Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
Summary: Since its inception in the 1980s, the US ‘Sanctuary Movement’ has been the source of contentious political debate and academic discussion. Although originally a clergy-based effort of transnational activism, ‘sanctuary’ has since di…
Historical records allow the lingering presences of people of the past to be traced. This study documents a search for recorded eighteenth-century sex workers in Edinburgh, assessing whether ghosts can be brought under anthropological inquir…
During my research with women performers at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, I adopted drawing as my primary tool for collecting and analysing data. I found that the best way to capture the value of theatrical performances was through an effec…
This short photo essay presents an aspect of work in progress. First hand observational notes and photo recordings were taken around the socially structured field habitus of the East London Borough of Tower Hamlets, it’s religious spheres of…
This paper looks to investigate how running groups function in public space, both in terms of how they find their way and how they interact with other users. It builds on theories of wayfinding and the study of mobilities to examine how diff…
This essay proposes the application of the concepts of ‘small’ and ‘big’ stories theorised by Lyotard (1984) to the discipline of visual anthropology, by focusing on the issues of ‘generalisation’ and ‘individuality’. The primary question on…
Abstract:This essay will explore pedagogic engagement in a Dutch sustainability site, De Ceuvel. Self-labelled as the “clean-tech playground”, De Ceuvel is a publically accessible site which houses scientists, creatives and a café, an…
This essay analyses the goings on of First Minster’s Questions in the Scottish Parliament. Through the realisation that this spectacle is largely semi-scripted I make the argument that the idea of the state relies on the charisma o…
This essay will examine the affective relationships people have with human remains and by extent, the souls of the deceased in Aguni, Okinawa. In conceptualising care, I will explore how senkotsu (bone washing) and other emerging mortuary pr…
This paper looks to investigate how running groups function in public space, both in terms of how they find their way and how they interact with other users. It builds on theories of wayfinding and the study of mobilities to examine how different space…
This essay proposes the application of the concepts of ‘small’ and ‘big’ stories theorised by Lyotard (1984) to the discipline of visual anthropology, by focusing on the issues of ‘generalisation’ and ‘individuality’. The primary question on which this…
This essay analyses the goings on of First Minster’s Questions in the Scottish Parliament. Through the realisation that this spectacle is largely semi-scripted I make the argument that the idea of the state relies on the charisma of events li…
Summary: Since its inception in the 1980s, the US ‘Sanctuary Movement’ has been the source of contentious political debate and academic discussion. Although originally a clergy-based effort of transnational activism, ‘sanctuary’ has since diffused beyo…
During my research with women performers at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, I adopted drawing as my primary tool for collecting and analysing data. I found that the best way to capture the value of theatrical performances was through an effective visual…
This essay will examine the affective relationships people have with human remains and by extent, the souls of the deceased in Aguni, Okinawa. In conceptualising care, I will explore how senkotsu (bone washing) and other emerging mortuary practices per…
Abstract:This essay will explore pedagogic engagement in a Dutch sustainability site, De Ceuvel. Self-labelled as the “clean-tech playground”, De Ceuvel is a publically accessible site which houses scientists, creatives and a café, and whose amb…
L’articolo analizza il contesto storico e le caratteristiche delle industrie messicane note come maquiladora, nello spazio di frontiera tra Messico e Stati Uniti. Si utilizzano prevalentemente fonti secondarie, sia messicane sia statunitensi per analiz…
Confluenze. Rivista di Studi Iberoamericani
Neste artigo, argumento que, para se entender o tipo de governamentalidade que se instaurou no país com a eleição de Jair Bolsonaro à presidência, definida como “neoliberal na economia e conservadora nos costumes”, é necessário investigar os discursos,…
O artigo pretende discutir os rumos que a democracia no Brasil tem tomado desde que o atual Presidente, Jair Bolsonaro, assumiu o governo. O caráter crescentemente autoritário vem se transformando em exercício mesmo do fascismo. As performances do Pres…
El artículo presenta los resultados de un estudio etnográfico sobre las experiencias de violencia de 30 mujeres paraguayas en la Triple-frontera del Paraná (entre Argentina, Brasil y Paraguay). Contrastando sus testimonios, analizamos los procesos de l…
Neste artigo, proponho-me fundamentar uma tese tão divulgada quanto ainda não devidamente esclarecida: José Saramago não era otimista em relação à(s) natureza(s) humana(s) e ao devir da História, e a prová-lo temos tanto os seus depoimentos c…
El objetivo de este artículo es plantear la posibilidad de pensar la pandemia desde la noción de catástrofe, pero concebida no tanto en términos de derrota como de oportunidad. Lo que está en juego no son solo los efectos del coronavirus en la població…
Este artigo examina três contos de Clarice Lispector a fim de discutir como eles sugerem uma estética brutalista que, embora incomum à sua obra, parece permear grande parte de A Via Crucis do Corpo (1974), a coletânea na qual foram publicados. No prefá…
A causa de la preocupación por la posibilidad de cremación de cuerpos por el incremento del número de muertes por Covid-19, algunas asociaciones de religiones afrobrasileñas han reclamado el derecho de entierro de los miembros del Candomblé. Los ritual…