Book review: Perspectives on Anthropology of Music and Dance from the British Isles
Stephen Cottrell (ed). 2021. Music, Dance, Anthropology. Canon Pyon: Sean Kingston Publishing. 280 p. ISBN: 978-1-912385-31-7 (hardback).
Category: English
Lectio Praecursoria: Aspired Communities—The communities of long-term recovery after the 3.11 disaster in the town of Yamamoto
I argue in this thesis that we can understand the various ways in which community is ontologized as a tangible, affective and compelling social reality through the analytical lens of the future orientation of collective aspiring. The social and materia…
Migration and Ethnic Themes, Vol.38 No.2
Published: December 2022.
Vestimenta de domingo San Pedro de Atacama
El presente artículo tiene como objetivo examinar la relevancia de la vestimenta, como medio de diferenciación y segmentación dentro de la sociedad rural, minera e indígena de San Pedro de Atacama durante el siglo XX. Tal situación se analiza específic…
Indumentaria devocional e identidad en la Diablada del Alto El Loa
El artículo aborda la indumentaria de la danza religiosa de la Diablada en festividades en el Alto El Loa, segunda región de Chile. Se releva la importancia de materialidades asociadas a la vestimenta como bienes y costumbres culturales que dotan de co…
Paisajes para la nación, paisajes para la congregación. El espacio fueguino a los ojos de Fagnano y Lista
En agosto de 1886, el presidente Julio Argentino Roca firmó un decreto mandando a realizar la primera expedición oficial dirigida a explorar por tierra el norte y este de la parte argentina de la Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego. La misma estaría al man…
Zapatos y deseo mimético entre los Huilliches de San Juan de la Costa
Este trabajo se enfoca en el papel de los zapatos como metáfora en la memoria de la identidad Mapuche Huilliche. La memoria es abordada desde narraciones autobiográficas recopiladas en la obra “Vida y Palabra Campesina” publicada en 1986. Se explora có…
A bordo de pangas, chatas y chalupas: navegaciones que recrean Cabo de Hornos
La práctica de la navegación es y ha sido central para los distintos grupos humanos que han habitado el archipiélago de Cabo de Hornos y para la conformación del territorio/maritorio como lo conocemos hoy. El objetivo de este artículo es relevar los mo…
Understanding Trust in Contemporary Australia Using Latent Class Analysis
In 2019, an online survey of 2,015 Australian residents examined the extent of trust of various groups and institutions. A Latent Class Analysis (LCA) of the results generated a typology of trust in Australia. The LCA uncovered four classes based on le…
Women Leaders and ESG Performance: Exploring Gender Equality in Global South Companies
This paper investigates the relationship between environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance and gender equity in companies operating in the Global South. Using data from an ESG rating encompassing approximately 100 companies in one of the …
Universal Values of Pancasila in Managing the Crime of Terrorism
Using a Socio-Legal Studies approach, this article analyses the primacy of the universal values of Pancasila, a decolonizing ideology, in tackling crimes of terrorism in Indonesia. In Indonesia’s last two decades, radical movements have become more wid…
The Eye4HK Meme and the Construction of an Injustice Frame
The territory-wide protest in Hong Kong in 2019, originated from a proposed amendment bill on the extradition of fugitives to China which triggered massive protests. In an incident, the police shot a female medic in the eye which outraged the public. A…
Kokoda People: Mobilization, Marginalization and Their Economic Lives in Sorong, Southwest Papua
This qualitative study uses Oberschall’s Theory of Resource Mobilization (RMT) and Allport’s theory of social prejudice, to describe the situation of the Kokoda people in Sorong. The data come from oral sources, interviews, observation and documents. T…
Fighting Corruption in Kazakhstan by Force of Criminal Law
The anti-corruption component of Kazakhstan’s state development has been elevated to the rank of state policy. Despite the comprehensive fight against corruption, Kazakhstan, having achieved progressive and radical changes in legislation during the yea…
Patriarchal Anxieties and Masculine Sexual Privilege in Contemporary Urban Mali
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. The neoliberal transformation of Mali’s burgeoning capital city, Bamako, has undermined men’s capacity to provide for their households and dependents even as it has boosted women’s economic participation, leading senior…
Asian Ethnology
shamanism Korea spirit portrait American power politics of anti-superstition A notable feature of contemporary Hwanghae-do (now a region in North Korea) shamanism in Incheon, west of Seoul, is a body of material symbols of American power that are famil…
Asian Ethnology
competition display Fire Festival myth-history social and cosmic renewal Southwest China Each year the Nuosu, a Tibeto-Burman group of Southwest China, celebrate their Fire Festival with vibrant displays that evoke the myth-historical blunder of a hero…
Asian Ethnology
processions aesthetics display Balinese Hinduism religious pluralism Lombok In the Hindu Balinese imagination, demons (buta kala) are ambiguous figures of the crossroads. Across Indonesia, the display of giant demon puppets (ogoh-ogoh) has increasingly…
Veganism and intersectionality in Brazil
Brazil is one of the largest food producers in the world and also one of the most socially and economically unequal countries. Afro Veganism, Ghetto Veganism and Feminist Veganism are associated with this fight, addressing the contradictions bet…
Politics of Security Sector Reform: Violence and the Emergence of Regional Security Outfits in Nigeria
by Onyekachi E. Nnabuihe, Kelvin Ashindorbe and Samuel Osagie Odobo Abstract A growing deterioration of the security situation in Nigeria is provoking debate about the subsisting federalized but ineffective policing structure. The general deterioration of security is also manifesting in the growth of regional outfits that have emerged to fill the security gap created by […]
Health and Safety Compliance in Tanzania: Regulatory Impediments in the Construction Sector
by Aloyce Gervas, Nina Torm and Godbertha Kiyondo Abstract In Tanzania, poor enforcement of occupational health and safety (OHS) regulations has been associated with weak regulatory systems as well as lack of proper procedures on construction sites. However, the role of health and safety actors including organisational structures as enabling or disabling factors are under […]
Zimbabwe’s Economic Crisis and the Shebeen Sector in Bulawayo, 2007-08
by Melody Moyo and Nathaniel Chimhete Abstract Between 2000 and 2008 Zimbabwe experienced an economic crisis that reached its peak in 2007 and 2008. Africanists who have written about the informal sector in general and those who have written about the informal sector during periods of economic crises in particular have emphasized the inverse relationship […]
Indigenous Influences on Popular Venda Music
by Evans Netshivhambe Abstract Venda musicians incorporate aspects of “traditional” Venda life and music while still trying to make their music marketable to a larger audience. Johannesburg, the “City of Gold” was never such for many popular Venda musicians as their music did not yield any gold for them. Two significant influences take center stage […]
Anthropologists at Work: Challenging Business “Common Sense”
Journal of Business Anthropology
The Digital Turn in Business Anthropology
This essay examines the emerging “digital turn” in business anthropology, a phenomenon propelled by the increasing prevalence and influence of digital technologies. Despite the significant underrepresentation of digital anthropology in current literatu…