Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. France and Morocco have long maintained close relations. These relations have historically led them to be stable allies in defending their respective interests in Africa. However, this relationship has undergone profoun…
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. This article addresses the failed coup d’Etat of 6 April 1984, in Cameroon, asking what it can teach us about Cameroon’s post-1984 political path. The article makes two main contributions. First, it offers evidence that…
In this essay, I take stock of the existing entanglements and possible future symbiosis between anthropology and entrepreneurship, both as a field of research and as a practice of venture creation. While anthropologists have studied entrepreneurship as…
Journal of Business Anthropology
Adolescents with an immigrant background have poorer educational performance than their native counterparts, which may partly be explained by the quality of their neighbourhood area upon immigration to Sweden. An important part of neighbourhood quality…
Following Russia’s initiation of full‑scale war against Ukraine in 2022, Ukrainian forced migrants in the EU, including Finland, were granted immediate access to the labor market under the Temporary Protection mechanism. This paper examines what …
In this article, we analyse the kinds of futures envisioned by Finnish and Dutch news media in relation to climate migration. We find four frames that are used to present the future: a catastrophe frame, a migrant‑positioning frame, an injustice frame …
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Bolivia has seen changing food patterns during the last decades. In the city of Cochabamba, processed, calorie-rich and fried food with saturated fats and sugar is becoming popular at the expense of traditional, nutritious plant-based whole food…
The world is facing multiple intertwined crises, like environmental degradation and socioeconomic inequalities. The impacts of these crises are disproportionately severe in emerging nations, such as those in Southeast Asia. Ecovillages are emerging as …
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This qualitative study examines whether the Philippine party-list system effectively enables indigenous peoples’ legislative representation by reviewing documents from the Philippine Commission on Elections, the Philippine Congress, the Philippine Supr…
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Tamarix spp., also known as salt cedar or tamarisk, has garnered a reputation in the United States as an invasive plant, with widespread policy and research advocating for its eradication in the Chihuahuan Desert region that spans the United States and…
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. This article explores the nature of the diasporic connections that are emerging among Ethiopians and Eritreans in Nairobi and Khartoum and Eritreans in Addis Ababa. The article looks at their daily lives and interaction…
Introduction. Indian Federalism under One-party Dominance [Full text]
Kalaiyarasan A. and Louise Tillin
When Labels Matter: Federalism, Basic Structure Doctrine, and the Indian Supreme Court [Fu…
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) is a global framework that promotes climate, social, and biodiversity goals through tropical forest management. An ongoing challenge is integrating equity for “full and effective” part…
Peasant movements are key to thinking and acting creatively in food and socio-ecological transformation processes. Drawing bridges between feminist political ecology and critical ecofeminisms, this article analyzes Chile’s National Association of Rural…
This is a companion piece to the “Voices of Green” film. Watch the film here: Voices of Green This companion piece to the ethnographic film Voices of Green by Hannah Birch examines local perspectives on green transitions in Denmark, focusing on how in…
Buenos Aires, Argentina is one of the least green cities in the world, with estimates of 1.5 – 6m² of green space per person – far below the World Health Organization’s recommended minimum of 15m². Neoliberal policies continue to fragment and priva…
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. Geographical place is key in the production and contestation of migrant belonging. Cities are welcoming or hostile, while migrants practice belonging in relation to place of origin, deepening or contesting their relatio…
In Uganda, green charcoal – briquettes made of carbonized biochar from agricultural residues – has the potential to replace wood charcoal. This can contribute to halting deforestation and reducing national carbon emissions. Yet, the acceptance of green…