Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
A lectio præcursoria is a short presentation read out loud by a doctoral candidate at the start of a public thesis examination in Finland. It introduces the key points or central argument of the thesis in a way that should make the ensuing discussion b…
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print.
New Florida Journal of Anthropology
In this article, by adopting the multimodal analytical model proposed by Sebba (2013), we compared some signs used in two protests #SécuritéPourTous and #StopAsianHate, the former launched by the Chinese community in Paris following the assassin of Zha…
This review explores Emily Mendenhall’s book, “Rethinking Diabetes: Entanglements With Trauma, Poverty, and HIV” which cross-culturally examines diabetes. Mendenhall’s use of case study narratives to flesh-out her use of syndemic theory in the explorat…
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. Encouraged by a crippling road infrastructure and the proliferation of Chinese low-tech engines, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo)’s baleinières have reappropriated and significantly increased the potential of…
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print.
In this article I engage with the un- and re-making of monuments in the context of the globalization and mediatization of Black Lives Matter and anti-racist activism. I analyze in particular two examples that display transcultural negotiations of antir…
New Florida Journal of Anthropology
How does meaning making affect the perceived value of art? In this paper, we focus on a unique form of art, Chinese calligraphy, to explore the effects of literal meaning on the perceived value of art combining both words and aesthetic quality. Based o…
The mass protests following the rigged 2020 presidential elections in Belarus led to unprecedented repression, resulting in the liquidation of over 1,600 NGOs, the imprisonment of hundreds of activists, and the displacement of thousands. After relocati…
The gift-giving tradition in Jeneponto, the land of the Makassar Tribe, has undergone significant transformation over time, reflecting changes in socio-economic ethics within societies. This study explores the evolution of this tradition and its profou…
Cosmopolitanism studies regained popularity in the 1990s. Case studies on individuals are finally emerging, mainly on celebrities, but they are still dominated by Western actors and limited to charitable movements for the poor and the ill. To fill this…
In this Afterword, I use the observations from the special issue ‘Music, Affect and Politics’ to discuss what I see are recurring questions in the studies of music and affect: (1) the tension between new materialism and historical materialis…
Recently, scholars have paid increased attention to affect as a structuring principle of political life, aesthetic engagement, cultural practice, and social formation (Ahmed 2010, Brown et al. 2019, Lutz 2017, Neuman 2007, Papoulias and Call…
La revolución digital y las nuevas tecnologías de la información han impulsado cambios profundos en nuestras sociedades, la forma en que convivimos diariamente, nuestros hábitos de entretenimiento, cómo estudiamos o hacemos negocios son muy …
El presente artículo ofrece una relectura de una parte de las composiciones breves del dramaturgo gaditano Juan Ignacio González del Castillo (1763-1800), reputado por su condición de sainetista y de discípulo de Ramón de la Cruz, creador de…
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. Based on qualitative research conducted in the construction sector in Douala, Cameroon, this article analyses the contractual practices that underpin employment relationships between construction actors. The aim is to p…
En México, el turismo de costa ha sido impulsado por el Estado, pero condicionado por el contexto de la economía global la cual encuentra dentro del sector servicios las posibilidades de reubicar y reutilizar excedentes de capital para conti…
This article considers experience narratives of “dålig stämning” (bad atmosphere and unease) in Swedish workplaces. The aim of this article is to show how office-employees in Sweden experience, negotiate and understand bad atmosphere and unease in thei…
The relationship between tradition and the taste of terroir products is often set aside in the literature. In different contexts, tradition can serve different purposes, often identity-related, and be analysed as such. In the case of wine and te…
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