Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
La vejez femenina ha sido un proceso vital invisibilizado, equiparado a la vejez masculina. En Chile, este fenómeno se agudiza con la dictadura de Pinochet y la instauración del modelo neoliberal que perdura. Con las protestas de 2019, un grupo de muje…
Este texto tem como objetivo tecer reflexões sobre a história da população infantojuvenil e sua intersecção com a história da educação. Acredita-se que por meio desta análise é possível compreender o processo de construção a cerca desse grupo e suas re…
Book forum on Ernesto De Martino, La fine del mondo. Contributo all’analisi delle apocalissi culturali, new edition edited by Giordana Charuty, Daniel Fabre and Marcello Massenzio, 2019 [ed. fr. La fin du monde. Essai sur les apocalypses cult…
The cradleboard was collected in 1823 by G. Costantino Beltrami probably near Fort Snelling (ex Fort Anthony) among the Eastern Sioux, probably the Santee …
In the uplands of northern Laos, in which bamboo and timber houses prevailed, concrete houses are now on the rise. It will be argued that houses can be used as prisms to illuminate processes of social change. Drawing on experiences of staying in both a…
In the mining town of Redeyef (south-western Tunisia), “modern” homes and building techniques bear the signs of a history of marginalization, inequality, and lack of resources. Here, power produced specific mode of living and territorial organization. …
The article develops a critical and transversal reading of the special issue. Each contribution inspired the author to seek for a mirror image or an analogy in Western societies and test the mentioned Carsten and Hugh-Jones observation of the seemingly…
In the course of the production of sociality, the interaction of interests, materialities and rules may occur in unintended and not foreseeable ways. Procedures and norms can establish themselves uncontrollably and contour politics. This paper proposes…
This research report presents the findings of a quantitative investigation about anthropology and mass media, based on questionnaires mailed to all Italian anthropology professors (Scientific-Disciplinary Sector M-DEA/01). The goal of this survey was t…
This introductory essay proposes a reflection that discusses, reframes, and presents the thematic section hosted in this volume, that investigates houses at the intersection between recent trends in the anthropology of the house, the study of material …
In the rural Bolivian Andes, personhood is defined by intersubjective reciprocal relationships between human and nonhuman beings. This paper examines the role of the house as a living being in itself and a conduit between its inhabitants and local plac…
Introductory note to the book forum on Ernesto De Martino, La fine del mondo. Contributo all’analisi delle apocalissi culturali, new edition edited by Giordana Charuty, Daniel Fabre and Marcello Massenzio, 2019 [ed. fr. La fin du monde. Essai sur les a…
Introduction to the book forum on Ernesto De Martino, La fine del mondo. Contributo all’analisi delle apocalissi culturali, new edition edited by Giordana Charuty, Daniel Fabre and Marcello Massenzio, 2019 [ed. fr. La fin du monde. Essai sur …
A note from the Editor-in-chief.
Forum in memory of Martine Segalen. Contributions by Christian Bromberger, Adriano Favole, Michelangelo Giampaoli, Marco Antonio da Silva Mello & Felipe Berocan Veiga, Cristina Papa, David Robichaux, Pier Giorgio Solinas, Françoise Zonabe…
Antrocom
Confluenze. Rivista di Studi Iberoamericani
Based on interdisciplinary research on the conservative “gender ideology” trend that has appeared in several Latin American countries in the last five years, this article argues that childhood(s) are at the centre of this trend as captive subjects a…
L’articolo analizza i processi di rivitalizzazione delle “autorità ancestrali” nella Regione Ixil (Guatemala), che dalle proteste contro una multinazionale energetica sono culminati nella nascita dei B’oq’ol Q’esal Tenam (Alcaldías Indígenas). Ri…
O presente artigo ilustra o processo museológico em desenvolvimento na comunidade indígena Tabajara e Tapuio de Nazaré, Estado do Piauí (Brasil), como parte do mais amplo fenômeno da “museologia indígena”. Através duma pesquisa colaborativa r…
Una condición relevante en el México de hoy es el incremento de los índices de violencia. Paralelamente se ha gestado la proliferación y generalización de una normalización cotidiana de la violencia como una realidad colateral emergente. Una de las ari…
Este artículo analiza el impacto del trabajo infantil en la vida escolar de niños y niñas indígenas migrantes en La Merced, en la Ciudad de México. Estudio etnográfico basado en 44 entrevistas grabadas entre septiembre de 2014 y abril de 2015. Las oral…
This study analyses the contact between Spanish and Italian in the Italian linguistic landscape (LL) of Buenos Aires, from the most ancient layers (together with their linguistic innovations) to the most recent ones, resulting from a commodification of…
El artículo analiza en perspectiva histórica los modos en que las Organizaciones no Gubernamentales (ONG) en Argentina se convierten en agentes considerados eficientes para la gestión de política social desde la órbita estatal a partir de los años 90. …
Los awajún del Alto Marañón, región nororiental de la Amazonía peruana, fueron protagonistas de un conflicto medioambiental, conocido como «Baguazo», en el cual se enfrentaron a distintos agentes del Estado peruano (junio 2009). Actualmente, ellos se …