Número complet
(Con)textos: revista d'antropologia i investigació social
Can the Master’s House be Decolonized from the Inside? Depends on How We Define “House”
While recent years have seen many attempts to decolonize curricula and pedagogy, Shahjahan et al. (2022) pointed out that existing English-language literature has not sufficiently addressed temporal and affective dimensions of these attempts. Through a…
Book review of Gómez-Ciriano, Emilio José, Cabiati, Elena, and Dedotsi, Sofia (eds.) 2023. Migration and Social Work: Approaches, Visions and Challenges. Bristol: Policy Press, 248 pp.
Nordic Journal of Migration Research
Postcolonial Passages: Tiken Jah Fakoly and the Musical Intervention of African Mobility
This study examines how the Ivoirian reggae musician Tiken Jah Fakoly critically engages with issues of African migration, displacement, and postcolonial identity through his music. Drawing on detailed analyses of five selected songs: ‘Le De…
The Double‑Edged Swords of Hope and Hopelessness: Ethnographic Insights Among Deportable Refugees in Sweden
This article explores the interplay between hope and hopelessness among refugees in Sweden who have been denied asylum and live under the threat of deportation. Based on ethnographic research conducted in a rural municipality in central Swed…
Discrimination and Reactive Transnationalism Among Recent Italian, Polish, Turkish, and Syrian Immigrants in Germany
Reactive transnationalism involves immigrants responding to hostility in the receiving society by increasing their connection and interaction with their origin country. The current study builds upon previous examinations of this phenomenon b…
Kinship Constellations in the Narratives of Unaccompanied Refugee Minors in Norway
Kinship emerges as a constellation of relational ties for young adults who arrive in Norway as unaccompanied refugee minors, shaped by migration, separation, and the uneven terrain of family reunification. Drawing on long‑term ethnographic f…
Between Proximity and Distance: Adult Migrants’ Belonging in Racialised Social Networks
This article examines how adult migrants in Finland experience belonging through the social networks they form within and beyond institutional contexts. Drawing on ethnographic research, including interviews with 29 adult migrant students an…
Book review of Leutloff-Grandits, Carolin. 2023. Translocal Care across Kosovo’s Borders. Reconfiguring Kinship along Gender and Generational Lines. New York: Berghahn. 276 pp.
Nordic Journal of Migration Research
‘I Have Completely Exhausted Myself During This Journey’: Female Citizens’ Experiential Migrantisation in the Face of Their Foreign Spouse’s Deportability
This article examines how a foreign partner’s deportability influences Finnish women. The concept of ‘experiential migrantisation’ offers particular utility for this analysis in that it elucidates the negative impacts of immigration regimes …
Book review of Lubit, Amanda J. 2025. Life as a Migrant Muslim Woman in Sectarian Northern Ireland: An Exploration of Gender, Visibility, Movement, and Placemaking. New York: Berghahn Books, 205 pp.
Nordic Journal of Migration Research
‘He Was the Most Important’: How General Practitioners Support Syrian Refugees in Navigating Norway as a Receiving Society
Refugees often face psychological strain related to war trauma, uncertain legal status, and unfamiliar societal expectations. Health challenges may further hinder their ability to engage in employment, education, and civic life. This qualita…
Circulación y movilidad de la máquina de coser en territorios salitreros y Lican Antay (1870-1950)
Este artículo examina la circulación, apropiación y resignificación de la máquina de coser en el norte de Chile, centrándose en territorios salitreros e indígenas Lican Antay entre fines del siglo XIX y mediados del siglo XX. A través de una metodologí…
Políticas migratorias en retrospectiva. Entrevista a Lelio Mármora
Este texto presenta una entrevista a Lelio Mármora, referente central de los estudios migratorios en América del Sur, realizada en 2019, en un contexto regional e internacional marcado por intensos debates sobre gobernanza migratoria. La conversación s…
Uncomfortable encounters: expected and unexpected experiences with human remains in museums
The following article looks at the ethical considerations of displaying Human Remains in museums, considering both the deceased as well as the museum visitor. Using autoethnographic examples from various museum contexts, I discuss how encounters with H…
Asociación entre los niveles de cortisol en pelo y la autopercepción psicológica frente al estrés en estudiantes de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile
El estrés es uno de los fenómenos más notorios en la actualidad y en tanto se torna crónico afecta la salud de las personas en múltiples niveles. El estrés académico afecta a los estudiantes universitarios durante su proceso de formación, repercutiendo…
UN Mandate Misalignment: Crisis and Context of MINUSMA in Mali
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), established in 2013, represents one of the most complex and challenging peacekeeping operations in UN history. Despite its ambitiou…
Review of Wolfram H. Dressler. 2025. For the sake of forests and gods: Governing life and livelihood in the Philippine uplands
.
Review of Wolfram H. Dressler. 2025. For the sake of forests and gods: Governing life and livelihood in the Philippine uplands
.
Endangered cobras and conservation politics: Exploring multispecies encounters in agrarian landscapes of West Bengal
This article challenges dominant conservation discourses that frame nature as pristine and separate from humans, critiquing the wilderness paradigm informing Third World environmental planning. While scientific discourses promote holistic planetary vis…
Endangered cobras and conservation politics: Exploring multispecies encounters in agrarian landscapes of West Bengal
This article challenges dominant conservation discourses that frame nature as pristine and separate from humans, critiquing the wilderness paradigm informing Third World environmental planning. While scientific discourses promote holistic planetary vis…
Cartel Economies and Urban Governance: The Interplay of Performative Politics, Social Embeddedness, and Land Control in Nairobi’s Informal Settlements
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. Land governance in Nairobi is shaped by hybrid systems that blur the boundaries between formality and informality, especially in informal settlements which houses over 60 per cent of the city’s population. Land cartels …
“Informal” Land Demarcation Systems: A Lifeline to De-Escalation of Land Conflicts and Promotion of Peace in Post-War Acholiland, Northern Uganda
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. This study examines how the re-emerging “informal” land demarcation systems contribute to the de-escalation of land conflicts and promotion of peace in post-war Northern Uganda. Although relative peace and normalcy have…
Review: Mountains of Blame: Climate and Culpability in the Philippine Uplands.
Journal of Ecological Anthropology
Ludo Tricks and the Unserious Actor in the Trucking Business
Anthropological studies based on participant observation, with the goal of producing context-sensitive, holistic sociocultural descriptions of high-risk industries, are few and far between. This article focuses on the intentional bending and breaking o…