Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
Lately, our daily news is engulfed with billowing clouds of despair as democracy slips away and is replaced with emboldened form of authoritarianism. We live in dark times. Global disasters are multiplying with no end in sight. Powerful institutions ge…
Scholars from all disciplines are becoming increasingly conscious of the co-dependence between humans and more-than-humans. This special collection engages these debates, guided by a question both practical and theoretical: What makes good relationship…
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print.
China’s urban development is undergoing a critical transition from expansion to redevelopment. Justice is an important issue during urban redevelopment, particularly for millions of tenants in informal settlements megacities. Using critical political e…
Folklore is the ancient collective consciousness of a people – serving as a mirror of their traditions, customs, beliefs, and aspirations. This powerful tool is essential to understanding societies across the globe and through the ages. In this blog post, we journey across continents, exploring a variety of folklore topics that shape humanity. Europe: Ireland’s […]
The post Exploring the Roots of Humanity: A Journey Through Folklore from Around the World first appeared on Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics.
Welcome to an enchanting journey through the charming, harrowing, and captivating world of folklore. Whether it’s about breathtaking Kodama spirits from Japanese mythology or spine-chilling wendigos from Native American lore, every culture has a rich reserve of magical entities, origin tales, and mythical occurrences that continue to shape their identities. Scandinavian Folklore: The Allure of […]
The post Living Legends: An Exploration into Varying Folklore first appeared on Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics.
The continuous protests in the Islamic Republic of Iran since Jina Mahsi Amini’s death in the fall of 2022 are challenging common perceptions of resistance, and even revolution. Through looking at the politics of maneuvering of both exiled f…
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This paper considers the question of what it is to ‘know’ digital governance through an experiential, bottom-up lens, and presents some empirical detail from recent fieldwork with feminist movement actors in northern India – both formally or…
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. International aid in the form of development assistance helps developing countries meet their development needs. Aid is also used as a conduit to drive the interests of donor countries in recipient countries. In Ghana, …
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El presente artículo propone un abordaje antropológicodel consumo humano de sustancias no-comestibles, oalotriofagia; y de la pica como su forma de sanción médica.Para ello hemos realizado una revisión sobre esta prácticaalimentaria a partir del anális…
L’article reflexiona sobre alimentació, cultura i salut a partir de l’experiència d’un hort urbà okupat amb una alta participació migrant. Durant els quasi tres anys que ha durat el projecte de l’Horta Alliberada de Sant Cugat (HA), aquest ha estat un …
El model d’ajuda alimentària, basat majoritàriament en la distribució d’aliments excedentaris i una relació assistencialista hereva de la beneficència, ha defallit. Els senyals del col·lapse de l’actual sistema alimentari en un marc de crisi ecosocial …
A Catalunya, la sexualitat infantil és governada de diferents maneres segons l’edat i el gènere. A partir de l’anàlisi de narratives d’infants d’entre tres i cinc anys de quatre escoles públiques catalanes, emmarcades en el projecte SexAFIN, s’han ana…
A partir de un análisis etnográfico de los itinerarios alimentarios de un grupo de personas mayores en España, este estudio examina los modos de resolver las comidas atendiendo, por un lado, a los efectos de los crecientes constreñimientos socioeconómi…
“Contextos alimentarios en transformación: discursos, prácticas e iniciativas” se enmarca en una realidad marcada por profundas y aceleradas transformaciones sociales, económicas y políticas que afectan el sistema alimentario a nivel global y local. En…
Necromáquina: Cuando morir no es suficienteRossana Reguillo (2021)NED Ediciones / ITESO Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara. 244 P.ISBN: 9788418273483