Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
The territory-wide protest in Hong Kong in 2019, originated from a proposed amendment bill on the extradition of fugitives to China which triggered massive protests. In an incident, the police shot a female medic in the eye which outraged the public. A…
This qualitative study uses Oberschall’s Theory of Resource Mobilization (RMT) and Allport’s theory of social prejudice, to describe the situation of the Kokoda people in Sorong. The data come from oral sources, interviews, observation and documents. T…
The anti-corruption component of Kazakhstan’s state development has been elevated to the rank of state policy. Despite the comprehensive fight against corruption, Kazakhstan, having achieved progressive and radical changes in legislation during the yea…
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. The neoliberal transformation of Mali’s burgeoning capital city, Bamako, has undermined men’s capacity to provide for their households and dependents even as it has boosted women’s economic participation, leading senior…
shamanism Korea spirit portrait American power politics of anti-superstition A notable feature of contemporary Hwanghae-do (now a region in North Korea) shamanism in Incheon, west of Seoul, is a body of material symbols of American power that are famil…
competition display Fire Festival myth-history social and cosmic renewal Southwest China Each year the Nuosu, a Tibeto-Burman group of Southwest China, celebrate their Fire Festival with vibrant displays that evoke the myth-historical blunder of a hero…
processions aesthetics display Balinese Hinduism religious pluralism Lombok In the Hindu Balinese imagination, demons (buta kala) are ambiguous figures of the crossroads. Across Indonesia, the display of giant demon puppets (ogoh-ogoh) has increasingly…
Brazil is one of the largest food producers in the world and also one of the most socially and economically unequal countries. Afro Veganism, Ghetto Veganism and Feminist Veganism are associated with this fight, addressing the contradictions bet…
by Onyekachi E. Nnabuihe, Kelvin Ashindorbe and Samuel Osagie Odobo Abstract A growing deterioration of the security situation in Nigeria is provoking debate about the subsisting federalized but ineffective policing structure. The general deterioration of security is also manifesting in the growth of regional outfits that have emerged to fill the security gap created by […]
by Aloyce Gervas, Nina Torm and Godbertha Kiyondo Abstract In Tanzania, poor enforcement of occupational health and safety (OHS) regulations has been associated with weak regulatory systems as well as lack of proper procedures on construction sites. However, the role of health and safety actors including organisational structures as enabling or disabling factors are under […]
by Melody Moyo and Nathaniel Chimhete Abstract Between 2000 and 2008 Zimbabwe experienced an economic crisis that reached its peak in 2007 and 2008. Africanists who have written about the informal sector in general and those who have written about the informal sector during periods of economic crises in particular have emphasized the inverse relationship […]
by Evans Netshivhambe Abstract Venda musicians incorporate aspects of “traditional” Venda life and music while still trying to make their music marketable to a larger audience. Johannesburg, the “City of Gold” was never such for many popular Venda musicians as their music did not yield any gold for them. Two significant influences take center stage […]
This essay examines the emerging “digital turn” in business anthropology, a phenomenon propelled by the increasing prevalence and influence of digital technologies. Despite the significant underrepresentation of digital anthropology in current literatu…
Journal of Business Anthropology
Over the last few decades, Danish humanities researchers have become increasingly expected to engage in business collaborations that have an impact beyond academia. Although there is great willingness to work together, humanities-business collaboration…
Thrift, in its simplest definition, is the practice of using resources in a considered way. The concept has long been employed as a moral trope to condemn or promote a variety of human practices. In the literature, thrift is addressed as it is played …
The term “solidarity economy” is most commonly deployed to describe altruistic and socially beneficial ways of doing business, often in opposition to ones that are less so. Drawing on a year and a half of ethnographic fieldwork among Danish minority ga…
Journal of Business Anthropology
Introduction. The Digitalization of Urban Governance in India [Full text]
Khaliq Parkar and Stéphanie Tawa Lama
The Language of Smart Cities [Full text]
Uttara Purandare
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Introduction. The Digitalization of Urban Governance in India [Full text]
Khaliq Parkar and Stéphanie Tawa Lama
The Language of Smart Cities [Full text]
Uttara Purandare
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