Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
Este artículo presenta los resultados de la investigación “¡Shsss! ¡De eso no se puede hablar! Literatura infantil, en busca de palabras para nombrar”. El objetivo principal de esta indagación es identificar los hitos que marcaron cambios en…
Para entender la articulación entre decolonialidad e interculturalidad, es necesario el análisis de categorías que incluyen, por un lado, aspectos históricos y, por otro, relaciones de poder y asimetrías. De esta manera, se concreta la neces…
Se propone analizar la concepción que la Corte Constitucional colombiana tiene sobre la perspectiva de género a la hora de abordar casos relacionados con la orientación sexual e identidades de género no heteronormativas, en las instituciones…
Este artículo reflexiona cómo la relación plural entre espacio y cultura interrogan las representaciones y prácticas de niños y niñas. Acude al concepto de producción del espacio presentando la relación trialéctica entre lo concebido, lo apr…
El artículo tiene como propósito discutir los procesos de construcción del conocimiento en la sociedad contemporánea considerando: 1. La forma en que acontecen perspectivas respecto al conocimiento en la matriz cultural occidental, apuntando…
En 1947 se inauguró en la provincia de Mendoza (Argentina) el dique Los Nihuiles que regula el régimen del río Atuel y causa cambios profundos aguas abajo, en la provincia de La Pampa, donde antaño formaba un gran humedal. En este artículo recojo las r…
In this intervention article, we cultivate an anti-colonial critique of the ideational genealogy and conceptual materialisation of the social licence to operate (SLO) in the extractive industries in order to open a conversation about the racialised and…
Since commercial production of oil and gas started in Ghana over a decade ago, the salt sector which has historically been dominated by artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) has seen renewed corporate interest. Aided by the state’s preference for larg…
The Serra do Curral is a mountain range that extends to the municipalities of Belo Horizonte, Sabará and Nova Lima, in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. It is already deteriorated by a long history of mineral extraction not followed by any environmental rest…
The mining sector, over a number of centuries, has become a strong cultural attribute of Minas Gerais. Due to its mining reserves, the state has the biggest concentration of tailings dams built to retain mining waste. This led to large-scale accidents …
The discovery of oil in Chad in the 1960s and its subsequent exploitation triggered the idea by international institutions that oil extraction would lead to sustainable development. Furthermore, Chad in tackling the resource curse would use rents to so…
This paper explores the repatterning of civil society, the social technologies of persuasion and information, and the role of socio-political contexts in Narrabri (an Australian country town, in Western New South Wales), and its surrounding region betw…
How is the oil extractive industry affecting the livelihoods of women in the Niger Delta? This study explores the nature of the oil extractive industry in Nigeria and its impact on the livelihoods of women. The paper further focuses on the role of civi…
High-resolution Images for Hend Alawadhi’s post, “Al-Mutanabbi Street: Start The Conversation”
Street art, including graffiti, tags, stencils, art visualization and art installations, usually denounce an actual situation and conveys messages related to the societal, cultural, economic and political scene. Sometimes, it takes up a playful form, i…
Gambling involves a mixture of luck, knowledge, skill and nerve. Through interview discussions with my informant Stew I seek to analyse the ideologies of economy, money, and exchange that interplay into forming the moralities and motivations for Sports…
This paper builds on short-term fieldwork at an urban day shelter in Brussels which provides affordable showers and other essential services to homeless and undocumented people, respectively sans-abris and sans-papiers. In dialogue with Simone Weil’s w…
This article is based on a short ethnography conducted on the 10the day of the Hindu festival ‘Vijaya Dashami’ in Nepal. Although, symbolism is important, I use a phenomenological approach to demonstrate that this ritual shows reverence not just to rel…
Ethnographic drawings and poetry based on Thom van Dooren’s article ‘Vultures and their People in India: Equity and Entanglement in a Time of Extinction’ (2011).
This ethnography came out of a project by pre-honours Social Anthropology students, studying the space of the Edinburgh Student Housing Co-Operative in the beginning of 2020. I spent time renovating the basement with members of the Co-Operative and spo…
Abstract: What are the social processes that lead up to the moment of sale in Izmailovo Market, Moscow? Selling may seem like a ubiquitous practice, but it is one constructed in the context and incorporates localised understandings of labour, comm…
This is an exploration into how the self is performed on TikTok. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, TikTok – a social media app at the forefront of youth-culture – burst onto the screens of millions users. On the hilarious, inventive, frustrating an…
Abstract This paper is about the relations between work, rhythm and life course among a group of elderly members of a rice paddy collective in Kyoto, Japan. Through the stories of people’s professional work, personal lives and recreational activ…
This short text is a simple reflection on the meanings and importance of silence. Starting from the sensory experience of silence he had with the local informant at Kennin-ji in Kyoto, Japan, the author reflects on the various meanings of silence. On t…
This short text is a simple reflection on the meanings and importance of silence. Starting from the sensory experience of silence he had with the local informant at Kennin-ji in Kyoto, Japan, the author reflects on the various meanings of silence. On t…