Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
This article draws on Judith Butler’s distinction between censorship and foreclosure, and on Saidiya Hartman’s work about how to narrate the silences of the slave trade, to explore two photographs. The first is a dismembered and reassembled family phot…
HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory
This article reflects on ten years of ethnographic work investigating concerns about mining industry-produced environmental and social change in hyperarid territories experiencing long-term drought. The ecological and social effects of groundwater extr…
Water stories told in Kilimanjaro Region, such as Mami Wata narratives conveyed across Africa and the Atlantic, give horrific insights into morally problematic forms of wealth acquisition through environmental destruction. This paper approaches farmers…
In October 2018, the storm Vaia hit the Fiemme valley (Italy), causing extensive damage to its forests. As in other catastrophic events in the Anthropocene, this disaster was enhanced by the anthropogenic impact on wind patterns. It represents a strong…
This article explores practices of witnessing global warming developed in recent years by climate movements in Poland. Timothy Morton’s concept of the “hyperobject” acts as a starting point for a discussion of the ontological assumptions that underlie …
The last “global coral bleaching event” lasted three years (2014–2017), solidifying the plight of the world’s coral reefs as a defining problem of the Anthropocene. The catastrophe inspired countless media stories, becoming common knowledge in parts of…
This article analyzes the relationship between media, fire ecology, and Indigenous fire management in the context of Australia’s catastrophic fire events of 2020. How might ethnographic attention to fire’s mediatization allow us to apprehend the distin…
By hearing and identifying a noise problem, residents in Taiwan transmute the visceral experience of noise in relation to neighbors, the state, and others. In the countryside, in the city, and in the ocean, the challenges of negotiating noise speak to …
This article offers a conceptual and historical introduction to the significance of witnessing in relationship to environmental questions for the Hau special section “Witnessing Environments.” The articles in this special section take as their focus th…
L’article montre comment les produits du terroir, chargés de valeurs symboliques et identitaires, constituent des médiateurs par excellence des « différences » territoriales en tant qu’ils construisent la valeur d’un objet global qui est sous-en…
La relance des productions agro-alimentaires traditionnelles s’est faite en s’adaptant aux contraintes du système d’échanges en vigueur. Toutefois, l’argumentaire de la valorisation fait peu cas des mutations pour revendiquer la tradition. Le te…
Des modes de vie basés sur la consommation de certains produits dits traditionnels connaissent des adaptations, des hybridations qui contribuent à redéfinir les contours d’une identité collective via la constitution d’un nouveau patrimoine alime…
Le texte porte sur la question de la fraude alimentaire dont l’importance est saisie au niveau international. Les solutions développées localement pour y remédier sont diverses et s’appuient sur une valorisation identitaire des spécificités. Par…
Présentation d’une stratégie conduite dans le vignoble de Cahors
Après 17 ans d’expérience dans les interprofessions viticoles, de Provence puis de Cahors, j’ai décidé de créer une agence spécialisée dans le (re)développement des terroirs,…
Présentation du contexte
Le châtaignier tient une place prépondérante dans le descriptif végétal de l’île. Il est, comme le chêne, le pin larricciu et l’olivier, un élément essentiel de l’environnement montagnard. Le châtaignier a trouvé s…
Présentation du travail du Syndicat de défense et promotion des charcuteries corses
« Je m’appelle Marc Poggi, je suis directeur du Syndicat de défense et promotion des charcuteries corses qui a en charge la gestion des trois AOP …
Fieldwork in a Foreign Culture: Business
This article collates personal insights from 30 years of research and consultancy in organisational anthropology. It has two target groups in mind: on the one hand, students who, after completing a degree in anthropology with a more classical focus, ar…
The shared practices of corporate social responsibility with local stakeholders is one of the few relevant experiences that are undertaken to contribute to sustainable development in a mining context of high social complexity. This study characterises …
Taking the Notion of Family in Different Cultures Seriously: How Does the Cultural Context Affect Family Business Succession?
Tongju Gongcai: A Case in Hong Kong’s Caacaanteng
No Family Company Without Family: The Professionalization of a Chinese Family Business in Hong Kong
How The Chinese Think about the Family: The ‘Family’ in Chinese Family Firms
Journal of Business Anthropology