David Graeber: Anthropology, anarchy, activism
Forum in memory of David Graeber. Contributions by Patrícia Alves de Matos, Stefano Boni, Dimitris Dalakoglou, Alessandro Deiana, Nika Dubrovsky.
Epidemiological risk and health policies: An interview with Tullio Seppilli
In this interview, Tullio Seppilli points out the usefulness of the notion of health risk if aimed at reducing it with public interventions by improving living conditions and reducing social inequalities. Introducing the notion of health as a common go…
Book Review. Review Language in Louisiana: Community and Culture
Dajko, Nathalie and Shana Walton, eds. 2019. Language in Louisiana: Community and Culture. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi.
Book Review. Till Death Do Us Part: American Ethnic Cemeteries as Borders Uncrossed
Amanik, Allan and Kami Fletcher. 2020. Till Death Do Us Part: American Ethnic Cemeteries as Borders Uncrossed. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi. 288 pages.
Disarmed by Drama Methodology
Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics
The Prince’s Wings: Possible Origin of the Tale Type and Its Early Chinese Variants
The article aims to clarify the relations between the early versions of tale type ATU 575. Examining the range of Chinese accounts concerning various wooden birds, the author concludes that two groups can be distinguished. The first consists of st…
The Ecological Insight of the Bunga’ Lalang Rice Farming Tradition in Luwu Society, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
The ecological insights of local farming traditions have the potential to be adapted to modern agricultural practices. The article presents an exploration of the ecological insights of the bunga’ lalang rice farming tradition in the Luwu society, South…
“Kox Kwai Kauv Kox Kwai”: Ecopoetic Symbolisation in Pgaz K’Nyau Oral Poetry
This article presents the transcription, translation, and annotation of an original performance of hta, a traditional form of oral poetry in Sgaw, the language of the Pgaz K’Nyau (Karen) people of northern Thailand. This performance was recorded d…
Death by Poisoning: Cautionary Narratives and Inter-Ethnic Accusations in Contemporary Sikkim
The Sikkimese are a multi-ethnic community in a Himalayan sub-region in India. Even though the majority of the population is Hindu and Nepalese, the minority Buddhist and Bhutia/Lepcha communities are very strong. Death by poisoning is a common occurre…
Of Barrenness and Witchcraft: The Songs of the Legi Women’s Association
Witchcraft and barrenness are two critical issues that African women have had to grapple with since precolonial times. Therefore, the focus of attention in this paper is the songs of the Legi voluntary association among the Ịjọ of Nigeria’s oil-rich Ni…
The Sealed Grave and Burial Rituals in the Context of Revenants in Ukrainian Belief
The article sets the goal of describing the Ukrainian ritual of the sealed grave and its relation to revenants, or the unquiet dead, based both on the author’s fieldwork and ethnographic collections of the turn of the 20th century. The meaning of …
The Deaf Heritage Collective: Collaboration with Critical Intent
The paper reflects upon the Deaf Heritage Collective, a collaborative project led by Edinburgh Napier University’s Design for Heritage team and Heriot Watt’s Centre for Translation And Interpreting Studies. The project aimed to advance discussion aroun…
Editorial Impressions: Ethnography and Metaphors
Editorial Impressions
The Pope’s Public Reason
Journal Name: Migration and SocietyVolume: 4Issue: 1Pages: 137-148
“It’s a Big Umbrella”
Journal Name: Migration and SocietyVolume: 4Issue: 1Pages: 163-171
Introduction
Journal Name: Social AnalysisVolume: 65Issue: 2Pages: 1-18
The Chicken and the Egg
Journal Name: Social AnalysisVolume: 65Issue: 2Pages: 19-40
Beyond Oracular Ambiguity
Journal Name: Social AnalysisVolume: 65Issue: 2Pages: 41-61
Chinese Eight Signs Prediction
Journal Name: Social AnalysisVolume: 65Issue: 2Pages: 62-81
Post-Hellenistic Perspectives on Divination, the Individual, and the Cosmos
Journal Name: Social AnalysisVolume: 65Issue: 2Pages: 82-102
Stocks of Images
Journal Name: Social AnalysisVolume: 65Issue: 2Pages: 124-138
Reflective Ontology and Intuitive Credibility in Chinese Six Lines Prediction
Journal Name: Social AnalysisVolume: 65Issue: 2Pages: 103-123
Divination and Ontologies
Journal Name: Social AnalysisVolume: 65Issue: 2Pages: 139-160
Introduction
Journal Name: Conflict and SocietyVolume: 7Issue: 1Pages: 1-8
(Counter)Terrorism and the Intimate
Journal Name: Conflict and SocietyVolume: 7Issue: 1Pages: 9-25