Editors’ note
Suomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society
Barca, Stefania 2020. Forces of Reproduction Notes for a Counter-Hegemonic Anthropocene. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 75 p. ISBN: 9781108813952 (paperback). ISBN: 9781108880428 (E-book)
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Edwards, Ferne, Roos Gerritsen and Grit Wesser (eds) 2021. Food, Senses and the City. Routledge; Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment. 250 p. ISBN: 9780367458232 (Hardcover), ISBN: 9781003025580 (E-book)
Suomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society
Mills, Dana 2021. Dance & Activism. A Century of Radical Dance Across the World. London, New York, Oxford, New Delhi, Sydney: Bloomsbury Academic, 2021. 197 p. ISBN 978-1-350-13701-1 (hardback)
Suomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society
Belonging in the Pacific, culture and history thirty years on
It is timely in many senses to reflect on culture and history in the in the Pacific. I join colleagues in celebrating the anniversary of the 1990 publication of the landmark volume Culture and History in the Pacific, edited by Jukka Siikala. The book w…
Forum: Culture and History in the Pacific
The year 2021 saw the open-access republication of Culture and History in the Pacific (ed. Jukka Siikala), an edited volume originally published by the Finnish Anthropological Society. Suomen antropologi: The Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Soci…
Nahau, Pihi Manus, Pilapan: Hegemony’s gender as artefacts of history
It is a pleasure to contribute to the book forum on the republication of the book Culture and History in the Pacific. My contribution comprises two parts. In the first part, I briefly reflect on the book and its current relevance and highlight some iss…
Historical anthropology from a ‘freezing January’ in 1990 to the present
What a pleasure it is to read Culture and History in the Pacific (Siikala 2021b [1990]) once again. The new, open access edition of this important volume brings back memories of my days in graduate school at the University of Chicago in the late 1990s….
Emotional tapestry of small cities
The paper investigates the emotional foundation of sense of place in small urban environments. The study was based on an anonymous questionnaire exploring various emotions in relation to urban environments in two small northern cities Haparanda (Sweden…
Anti-sedentarism and the anthropology of forced migration
Anthropologists of forced migration have advanced unique perspectives exploring identity and community as they relate to space. With its critique of naturalized conceptions of rootedness, boundedness, and territorialization, anti-sedentarism stands as …
Gender and Barbecue
Barbecuing is often highlighted as one of the most masculine forms of cooking. In this paper, I will analyse a recent Netflix documentary series, Chef’s Table: BBQ, with portraits of four different barbecue chefs, including two women. The barbec…
Engendering European alternative food networks through countertopographies
Recent interventions in scholarly literature have revealed how alternative methods of food production and provision are empowering for women farmers. This literature has been largely based on the historical trajectory of agriculture in the US an…
Democracia, civismo y partidos políticos
Este artículo, es un primer acercamiento a la cuestión de la concepción de la democracia en los partidos políticos con representación institucional, lo que trata es el tema de qué es la democracia para los militantes de base y los representantes locale…
Día de las elecciones. La construcción de la democracia a través de los procedimientos técnicos
Una análisis etnográfico de los esfuerzos de la comunidad internacional para democratizar la Bosnia-Herzegovina de posguerra argumento por un gran reconocimiento de los social dentro de los aspectos técnicos de la política. En vez de las elecciones com…
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Journal of Extreme Anthropology
An Auto-Ethnography of Engagement Through Dance
This paper proposes a reflection on collaboration through dance. Drawing on ten years of fieldwork within the Swiss contemporary dance scene, the author, an anthropologist, dance scholar, and dancer, discusses her ethnographic practice, me…
The Impact of Covid-19 on the Art Worlds
This article looks at the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the “art worlds” (Becker 1988) in Geneva, Switzerland’s second largest city. The main objective is to determine whether the pandemic has radically reconfigured the art worlds, or…
Exhibiting Bushman Art in Switzerland
This article discusses the collaborative process that led to the conception of the exhibition Kuru. L’art d’un monde en mutation held in 2019 at the Botanical Garden of Neuchâtel,Switzerland. This project, which brought together San Naro a…
Learning to Be Freed
This paper delves into the life stories of three unaccompanied asylum seeking youth residing at a state care shelter in Istanbul in 2015 and 2016. Through its intervention, the research follows an engaged anthropological approach to reveal…
Anthropological Engagement in the International Sphere
As anthropologists increasingly embark upon the study of the international sphere, this often builds on different forms of engagement within and around organizations, processes, and institutional corridors. The co-authors, building upon a …
From Biological to Political Combat: Itinerary of an Engaged Research
Alex Aebi est biologiste et ethnologue. Il occupe actuellement un poste de maître d’enseignement et de recherche (MER) en agroécologie au sein de l’Université de Neuchâtel. Il y est également professeur, responsable de la filière biologie…
Repositioning Engaged Anthropology
This special issue aims to shed light on and recognize the full potential of engaged anthropology and its place in academia and beyond. It argues for an inclusive approach to be both theoretically enriching and methodologically grounded in…
Political Servitude Taking Ride on Corporate Social Responsibility Bandwagon
Journal of Extreme Anthropology
Africa’s Middle Classes
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. Since the early 21st century, the middle classes of the Global South became a focus of attention. However, a precarious minimum income was all it took to be considered middle class. But who exactly is middle class? As t…
Unexpected Transitions: From Lifeboats to Online Learning
At the height of the pandemic, schools across the country shut down, shifting classrooms to a remote learning modality. While the use of emergency remote teaching (ERT) provided an alternative for schools, it was a difficult transition. Online learning…