entanglement in colonial and capitalist structures of power. It focuses on the…
Drawing on the portrait of Vesta, this article explores the “politics of the pronoun” in two interrelated key ways. First, it analyses the stakes of using the portrait to convey a queer experience marked by disciplinary processes that seek…
How to narrate queer lives without reproducing the epistemic violence of abstraction? In this article, we address several tensions between portraying, as necessarily reductive process of description and representation, and Queerness, as pe…
This article emerges from the raw material of an ethnographic process that seeks to remain faithful to the overwhelming nature of juxtaposed spaces and times. The reader is invited to engage closely with the details as an exercise in recog…