Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
Publiée pour la première fois en 2001, la revue Anthropology of Food fêtera son vingtième anniversaire l’année prochaine. Depuis sa création, elle témoigne de la diversité et de la richesse des recherches élaborées par les différentes tendances …
Published for the first time in 2001, Anthropology of Food will celebrate its 20th anniversary next year. Since its beginnings, AoFood reflects the diversity and richness of research in the field of the anthropology of food, environment, agricul…
En el presente artículo se realiza un abordaje que surge de la articulación entre investigación antropológica, histórica y la utilización de las fuentes judiciales, con la intención de exponer su potencial heurístico para los estudios de company towns …
As part of a current investigation a number of stone structures have been registered throughout the locality of Santa Cruz (Argentina), which have been assigned to various functions such as hunting blinds, cairns, bases of awnings and “chenques” or fun…
El presente artículo realiza un breve recorrido por los estudios en ciencias sociales y particularmente en antropología sobre la pesca artesanal y el fenómeno marino-costero de Chile. Para ello se ha consultado una serie de autores vinculados a este ca…
El artículo recupera la experiencia de lucha y de trabajo de una agrupación social abocada a la generación de proyectos habitacionales en una ciudad media de la provincia de Buenos Aires (Argentina). A partir de la misma se reflexiona respecto a los pr…
La costa oeste del Golfo San Matías (Pcia. de Río Negro, Argentina) es un sector del litoral nordpatagónico del que se posee escasa información zooarqueológica. En este trabajo se presentan los resultados de un estudio osteométrico desarrollado sobre r…
The Golden Mile Complex is one of Singapore’s first shopping malls, built as part of the postcolonial government’s plan to expand and redevelop the urban center. Barely a decade into its existence, Thai eateries, shops, and remittance centers sprang up…
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Some communities in Indonesia’s margins have adopted indigenous identities to overcome stigmatization as ‘backward’. Following recent government efforts to develop Indonesia’s peripheral areas, these communities can also identify as entrepreneurs becau…
A recognized desire is noticeable within ASEAN nations to develop more sustainable approaches to urban development and tourism. One solution has been to promote the expansion of both smart cities and smart tourism pr…
Sex work is part of Thailand’s tourism-based economic development model. The country’s global reputation as a ‘queer paradise’ is an important factor shaping Thailand’s sex tourism and linking it to the global sex industry. This paper addresses transna…
Community-Based Tourism (CBT) sites are often seen as a tool for poverty alleviation and eradication, especially in Least Developed Countries like Cambodia. CBT as a development tool has been critically examined in recent years in a development coopera…
Language and tourism are essentially interconnected by the cross-border movement of tourists and the resulting encounters of people who often speak different languages. These relationships, however, have not been explored very much in the context of co…
Volunteer tourism is an ever-growing phenomenon and a multi-million-pounds industry, particularly in developing countries. Despite the manifold criticism for its neo-colonial nature – self-centered volunteers who romanticize the Global South as ‘poor b…
The aim of this paper is to explore ways in which small tourism-based enterprises can offer a crisis-resilient pathway to sustainable development. Based on a mixed-embeddedness framework, this paper explores the multiple strategies that small enterpris…
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a set of 17 goals adopted in 2015, are aimed at reconciling economic, social, and ecological progress at a global level – ensuring a sustainable future for developed and developing countries alike. Tourism in S…
Basé sur des recherches ethnographiques auprès d’initiatives d’agriculture contractuelle de proximité en Suisse : des collectifs réunissant producteurs et consommateurs autour d’un projet alimentaire commun, cet article propose de contribuer à l…
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Le sociologue Jean Remy est décédé le 6 octobre 2019 à l’âge de 91 ans. Il a été professeur à l’Université catholique de Louvain (aujourd’hui UCLouvain) de 1967 à 1992. Il a également enseigné pendant de nombreuses années à l’Université Saint-Lo…
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In the last few decades, the number of men and women aspiring to be recognized as artists and live from their art in a professional manner has significantly increased in developed societies, whether we refer to actors (Meng…
I. Introduction
Sur les dernières décennies, le nombre de celles et de ceux qui aspirent à être reconnu·e·s comme artistes et à vivre de leur art de manière professionnelle a largement augmenté dans les sociétés développées, que l’on pense…
There are more aspiring artists than available positions for artists in artistic labor markets. For fiction writers, the publication of a first book often means getting the first big break in their literary career and entering the literary worl…
This article discusses the situation of Finnish visual artists, taking as its starting point ideas presented by Hans Abbing in his book Why Are Artists Poor (2002). The empirical data derive from a survey on young artists conducted at the end of…