Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
Li, Tania Murray and Pujo Semedi 2021. Plantation Life: Corporate Occupation in Indonesia’s Oil Palm Zone. Durham: Duke University Press. xiii + 243 p. ISBN: 978-1-4780-1495-9 (paperback); 978-1-4780-1399-0 (hardback); 978-14780-2223-7 (E-boo…
The Conference of the Finnish Anthropological Society, held in Rovaniemi, a few kilometres south of the Arctic Circle, marked my return to the realm of face-to-face scholarly gatherings since the start of the pandemic. Taking part in the fervent exchan…
After many years of slumber, a string of disturbing political developments and setbacks in many parts of the world have convinced the anthropological community to recommit to its public role. As one of a mere handful of nations where anthropology has h…
This article explores migrant disappearances and border deaths at the Greek borderlands through the notion of forensic bordering. Based on fieldwork in the Evros region, Athens and its surroundings, and on the island of Lesvos, I argue that disappearan…
In the Editors’ note, we present the texts of this issue, which consists of individual article and research report submissions sent to us. Once again,by fortunate happenstance, the various articles, research reports and essays discuss related topics, l…
Extinction Rebellion (XR) is a novel environmental movement formed in 2018 which uses non-violent civil disobedience to communicate the catastrophic severity of anthropogenic climate change, protest for urgent action to be taken by governments to cut g…
The detention of irregular migrants in the European Union has increasedin scope and intensity in the years following the 2016 ‘refugee crisis’.Detention is usually codified as an administrative practice, a neutral routinenecessary for the surveillance …
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…
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…
I argue in this thesis that we can understand the various ways in which community is ontologized as a tangible, affective and compelling social reality through the analytical lens of the future orientation of collective aspiring. The social and materia…
Published: December 2022.
La práctica de la navegación es y ha sido central para los distintos grupos humanos que han habitado el archipiélago de Cabo de Hornos y para la conformación del territorio/maritorio como lo conocemos hoy. El objetivo de este artículo es relevar los mo…
Este trabajo se enfoca en el papel de los zapatos como metáfora en la memoria de la identidad Mapuche Huilliche. La memoria es abordada desde narraciones autobiográficas recopiladas en la obra “Vida y Palabra Campesina” publicada en 1986. Se explora có…
En agosto de 1886, el presidente Julio Argentino Roca firmó un decreto mandando a realizar la primera expedición oficial dirigida a explorar por tierra el norte y este de la parte argentina de la Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego. La misma estaría al man…
El artículo aborda la indumentaria de la danza religiosa de la Diablada en festividades en el Alto El Loa, segunda región de Chile. Se releva la importancia de materialidades asociadas a la vestimenta como bienes y costumbres culturales que dotan de co…
El presente artículo tiene como objetivo examinar la relevancia de la vestimenta, como medio de diferenciación y segmentación dentro de la sociedad rural, minera e indígena de San Pedro de Atacama durante el siglo XX. Tal situación se analiza específic…
The anti-corruption component of Kazakhstan’s state development has been elevated to the rank of state policy. Despite the comprehensive fight against corruption, Kazakhstan, having achieved progressive and radical changes in legislation during the yea…
This qualitative study uses Oberschall’s Theory of Resource Mobilization (RMT) and Allport’s theory of social prejudice, to describe the situation of the Kokoda people in Sorong. The data come from oral sources, interviews, observation and documents. T…
The territory-wide protest in Hong Kong in 2019, originated from a proposed amendment bill on the extradition of fugitives to China which triggered massive protests. In an incident, the police shot a female medic in the eye which outraged the public. A…
Using a Socio-Legal Studies approach, this article analyses the primacy of the universal values of Pancasila, a decolonizing ideology, in tackling crimes of terrorism in Indonesia. In Indonesia’s last two decades, radical movements have become more wid…
This paper investigates the relationship between environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance and gender equity in companies operating in the Global South. Using data from an ESG rating encompassing approximately 100 companies in one of the …
In 2019, an online survey of 2,015 Australian residents examined the extent of trust of various groups and institutions. A Latent Class Analysis (LCA) of the results generated a typology of trust in Australia. The LCA uncovered four classes based on le…
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. The neoliberal transformation of Mali’s burgeoning capital city, Bamako, has undermined men’s capacity to provide for their households and dependents even as it has boosted women’s economic participation, leading senior…
competition display Fire Festival myth-history social and cosmic renewal Southwest China Each year the Nuosu, a Tibeto-Burman group of Southwest China, celebrate their Fire Festival with vibrant displays that evoke the myth-historical blunder of a hero…
shamanism Korea spirit portrait American power politics of anti-superstition A notable feature of contemporary Hwanghae-do (now a region in North Korea) shamanism in Incheon, west of Seoul, is a body of material symbols of American power that are famil…