Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
El territorio de convivencia en que habitaban las personas que compartían conmigo la vida, la investigación y la historia, eran el campo, y el porqué de nuestras relaciones asimétricas mi cuestionamiento. Para explicar qué es el racismo y por qué se da…
El presente artículo aborda la imagen representada del inmigrante africano en Las cartas de Alou (1990) de Montxo Armendáriz, El traje (2002) de Alberto Rodríguez y A escondidas (2014) de Mikel Rueda. Analizamos las complejidades narrativas de esas pel…
Este documento recoge un análisis sobre el tabú en nuestra sociedad, y cómo este afecta a la percepción estética que tenemos, en primer lugar, de nuestros cuerpos, siguiendo por el desnudo humano y llevándola a otros ámbitos. En este trabajo se parte d…
A partir del estudio de caso de la estación de Atocha en Madrid, esta investigación discute los conceptos de lugar y no-lugar de Marc Augé. Se propone que las dinámicas de lugar y no-lugar se enfrentan dialécticamente en relaciones asimétricas de poder…
A lectio præcursoria is a short presentation read out loud by a doctoral candidate at the start of a public thesis examination in Finland. It introduces the key points or central argument of the thesis in a way that should make the ensuing discussion b…
Suomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society
Suomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society
Suomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society
Suomen Antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
Journal of Extreme Anthropology
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …