Debugging the Techno-Utopian Myth of Predictive Policing
Journal of Extreme Anthropology
Portrait of the anthropologist as a young woman: Simoni Guedes – from her formative years to <em>Subúrbio, Celeiro de Craques</em>
Resumo O presente artigo, escrito em homenagem à antropóloga Simoni Guedes (1949-2019), reconstitui elementos da trajetória de uma autora que exerceu notável influência na constituição de um campo de estudos para a antropologia dos esportes no Brasil. …
Acclimatization of humans and plants. The spread of ecological farmers in Misiones (Argentina)
Resumen Desde una perspectiva multiespecie, mi artículo describe las acciones de estabilización de lo diverso llevadas a cabo por inmigrantes suizos en la provincia de Misiones (nordeste de Argentina). A través de una alianza con la naturaleza, dieron …
Land and outrage: violence in land conflicts, fights and the ethics of struggle in the faxinais of Paraná
Resumo O presente artigo analisa experiências de assassinato e ameaça de morte vividas por posseiros do município de Pinhão, Paraná, em um conflito por terras que assume múltiplos desdobramentos. Para tanto, observam-se as categorias que os sujeitos ac…
“Who´s more capable than God?” Capuxu children and their experiences with <em>malassombros</em> (haunting)
Resumo Este artigo etnográfico objetiva analisar as experiências das crianças Capuxu com os malassombros. Ele é produto de uma pesquisa cujo objetivo era investigar a produção da pessoa Capuxu à luz da fabricação dos corpos das crianças. Foi assim que …
Enrabamento, healing and protection: cosmologies of the Caboclo Ataíde in the Northeast of Pará
Resumo O Caboclo Ataíde é uma entidade da encantaria amazônica que se manifesta próximo dos rios e mangues no litoral do nordeste paraense, município de Bragança, conhecido como um “caboclo” ou “encantado” que emerge das narrativas das populações locai…
Against Durkheim. <em>La Science sociale comme vision du monde</em>, by Wiktor Stoczkowski
Resumo Este artigo discute o polêmico livro do professor Wiktor Stoczkowski, La Science sociale comme vision du monde, publicado em 2019. Com o subtítulo Émile Durkheim et le mirage du salut, o livro acusa Durkheim de maquiar os dados empíricos, distor…
Beyond helplessness: orphanhood and leadership among the Bora of the Colombian Amazon
Resumo O objetivo deste artigo é abordar o tema da orfandade a partir de um estudo com os Bora na região do Caquetá-Putumayo e de possíveis comparações com outros casos etnográficos. Assim, veremos como os órfãos (e, por extensão, os chefes) podem nos …
The Nation Under Tutelage. From the point of view of the frontier
Resumo Este artigo procede a uma breve e esquemática etnografia das políticas e ações indigenistas realizadas por governos militares (1964-1985), apresentando algumas hipóteses sobre modos de governabilidade e democracia. Tomando como objeto primário d…
Vegetative regeneration: An essay on gender relations
Resumo As diversas formas com que antropólogos da Amazônia e da Melanésia empregaram termos genéricos, como genitores e crianças, levam a uma exploração dos momentos em que a distinção de gênero pode não ser colocada em primeiro plano. Certos aspectos …
What Does It Mean to Be Post-Soviet?: Decolonial Art from the Ruins of the Soviet Empire
Reviewed by Anthony Ballas, University of Colorado at Denver Madina Tlostanova. What Does it Mean to be Post-Soviet?: Decolonial Art from the Ruins of the Soviet Empire. Durham: Duke University Press, 2018. 145 pp. Although the days of socialist realis…
32 | 2021 – Knowledge in Common and the Diversification of Scientific Fields in the Ottoman Worlds: Diffusion, Actors, Epistemologies
Knowledge in Common and the Diversification of Scientific Fields in the Ottoman Worlds: Diffusion, Actors, Epistemologies [Full text]
Philippe Bourmaud and Aude Aylin de Tapia
Communauté …
32 | 2021 – Knowledge in Common and the Diversification of Scientific Fields in the Ottoman Worlds
Knowledge in Common and the Diversification of Scientific Fields in the Ottoman Worlds: Diffusion, Actors, Epistemologies [Full text]
Philippe Bourmaud and Aude Aylin de Tapia
Communauté …
32 | 2021 – Savoirs en commun et diversification des domaines scientifiques dans les mondes ottomans
Knowledge in Common and the Diversification of Scientific Fields in the Ottoman Worlds: Diffusion, Actors, Epistemologies [Full text]
Philippe Bourmaud and Aude Aylin de Tapia
Communauté …
Òṣòròmọ̀nìgà
Cinematically, Yoruba filmmakers represent different aspects of the Nigerian nation and various elements of traditional cultures, customs, and praxes. In particular, they pay close attention to the influences of supernatural powers and metaphysical age…
Digitising folktales
Digitisation has altered and reinvented the fabric of African folklore, redefining the concept of the audience and the performance, as well as the audience-performer relationship. These reconfigurations have raised questions regarding the capacities of…
Murmurations: A Conversation Between Sarah Friedland and Tess Takahashi on CROWDS
by Sarah Friedland and Tess Takahashi Featured Image: Still from Sarah Friedland, CROWDS, Channel 1. Curator´s note by Almudena Escobar López: Sarah Friedland and Tess Takahashi have been in dialogue since they met at the “moving.media@brown” conferenc…
Danish Muslims during COVID- 19
How have Danish Muslims communicated on social media about COVID-19, and how have religious communities been included in the handling of the pandemic? Religion has become part of the public debate in new ways, because religious gathering places have be…
“Perhaps we see it in negative terms, but, ultimately, it is positive”
This article investigates how prominent preachers within Sweden’s most active puritan Salafi group, Islam.nu, relate to COVID-19. The article analyzes material published online between March 1, 2020, and July 31, 2020, which is herein divided into thre…
Home prayer, unattended funerals and social responsibility: Muslims in Italy and the coronavirus outbreak (March-May 2020)
Sadly, in 2020 Italy was one of the countries hardest hit by coronavirus (by 26 February 2021 2020: 2,868,435 infected; 96,974 dead). All religious communities in Italy had to respond quickly and clearly to a common and invisible threat, while providin…
Islamic Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in India and Pakistan
India’s and Pakistan’s governments, like most of the world’s governments, responded to the spread of the COVID-19 virus with lockdowns, which in principle also affected religious institutions and rituals. However, Sunni mosques in Pakistan were not clo…
Med bønnens kraft: Et islamisk og kristent arabisk perspektiv på covid-19
I de arabiske lande har covid-19, ligesom andre steder i verden, ført til restriktioner af den religiøse praksis, blandt andet i form af periodevis lukkede kirker og moskeer. Ligeledes har religiøse autoriteter med henvisning til religionen deltaget i …
The Russian Orthodox Church and the Pandemic: Problems, Challenges, Responses
The article discusses the reaction of the Russian Orthodox Church on the pandemic of COVID-19. This research identifies and analyzes major ideological cleavages on this issue, such as the possibility of transmitting viruses via the Eucharist, the relig…
“Deafening silence of theologians” vs. creative local parishes during the Corona pandemic?
21 million Germans belong to the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD). This report will highlight initial official theological reactions of the EKD to the Corona pandemic. The Protestant Church faced widespread criticism from prominent figures for its h…
Da krisen ramte: Genforhandlingerne af amerikansk-jødiske samfundsværdier
Jeg viser i denne artikel, hvordan corona-pandemien sammen med sommerens raceuroligheder har rystet de amerikansk-jødiske samfund i deres fundament. Nødvendighed og krise, usikkerhed, nye tankeformer og idealisme er tilsammen i gang med at omforme, hvo…