Maternité et norme somatique

Sur base d’une enquête en ligne (n=539) et d’entretiens (n=57) auprès d’artistes et techniciens des arts de la scène, cet article se penche sur l’influence de la grossesse et de la parentalité sur la carrière des artistes. Il cherche à comprendr…

Wholes and Parts

This article recuperates an overlooked history of a photographic archive created in 1965 to document the cultural diversity of the Portuguese colonies for an ethnological museum in Lisbon during the concluding decades of the country’s last colonial reg…

From a Kingdom to a Commonwealth

This article examines the historical trajectory of Denkyira, a once-dominant Akan kingdom in Ghana. It challenges the prevailing narrative that the legacy of Denkyira ended with its defeat by Asante in 1701. Despite its significance as a pre…

Pitch Reset in Akan Subordinate Clauses

This study explores how lexical tone interacts with intonation in Akan, focusing on pitch reset as a prosodic cue in complex declaratives. Pitch reset – an upward shift in fundamental frequency (f0) following declination – has been documente…

Post-Melancholia Belfast

This essay explores the numerous roles that visual art plays for tourism in various Belfast neighborhoods. In the commercial districts of City Centre, Cathedral Quarter, and the Titanic Quarter, street art and other tourist attractions like the Titanic…

Heritage, Heirs and Performative Competence

Cultural heritage is traces from the past that are ascribed meaning in the present. This basic tenet of current heritage theory is often followed by a call for more democratic heritage processes and the inclusion of more diverse values. The article poi…