Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
Este trabalho trata da história da música na tradição do povo indígena wai wai, um grupo de língua caribe da região guianense. A pesquisa se passa entre os Wai Wai do rio Mapuera (norte do Pará), tendo como foco os conhecimentos de anciãos e as mús…
No contexto de uma série de encontros entre pessoas zo’é e tiriyó na região da fronteira Brasil-Suriname, o presente artigo aborda a experiência de Kita, jovem zo’é que em 2010 viajou com alguns chefes e pastores tiriyó e permaneceu na aldeia Kwama…
A partir da análise de um mito de um povo (Katxuyana) das Guianas e da família linguística Caribe, este artigo enfatiza a necessidade do relato etnográfico não se distanciar do contexto e da moral da narrativa indígena. O artigo não desmerece a ime…
This essay considers the problematics of anthropological translations when its responsibility to the codes of its modernist subjectivity persuades us to defer judgment on interpretations made of indigenous semiotics of life. It begins with this ful…
In this article, I describe a Makushi wake in Guyana, where an opposition was drawn between people in mourning and their perception of others who appeared to them to be much more like partygoers. This opposition in affective states was made evident…
Through an ethnographic examination of the shared capacities of cassava and womanhood for what I term growth and replication, I argue that Waiwai sociality seeks to curtail the trajectory of life towards finite death through the intervening act of …
Exploring the journeys of some Makushi women, this article highlights the relevance of gender in the question of (im)mobility and female engagements with the world as central to contemporary Makushi life. Departing from the understanding that the c…
Este trabalho, inicialmente, apresenta uma breve discussão sobre as novas arqueologias indígenas, seu método e sua relação com os conhecimentos tradicionais. Com base na história oral dos Wai Wai, um povo caribe das Guianas, apresentamos as aldeias…
Na introdução a este número especial da Tipití, dedicado a etnografias recentes realizadas junto a povos indígenas na Amazônia guianense, sobrevoamos as principais tradições antropológicas que posicionaram a região no centro dos debates da etnologi…
In the introduction to this special issue of Tipití, dedicated to recent ethnographies conducted among indigenous peoples in Guianese Amazonia, we offer an overview of the main anthropological traditions that have placed the region at the center of…
CoordenaçãoGersem Luciano Baniwa, Luiz Eloy TerenaCorpo Editorial de Vibrant A Revista Vibrant tem como política, desde o seu nascimento, a publicação de trabalhos em língua estrangeira com vista à promoção da internacionalização da antropologia brasileira. Passados vinte anos desde a publicação do primeiro número do periódico e percebida a consolidação desse canal de divulgação da […]
Thinking ecologically about food reminds us that « eating is an agricultural act (enfing) the annual drama of the food economy that begins with planting and birth » (Berry, W. 1992)
A l’heure des changements sociaux et environnementaux glo…
Thinking ecologically about food reminds us that « eating is an agricultural act (enfing) the annual drama of the food economy that begins with planting and birth » (Berry, W. 1992)
At a time of global social and environmental changes (Bla…
Raúl Matta, 2023. From the Plate to Gastro-Politics Unravelling the Boom of Peruvian Cuisine. Cham: Palgrave MacMillan. 300p.
La transformación que ha sufrido la gastronomía peruana en los últimos 20 años es, sin dudas, radical. Por dar un…
This article examines the health and safety challenges of food delivery couriers in Southeast Asia within the gig economy, focusing on the roles of third-party platforms, like GrabFood, Foodpanda, and GoFood. It critically assesses how these platfor…
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The media plays an important role in disseminating vital information and being ‘watchdogs’ of government misconduct. Press freedom is constitutionally guaranteed in the Philippines, but the space for journalists and media companies continues to shrink….
Dating apps are digital platforms that mediate meaningful relationships and facilitate digital intimacies. This study examines the construction of social capital by dating app users in Indonesia. Using Pierre Bourdieu’s and Robert D. Putnam’s concep…
Indonesia’s relationship with Papua, its poorest and easternmost region, is still colored by racism. Despite 20 years of special autonomy law (OTSUS) and efforts to improve relations and the status of indigenous Papuans, a shocking incident of large…
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Les vins de qualité se sont construits en France autour de la notion de « terroir ». La définition de celle-ci est cependant très controversée. Geneviève Teil oppose, dans ses travaux, la dichotomie entre un terroir qui serait défini par les sci…
In the 20th century, the increase of world population was backed up by the industrialisation of production and food consumption. However, neither high productivity nor mass consumption prevented malnutrition and periods of starvation, in the Nor…
Appel à contributions
Dans l’optique de faciliter l’accès aux recherches en cours sur l’alimentation, la revue Anthropology of Food crée une nouvelle rubrique intitulée Notes de Recherches.
La note se veut être un document sommaire …
Call for papers
With the view to facilitate access to current research on food sciences, the Journal Anthropology of Food is creating a new collection: Research Notes.
The paper should be a short document presenting the current state…
Au 20e siècle, l’augmentation de la population mondiale a été soutenue par une industrialisation de la production et de la consommation alimentaires. Pourtant, ni l’agriculture à haut rendement ni l’accès à la consommation alimentaire de masse n…