Lo que Engels no podía saber. La vivienda como bien de inversión
Lo que Engels no podía saber. La vivienda como bien de inversión Andrej Holm (2024) Iruñea: Katakrak. 270 p. ISBN: 978-84-10316-01-0
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Donant veu a la ‘Generació Llogatera’. Desestabilitzant els discursos dominants sobre la reforma del mercat de lloguer a Catalunya i Espanya
A les àrees urbanes contemporànies, una ‘generació llogatera’ està trobant refugi en habitatges de lloguer privat cars i precaris. Organitzacions de llogateres i iniciatives legislatives han estat actuant per millorar les condicions d’habitatge de les …
Reptes i oportunitats en la investigació etnogràfica: Reflexions sobre vulnerabilitat i activisme
Aquest article té com a objectiu articular el conjunt de reptes i plantejaments que sorgeixen durant el primer any de doctorat a les dues autores, oferint respostes i reflexions basades tant en la bibliografia com en l’experiència personal. Els temes p…
Planificar la despossessió racial i de classe de l’habitatge: Anàlisi sociojurídica del Pla territorial sectorial d’habitatge de Catalunya
El present article analitza la planificació de la sortida d’una crisi estructural d’habitatge en els estrets límits del neoliberalisme, a través de l’estudi del Pla Territorial Sectorial d’Habitatge de Catalunya i el Pla 50.000 habitatges, en un contex…
Prefigurant uns comuns d’habitatge redistributius: experiments públic-cooperatius a Berlín, Roma i Barcelona
Aquest article examina com les pràctiques impulsades pels moviments socials es tradueixen en comuns habitacionals redistributius mitjançant arranjaments híbrids de governança públic-comunitària, tant existents com potencials, a Berlín, Roma i Barcelona…
“Tot són paperets i fer-te perdre el temps”. Mares migrants a Barcelona enfront de la cronopolítica residencial
Les mares migrants en situació irregular a Barcelona enfronten una exclusió residencial a conseqüència de la intersecció de discriminacions múltiples. Donada la impossibilitat d’accedir al mercat formal de lloguer, recorren a solucions residencials pre…
Behind Anthropology Watch: An Interview with Jeff Maskovsky and Emily Metzner
Across the country, anthropology is under threat—a target of budget crunches and institutional restructuring sweeping through higher ed as well as broader attacks on the social sciences, humanities, and DEI. In response, the American Anthropological Association, through its Anthropology Advocacy Council (AAC), developed Anthropology Watch: a tracker documenting every closure, cut, and admissions freeze as […]
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Out of sight, out of mind: Activism and the scalar politics of nuclear waste governance in Switzerland
Nuclear waste disposal is a technological project that produce uneven geographies—a longstanding concern of environmental justice scholars and activists. This article explores the scalar politics of nuclear waste governance in Switzerland by focusing o…
Call for Papers: Issue 42: Thermal Aesthetics
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Book Review: Marshall Sahlins. The New Science of the Enchanted Universe: An Anthropology of Most of Humanity
Marshall Sahlins. The New Science of the Enchanted Universe: An Anthropology of Most of Humanity. Princeton, NJ, and Oxford, UK: Princeton University Press. 2022, 208 pages, hardcover, $35.00.
Bleeding Anthropology
Ethnographic fieldwork often causes strong physical and mental strain to the working anthropologist, yet the vocabulary to address such issues within the discipline seems stagnated. This article argues that anthropology’s loss of vocabulary for address…
Burial, Reburial: The Cultural Cost of Development in South Africa
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. This article presents the first systematic study of cultural impacts caused by infrastructure building, resource extraction (particularly mining), and renewable energy systems in South Africa since democratisation, focu…
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Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print.
Entomophagie et étudiants maghrébins établis en France : barrières culturelles et opportunités d’adaptation
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…
Des bonbons au savoir : une étude didactique chez les élèves du primaire sur la transformation du sucre
Introduction
Bien que de nombreuses études se soient intéressées aux préférences alimentaires des enfants, à leurs habitudes ou aux pratiques au sein de leurs familles, leur compréhension des processus de fabrication et de transformation d…
«Comida de monte» contra comida tecnificada
Este artículo analiza la relación entre las carreteras y la introducción de alimentos manufacturados en la cultura wayuu a mediados del siglo XX. La problemática que se plantea es ¿en qué medida la Troncal del Caribe contribuyó a la configuració…
Ghana’s Land Reform Agenda and Local Realities of Women’s Land Access for Irrigation Farming in Garu
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. Policy reforms in Africa are crucial for land rights. Ghana’s land administration project (LAP) seeks to modernise land administration, improve tenure security, and reduce poverty. However, little research explores its …
Afterword: Rethinking Humanitarianism Through Somali Giving Practices
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print.
Teaching and Learning Participatory Methods in Anthropology: Recognizing and Overcoming Significant Obstacles
Participatory methods in cultural anthropology continue to gain popularity. These methods respect community values and promote empowerment and co-creation, enhancing the ethicality and relevance of research findings. Despite their advantages, formal tr…
A Tale of Two Interns and Four Objects: The 2026 Louise Lamphere Internship Program
The annual Louise Lamphere Internship Program offers two interns the chance to spend six weeks in Washington, DC, splitting their time between the American Anthropological Association (AAA) and either the Alexandria Archaeology Museum or the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH). In this piece, they recount their invaluable time as Louise Lamphere interns, […]
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Bordered Voices: Cross-Border Zimbabwean Traders, Vernacular Community Radio and Urban Citizenship in Musina, South Africa
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. This article examines how vernacular community radio shapes cross-border Zimbabwean traders’ urban citizenship practices in Musina, South Africa, where migrants are central to the local economy yet marginal in formal po…
Roots, Belonging, and Digital Infrastructure: Determinants of Crisis Giving Among Somalis in Eastleigh, Nairobi
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. Somali giving practices during severe crises are shaped by diverse socio-demographic profiles and varying patterns of digital technologies. Using a cross-sectional survey of Somalis in Eastleigh, Nairobi, and multinomia…
Ethnography and New Habitus of Visual Production
This introduction frames a thematic section dedicated to examining how contemporary digital technologies are reshaping visual ethnographic practice and contributing to the emergence of a new habitus of visual production. Drawing on debates in vi…
Du mode d’existence des nouvelles technologies visuelles
Media studies that examine the relationship between media content and the materiality of media objects partly address the question of the logics of innovation in media tools. From a historical perspective, some focus on the specificity of media …
Making a ‘Good Movie’
Drawing from the fieldwork experience with a sound engineering and video maker in Austria, France, and Italy, the paper reflects on how to use a camera to explore beekeeping practices. Shadowing the footage and related fieldwork notes, the contr…