Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
Bhojpuri folksongs Hindi literature Anglo-Indian literature ethnography migration indentureship orality This article examines Bhojpuri folksongs that have migrated from north Indian villages to overseas locales, or that have migrated from oral traditio…
How can researchers working both within and external to academia in all disciplines and areas of research recognize knowledge produced in other spheres and engage more ethically and collaboratively with that knowledge and those who create and circulate…
Cet article s’intéresse aux relations entre un coach et son groupe de body-builders examinées à la suite d’une enquête ethnographique de longue durée dans une salle de musculation du Sud de la France. Les aspects alimentaires des régimes qui son…
El desarrollo surge como un campo de acción específico después de la Segunda GuerraMundial, marcado por la descolonización, principalmente, en Asia y África. Estacreación forjó una línea imaginaria divisoria entre países, configurando a algunos como“de…
Presentación Año XXII N° XXXV// Diciembre 2023
Prólogo PUBLICAR Año XXII N° XXXV// Diciembre 2023
In the last three decades, museums and museological practices that are fundamentally based on Western knowledge systems have been strongly questioned by a collective that includes Indigenous Peoples, political activists, representatives of civil societ…
Zeitschrift für Ethnologie/Journal of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Zeitschrift für Ethnologie/Journal of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Zeitschrift für Ethnologie/Journal of Social and Cultural Anthropology
This article seeks to bring value to the claims of Indigenous Peoples in Brazil through ‘encyclopedias’, libraries or dictionaries, forms of expression that indicate respect for elders and ancestors. It is developed within the political context of a st…
At a time when public and political opinion towards forced migration is negatively inclined, many museums in Europe are applying a collaborative approach to address the stories of forced migrants (Boersma 2023; Sergi 2021). Through participatory projec…
Collaboration with creator communities has become a new paradigm for ethnological museums. In this article, we discuss the possibilities and limits of cooperation with stakeholders from creator communities based on our experience of the last five years…
Based on my lived experience, the current decolonizing turn towards increasing the inclusion of and collaborations with indigenous researchers is characterized by strategic narcissism. Collaborations are shaped by wishful thinking, ignoring our lived e…
Museums often prioritize connecting with their audiences, but they may neglect the importance of providing internal spaces for staff to communicate openly. This article thinks through the first Prep Room project at the GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde in …
The paper presents the results of a quantitative and qualitative study undertaken by a team of museum professionals and researchers based at the Museum of Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean (Mucem) in Marseilles, France, in 2020. The survey …
This article is a multi-voiced report on an innovative method of teaching an introductory course on Amazonian ethnology at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich. This course foregrounds the vo…
Zeitschrift für Ethnologie/Journal of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Zeitschrift für Ethnologie/Journal of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Zeitschrift für Ethnologie/Journal of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Zeitschrift für Ethnologie/Journal of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Zeitschrift für Ethnologie/Journal of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Zeitschrift für Ethnologie/Journal of Social and Cultural Anthropology
The populist radical right-wing Swiss People’s Party (SVP / UDC) has been largely known for its xenophobic discourses and its political agenda restricting immigration through popular initiatives such as the vote against minarets (2009), the deportation…
This article introduces the special issue through a review of Francophone and Anglo-Saxon legal anthropology traditions, before situating the law of the outlaw within these and outlining its potential contribution towards the development of a pragmatic…