Unleavened Bread and Kosher Wine
Journal Name: Anthropology of the Middle EastVolume: 17Issue: 2Pages: 64-78
The History in Procession
Journal Name: Anthropology of the Middle EastVolume: 17Issue: 2Pages: 97-117
A Love That Lasts Beyond the Grave
Journal Name: Anthropology of the Middle EastVolume: 17Issue: 2Pages: 79-96
When Men Become Orthodox in Israel
Journal Name: Anthropology of the Middle EastVolume: 17Issue: 2Pages: 140-158
The Interaction between Language and Ritual in the Pilgrimage of Shabe-Arus (Wedding Night)
Journal Name: Anthropology of the Middle EastVolume: 17Issue: 2Pages: 118-139
Folktales, Folksongs, and Proverbs in Lur/Iranian Daily Life
Journal Name: Anthropology of the Middle EastVolume: 17Issue: 2Pages: 159-168
Sophie Chao, In the shadow of the palms: More-than-human becomings in West Papua, Durham, Duke University Press, 2022, pp. 336
Book review of Sophie Chao, In the shadow of the palms: More-than-human becomings in West Papua, Durham, Duke University Press, 2022, pp. 336.
New issue available: General issue 2022 now available (vol 19, no 1)
The general issue of Sites for 2022 is now available featuring articles exploring: rangatahi wellbeing in Aotearoa/New Zealand; meaning-making when watching Māori representations on locally produced television dramas in Aotearoa, and the ‘politics of …
Street Art on TikTok: Engaging with Digital Cosmopolitanism
Under the influence of social media, aesthetic cosmopolitans have shifted from the real world to the digital world. This study exemplified Jingxuan Peng’s street art on TikTok to explore how street artists digitally increase the transcultural enga…
Aleksander Bošković, Günther Schlee, edited by, African political systems revisited: Changing perspectives on statehood and power, New York-Oxford, Berghahn Books, 2022, pp. 256
Book review of Aleksander Bošković, Günther Schlee, edited by, African political systems revisited: Changing perspectives on statehood and power, New York-Oxford, Berghahn Books, 2022, pp. 256.
Lorenzo D’Angelo, Robert Jan Pijpers, The anthropology of resource extraction, Routledge, 2022, pp. 233
Book review of Lorenzo D’Angelo, Robert Jan Pijpers, The anthropology of resource extraction, Routledge, 2022, pp. 233.
Georges Balandier, La situazione coloniale e altri saggi, edited by Alice Bellagamba, Rita Finco, translated by Alice Bellagamba, Rita Finco, Milano, Meltemi, 2022, pp. 156
Book review of Georges Balandier, La situazione coloniale e altri saggi, edited by Alice Bellagamba, Rita Finco, translated by Alice Bellagamba, Rita Finco, Milano, Meltemi, 2022, pp. 156.
Alessandra Gribaldo, Unexpected subjects: Intimate partner violence, testimony, and the law, Chicago, HAU Books, 2021, pp. 148
Book review of Alessandra Gribaldo, Unexpected subjects: Intimate partner violence, testimony, and the law, Chicago, HAU Books, 2021, pp. 148.
Didier Fassin, Le vite ineguali: Quanto vale un essere umano, translated by Lorenzo Alunni, Milano, Feltrinelli, 2019, pp. 202
Book review of Didier Fassin, Le vite ineguali: Quanto vale un essere umano, translated by Lorenzo Alunni, Milano, Feltrinelli, 2019, pp. 202.
Nicolas Richard, Zelda Alice Franceschi, Lorena Córdoba, eds, La misión de la máquina: Técnica, extractivismo y conversión en las tierras bajas sudamericanas, Bologna, Bononia University Press, 2021, pp. 283
Book review of Nicolas Richard, Zelda Alice Franceschi, Lorena Córdoba, eds, La misión de la máquina: Técnica, extractivismo y conversión en las tierras bajas sudamericanas, Bologna, Bononia University Press, 2021, pp. 283.
Eduardo Kohn, Come pensano le foreste, translated by Alessandro Lucera, Alessandro Palmieri, foreword by Emanuele Coccia, Milano, Nottetempo, 2021, pp. 439
Book review of Eduardo Kohn, Come pensano le foreste, translated by Alessandro Lucera, Alessandro Palmieri, foreword by Emanuele Coccia, Milano, Nottetempo, 2021, pp. 439.
Marta Scaglioni, Francesco Diodati, Antropologia dell’invecchiamento e della cura: Prospettive globali, Milano, Ledizioni, 2021, pp. 190
Book review of Marta Scaglioni, Francesco Diodati, Antropologia dell’invecchiamento e della cura: Prospettive globali, Milano, Ledizioni, 2021, pp. 190.
Pietro Saitta, Populismo urbano: Autoritarismo e conflitto in una città del sud (Messina 2018-2022), Milano, Meltemi, 2022, pp. 253
Book review of Pietro Saitta, Populismo urbano: Autoritarismo e conflitto in una città del sud (Messina 2018-2022), Milano, Meltemi, 2022, pp. 253.
Pier Giorgio Solinas, Lettere dagli antenati: Famiglie, genti, identità, Torino, Rosenberg & Sellier, 2020, pp. 175
Book review of Pier Giorgio Solinas, Lettere dagli antenati: Famiglie, genti, identità, Torino, Rosenberg & Sellier, 2020, pp. 175.
The use of smartphones and the quest for a future among West African men in reception centers in Italy
In this article, I will analyse the creative use of smartphone by West African men living in reception centers in Torino, in Italy. As the usurpation of time has become an integral part of the European border regime, I place migrants’ media practices i…
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Vei, norm, lovsystem, etisk fundament eller læren om det gode liv? Shariabegrepet i Skandinavia
Lånordet sharia, som i dag er i alminnelig bruk i svensk, dansk og norsk, har sitt opphav i det arabiske substantivet sharīʿa, med de beslektede formene substantivet sharʿa og verbet sharaʿa, som alle opptrer i koranteksten. Denne artikkelen tar for se…
Parallelsamfundseffekten: Sprog, følelser og diskurs i æresrelaterede konflikter
Denne artikel udgør et pilotstudie, som baseret på fem semi-strukturerede interviews undersøger minoritetsunges sproglige konceptualisering af æresrelaterede konflikter og de følelser, disse giver anledning til. Således har artiklens første del fokus p…
“Economic nationalisms” and the immediacy of war: Turkey’s Syrian policy
This article examines the current politico-economic developments in Turkey through the lens of the effects of the Syrian war. The empirical focus of my discussion is an export city bordering Syria, Gaziantep. The city has been radically shaped by not o…
“The eternal return” of normality: Invisibility and essentiality of migrant farmworkers before and during the Covid-19 pandemic
Among the factors that the Covid-19 Pandemic has brought to light, the link between international mobility, migration policies and economic nationalism is central. Drawing on ethnographic data collected during and after the lockdown, the article focuse…