Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
En aquest article m’aproximo a l’activisme cívic-securitari a Ciutat Vella a Barcelona a través d’una plataforma online de vigilància i denúncia ciutadana. Investigo les continuïtats i les discontinuïtats entre el vigilantisme en línia i les formes clà…
Molts col·lectius minoritzats tenen barreres per accedir a diferents espais de la vida diària com els estudis, el treball, el lleure o les relacions socials. Quan es reclama interseccionalitat, rarament s’hi inclouen les condicions de discapacitat i di…
Ressenya de l’obra col·lectiva Cultura turística i identitats múltiples a les Illes Balears, que aprofundeix en les relacions entre el turisme i la cultura a l’arxipèlag amb perspectiva històrica i des de múltiples disciplines. A l’article repàs les ap…
Editorial número 11
En els darrers anys, la interseccionalitat pren força a l’espai públic. No obstant això, poques vegades es vincula amb les epistemologies africanes. Tampoc no se’n parla de l’enllaç entre elles quan s’exposen els estereotips racials/sexuals que impacte…
Número 11 complet
This essay begins in the past, with the hope of developing a different way of thinking through the transformations of the present. Many commentators and media outlets have referred to the era of the Covid-19 pandemic as ‘unprecedented’, but …
The purpose of studying women’s participation in radical movements, as the classical study We Were Making History notes, is ‘an attempt to broaden the history of that struggle by recovering the subjective experience of women, to capture wome…
This special issue showcases four analyses of lived citizenship in Uganda – a country previously known as a donor darling but, recently, better known for its steady slide towards authoritarian rule (Ssentongo 2021, Tapscott 2021, Wilkins et. al. 2021, …
This article explores how being a citizen is inexorably bound up with the resources individuals own and deploy to support livelihoods in the rural locations of postcolonial states. Drawing on the works of Kabeer (2006) and Baglioni (2016), the article …
This article analyses manifestations of women’s citizenship in diverse spaces of everyday participation in the rural districts of Kiboga and Namutumba in Uganda. Building on citizenship studies scholarship, we propose the notion of multifaceted citizen…
The article draws on and contributes to debates on the legitimacy of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) engaged in development, defining organizational legitimacy as a social construct that is continually negotiated in relationships with diverse aud…
In 1977, the Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Janani Luwum, was killed under orders from President Idi Amin following his public criticism of Amin’s reign of terror. This article offers an ethnographic case study of a choir named in Luwum’s honour t…
Essays udgivet af Scandinavian Journal of Islamic Studies er ikke fagfællebedømt.
When it comes to sharia regulations – or the question of Islamic norms more broadly – there are few areas which are of more direct relevance for the daily life of Muslims than the question of what to eat. For meat to be halal, several Isla…
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Essays udgivet af Scandinavian Journal of Islamic Studies er ikke fagfællebedømt.
This article describes the principles of sihr (sorcery) from an Islamic perspective, starting with discussion of how to become a sorcerer and how to perform sorcery with the help of satanic djinns and amulets. Then, ruqya, practices for countering sorc…
Preface to the Special Issue “Hybrid Beliefs and Identities”
The 35th Nordic Ethnology and Folklore Conference, titled RE:22, was held from June 13th to 16th, 2022 was held in Reykjavik, Iceland.
Book review: Pócs, Éva and Bea Vidacs, eds. 2020. Faith, Doubt and Knowledge in Religious Thinking. Budapest: Balassi Kiadó. 409 pages.
Hybridity is often discussed in connection with the postcolonial condition. The cultural revival of the Khanty bear ceremony in Western Siberia could be a perfect example. It is on one hand a key representation of local Indigenous ontology an…
The aim of this article is to explore the effect of hybridity in the Komi hunters’ knowledge system as well as the potential for mutual understanding in dialogue between ethnographers and their Indigenous partners. I discuss how the hunters exploit pri…
Exhibition review. Echo of the Urals is the Estonian National Museum’s permanent exhibition, dedicated to Finno-Ugric indigenous peoples and their cultures.
Book review: Stachowiak, Andrzej. 2021. Miejsca święte na Pomorzu. Pruszcz Gdański; Słupsk:Wydawnictwo Jasne. 278 pages.