Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
Marshall Sahlins. The New Science of the Enchanted Universe: An Anthropology of Most of Humanity. Princeton, NJ, and Oxford, UK: Princeton University Press. 2022, 208 pages, hardcover, $35.00.
Ethnographic fieldwork often causes strong physical and mental strain to the working anthropologist, yet the vocabulary to address such issues within the discipline seems stagnated. This article argues that anthropology’s loss of vocabulary for address…
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. This article presents the first systematic study of cultural impacts caused by infrastructure building, resource extraction (particularly mining), and renewable energy systems in South Africa since democratisation, focu…
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print.
Cet article analyse les perceptions et attitudes d’étudiants maghrébins établis en France à l’égard de l’entomophagie, considérée comme une alternative alimentaire durable mais confrontée à d’importantes résistances. L’étude identifie trois prin…
Introduction
Bien que de nombreuses études se soient intéressées aux préférences alimentaires des enfants, à leurs habitudes ou aux pratiques au sein de leurs familles, leur compréhension des processus de fabrication et de transformation d…
Este artículo analiza la relación entre las carreteras y la introducción de alimentos manufacturados en la cultura wayuu a mediados del siglo XX. La problemática que se plantea es ¿en qué medida la Troncal del Caribe contribuyó a la configuració…
Cet article s’intéresse aux relations entre un coach et son groupe de body-builders examinées à la suite d’une enquête ethnographique de longue durée dans une salle de musculation du Sud de la France. Les aspects alimentaires des régimes qui son…
Cet article analyse les perceptions et attitudes d’étudiants maghrébins établis en France à l’égard de l’entomophagie, considérée comme une alternative alimentaire durable mais confrontée à d’importantes résistances. L’étude identifie trois prin…
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…
Cette contribution offre un regard heuristique et réflexif sur la préparation conjointe, en candidat libre et de manière autofinancée, de deux diplômes aux symboliques aussi fortes qu’apparemment opposées : un certificat d’aptitude professionnel…
Introduction
Bien que de nombreuses études se soient intéressées aux préférences alimentaires des enfants, à leurs habitudes ou aux pratiques au sein de leurs familles, leur compréhension des processus de fabrication et de transformation d…
How do bodybuilders perceive and negotiate the moral and social demands of strict diets? Which discursive repertoires, including scientific, biomedical, and experiential forms, are mobilized to justify and normalize these regimens? Based on one …
Este artículo analiza la relación entre las carreteras y la introducción de alimentos manufacturados en la cultura wayuu a mediados del siglo XX. La problemática que se plantea es ¿en qué medida la Troncal del Caribe contribuyó a la configuració…
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. Policy reforms in Africa are crucial for land rights. Ghana’s land administration project (LAP) seeks to modernise land administration, improve tenure security, and reduce poverty. However, little research explores its …
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print.
Participatory methods in cultural anthropology continue to gain popularity. These methods respect community values and promote empowerment and co-creation, enhancing the ethicality and relevance of research findings. Despite their advantages, formal tr…
The annual Louise Lamphere Internship Program offers two interns the chance to spend six weeks in Washington, DC, splitting their time between the American Anthropological Association (AAA) and either the Alexandria Archaeology Museum or the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (CFCH). In this piece, they recount their invaluable time as Louise Lamphere interns, […]
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Drawing from the fieldwork experience with a sound engineering and video maker in Austria, France, and Italy, the paper reflects on how to use a camera to explore beekeeping practices. Shadowing the footage and related fieldwork notes, the contr…
This article examines the ethnographic significance of silence and background noise in biographical video interviews with former miners in southwest Sardinia. Drawing on John Cage’s conceptualization of silence, sensory ethnography, and anthropo…
David MacDougall’s film work and theoretical reflections, which began in the late sixties and continue to this day, are anchored in the idea that film should maintain a respectful, coexisting relationship with everyday reality. The notion of par…
This introduction frames a thematic section dedicated to examining how contemporary digital technologies are reshaping visual ethnographic practice and contributing to the emergence of a new habitus of visual production. Drawing on debates in vi…
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. This article examines how vernacular community radio shapes cross-border Zimbabwean traders’ urban citizenship practices in Musina, South Africa, where migrants are central to the local economy yet marginal in formal po…
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. Somali giving practices during severe crises are shaped by diverse socio-demographic profiles and varying patterns of digital technologies. Using a cross-sectional survey of Somalis in Eastleigh, Nairobi, and multinomia…
This introduction frames a thematic section dedicated to examining how contemporary digital technologies are reshaping visual ethnographic practice and contributing to the emergence of a new habitus of visual production. Drawing on debates in vi…