Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
El presente artículo analiza las manifestaciones sobre la pulsión de muerte en la obra Extracción de la piedra de locura (1968), de Alejandra Pizarnik. Cuando la poeta argentina selecciona los poemas que conforman el título, recoge textos elaborados en…
This article examines the prolonged post-conflict dynamics in Guatemala’s Ixil region, focusing on the 2022 assault on the Alcaldía Indígena of Nebaj. Through an ethnographic lens, it highlights how neoliberal decentralization, multicultural reforms, a…
This article discusses current expressions violence in Central America based on the foundational book “Harvest of Violence in Guatemala” edited by Robert M. Carmack in 1988, and the panel “Central America beyond post-conflict: making and unmaking conte…
Me interesa analizar la réplica como elemento condensador de la escena de encuentro entre artista cubano y nicaragüense. A la vez me propongo comprender las prácticas artísticas como productoras de relaciones de intercambio destotalizantes. Argumento q…
En abril de 2018, en Nicaragua se produjo un estallido social con multitudinarias protestas que sorprendieron al gobierno porque expresaban un descontento que antes no se percibía tan extendido ni profundo. Los primeros análisis argumentaron que era im…
This essay contemplates generation and memory in the recent history of El Salvador. At its core are stories shared by a rising generation of young, middle-class activists with little or no direct memory of the 1980-1992 civil war — and their parents, w…
Este artículo analiza la primera presidencia de Nayib Bukele quien, en 2019, ganó las elecciones presidenciales de El Salvador, poniendo fin a la alternancia política de los dos grandes partidos surgidos de los acuerdos de paz de Chapultepec en 1992. S…
Centroamérica ha sido interpretada a través de la categoría de “postconflicto”, una categoría que ha agotado su potencial analítico. A partir de los casos presentados en el dossier, este artículo propone interpretar las transformaciones que afectan a e…
The review considers the book Carto(corpo)grafías, edited by Fernanda Bustamante Escalona and Lorena Amaro Castro, which collects a set of studies related to contemporary Latin American women’s narrative.
Este artículo analiza las trasformaciones socioculturales, materiales y simbólicas protagonizadas por los bateyes dominicanos en La Española, lugar del primer desembarco de los colonizadores europeos en América, así como centro del sistema de plantacio…
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Cet article propose une ethnographie des pratiques d’entraînement en qigong (discipline corporelle chinoise) développées par le professeur et ancien moine-combattant Shi Yanlei. Celles-ci ont été observées à l’occasion d’un camp d’été de deux se…
We propose to discuss the importance of artistic methods during the three stages of scientific research: data collection, analysis, and dissemination of results. Using examples from our own practice, we show how these methods help us to see, hea…
Within the framework of an anthropology of techniques and material culture focused on the relationship between humans and non-humans in a context of ecological crisis, the objective of this article is to contribute to a discussion on the functio…
In this article, I reflect on my practice of drawing during fieldwork and throughout the analysis and writing process of my PhD Thesis. The aim here is to explore the heuristic potential of drawing, well before any illustrative use. Rather than …
Cet article aborde ma démarche de recherche-création dans une thèse en anthropologie portant sur l’expérience de l’agoraphobie en Norvège. J’aborde comment j’ai entrecroisé deux types d’écriture pour mener ma recherche, soit la poésie et l’écr…
Dans cette contribution, je propose de m’attarder sur quelques moments ayant ponctué mon « cheminement perceptif » (Wathelet et Candau 2013) auprès de deux taxidermistes rencontrés dans le cadre d’une recherche autour de la modélisation du vivan…
Over the past fifteen years, the social sciences have witnessed an increasing integration of artistic approaches into our academic practices. Following on from the ‘postmodern critical turn’ that began more than three decades ago (Clifford and M…
Cet article se penche sur la réflexivité des enquêté·e·s et sur les outils permettant de la saisir. Il s’intéresse en particulier à l’étude du processus de création d’une image comme moyen d’analyser le regard des créateur·rice·s, car permettant…
In the face of the Planetary Emergency it feels like we spend a lot of time trying to sense make and make sense of speculative futures. Climate predictions, ramifications of 1.5 degree tipping points, and even a youth climate movement who dedica…
What role might an engagement with the past continue to play for an anthropology oriented toward the imagining and enacting of alternative (more just, livable, sustainable) futures? I approach this question via a “speculative memoir” of my own i…
This article presents an interdisciplinary, practice-based research project which aims to investigate the perception and the imaginaries – both present and future – of children living in a condition of imprisonment, using a multimodal approach a…
Inspired by the films of Jean Rouch, I have been experimenting with fictionalizations in the documentaries I produce within the field of applied visual anthropology. This paper will argue that ethnofictional filmmaking not only provides an alter…
In laying the foundation for this special issue, this introductory article serves as a precursor to the essays it comprises. It delves into the dynamic shifts occurring over recent decades within the realm of future-thinking in anthropology. Spe…
Walking in the city is being engaged in its flow, fluctuations, and ambiances. It is taking part of an experience both individual, collective, cognitive, and physical which is enhancing our sensations and emotions. This movement binds to…