Identifying Household-Level Political Economy on the Maya/Spanish Frontier: A Zooarchaeological Perspective from Lamanai, Belize
New Florida Journal of Anthropology
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The Archaeology of Cassipora Creek
New Florida Journal of Anthropology
Editors’ note
Suomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society
Lectio præcursoria: From Paradise to the Town of no Hope—Home-making among the Soviet-era Russian-speakers in Narva, Estonia
A lectio præcursoria is a short presentation read out loud by a doctoral candidate at the start of a public thesis examination in Finland. It introduces the key points or central argument of the thesis in a way that should make the ensuing discussion b…
Anti-sedentarism and the anthropology of forced migration
Anthropologists of forced migration have advanced unique perspectives exploring identity and community as they relate to space. With its critique of naturalized conceptions of rootedness, boundedness, and territorialization, anti-sedentarism stands as …
Emotional tapestry of small cities
The paper investigates the emotional foundation of sense of place in small urban environments. The study was based on an anonymous questionnaire exploring various emotions in relation to urban environments in two small northern cities Haparanda (Sweden…
Historical anthropology from a ‘freezing January’ in 1990 to the present
What a pleasure it is to read Culture and History in the Pacific (Siikala 2021b [1990]) once again. The new, open access edition of this important volume brings back memories of my days in graduate school at the University of Chicago in the late 1990s….
Nahau, Pihi Manus, Pilapan: Hegemony’s gender as artefacts of history
It is a pleasure to contribute to the book forum on the republication of the book Culture and History in the Pacific. My contribution comprises two parts. In the first part, I briefly reflect on the book and its current relevance and highlight some iss…
Forum: Culture and History in the Pacific
The year 2021 saw the open-access republication of Culture and History in the Pacific (ed. Jukka Siikala), an edited volume originally published by the Finnish Anthropological Society. Suomen antropologi: The Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Soci…
Belonging in the Pacific, culture and history thirty years on
It is timely in many senses to reflect on culture and history in the in the Pacific. I join colleagues in celebrating the anniversary of the 1990 publication of the landmark volume Culture and History in the Pacific, edited by Jukka Siikala. The book w…
Mills, Dana 2021. Dance & Activism. A Century of Radical Dance Across the World. London, New York, Oxford, New Delhi, Sydney: Bloomsbury Academic, 2021. 197 p. ISBN 978-1-350-13701-1 (hardback)
Suomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society
Edwards, Ferne, Roos Gerritsen and Grit Wesser (eds) 2021. Food, Senses and the City. Routledge; Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment. 250 p. ISBN: 9780367458232 (Hardcover), ISBN: 9781003025580 (E-book)
Suomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society
Barca, Stefania 2020. Forces of Reproduction Notes for a Counter-Hegemonic Anthropocene. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 75 p. ISBN: 9781108813952 (paperback). ISBN: 9781108880428 (E-book)
Suomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society
Engendering European alternative food networks through countertopographies
Recent interventions in scholarly literature have revealed how alternative methods of food production and provision are empowering for women farmers. This literature has been largely based on the historical trajectory of agriculture in the US an…
Gender and Barbecue
Barbecuing is often highlighted as one of the most masculine forms of cooking. In this paper, I will analyse a recent Netflix documentary series, Chef’s Table: BBQ, with portraits of four different barbecue chefs, including two women. The barbec…
Editorial
Journal of Extreme Anthropology
Political Servitude Taking Ride on Corporate Social Responsibility Bandwagon
Journal of Extreme Anthropology
Africa’s Middle Classes
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. Since the early 21st century, the middle classes of the Global South became a focus of attention. However, a precarious minimum income was all it took to be considered middle class. But who exactly is middle class? As t…
Part i maternitat des d’una perspectiva transdisciplinar: nascer.pt
Conèixer la diversitat actual de les experiències d’embaràs, part i transició a la maternitat i paternitat és una qüestió que, en els darrers anys, està interessant a les investigadores, activistes i col·lectius. L’any 2017, a Portugal, un grup de rece…
Estratificació obstètrica interseccional.
La violència obstètrica consisteix en un conjunt de pràctiques i situacions que posen les dones en una condició inerme. Elles són emotivament i/o corporalment aixafades en una situació no consensuada que produeix unes seqüeles físiques i psicològiques …
Cos trencat per la meitat: abordar l’experiència d’un immigrant afrobrasiler de violència obstètrica i racisme a Portugal mitjançant la creació d’art.
En aquest article abordo el tema de la violència obstètrica, a través de l’anàlisi de la representació de l’experiència de part d’una migrant afrobrasilera a Portugal, materialitzada en un treball que integra la Galeria d’Experiències Obstètriques (Gal…
Cossos fronterers: reflexions antropològiques sobre migració, salut reproductiva i violència obstètrica.
La següent proposta pretén descriure la meva intervenció durant les jornades: Pràctiques Interseccionals. L’atenció a la salut afectivosexual des d’un coneixement transdisciplinari. Experiències a Catalunya, Portugal i Itàlia. El punt de partida d’aque…
El marc de l’economia del don matern per abordar la violència obstètrica.
El present article analitza els aspectes econòmics de la cura de la maternitat, proposant la teoria de l’economia del do matern com un marc possible per abordar les causes econòmiques i estructurals de la violència obstètrica. En l’economia actual de l…
‘Seguretat’ i ‘respecte’ durant el part i el naixement.
En aquest article analitzo l’experiència i la perspectiva de dones italianes i espanyoles que han optat per donar a llum a casa i de les comares que les han atès. Les dades provenen d’una investigació etnogràfica realitzada a Itàlia, Espanya i els Païs…
Unexpected Transitions: From Lifeboats to Online Learning
At the height of the pandemic, schools across the country shut down, shifting classrooms to a remote learning modality. While the use of emergency remote teaching (ERT) provided an alternative for schools, it was a difficult transition. Online learning…