Fermentative processes of the agricultural food system in the Upper Rio Negro: ethnographic notes on feminine knowledge, intention, and agency in the production of fermented beverages

This article examines the fermentative processes at the core of the agricultural food system of the Upper Rio Negro, northwestern Amazon, highlighting women’s technical and social agency in the production of fermented beverages such as caxiri. Base…

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…