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Asian Ethnology

Asian Ethnology Published: Categories: English

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

Asian Ethnology Published: Categories: English

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…

Politics of Security Sector Reform: Violence and the Emergence of Regional Security Outfits in Nigeria

kweitsurichard@ufl.edu Published: Categories: English

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

kweitsurichard@ufl.edu Published: Categories: English

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

kweitsurichard@ufl.edu Published: Categories: English

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

kweitsurichard@ufl.edu Published: Categories: English

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 […]

The Digital Turn in Business Anthropology

Matt Artz Published: Categories: English

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…