Gueto, sociología urbana para un dilema norteamericano
Sobre:Mitchell Duneier, 2018, Gueto. La invención de un lugar. La historia de una idea, Madrid, Capitán Swing.
Reconstruir memorias para producir pruebas judiciales: el caso de las lof (‘comunidades’) mapuche del Cerro León, Chubut (Argentina)
Desde el año 2011, las comunidades mapuche Cañio y Ñiripil del Cerro León, aldea Buenos Aires Chico, provincia de Chubut, se encuentran atravesando un conflicto territorial. La municipalidad de El Maitén, impulsó, con recursos económicos estatal…
Incendio del Museo Nacional de Río de Janeiro: una pérdida irrecuperable
El incendio que el 2 de septiembre de 2018 arrasó con las instalaciones y acervo único del Museo Nacional de Río de Janeiro se conoció en foros nacionales e internacionales y fue también recogido por diarios importantes. Resulta lógico, ya que ad…
Música, corporalidad y recreación diaspórica en el candomblé
Este artículo analiza cómo y por qué el cuerpo y la danza desempeñan un papel central en la transnacionalización del candomblé entre afrodescendientes y, cada vez más, entre los europeos en Alemania. Examina cómo un artista afrobrasileño y pad…
Celebrar la nostalgia cantando: música, memoria y la producción de un sentido de pertenencia en la diáspora cubana de Barcelona
Este artículo explora el papel de la música en la producción de un sentido de comunidad en la diáspora cubana de Barcelona. A través de un acercamiento etnográfico a un pequeño restaurante cubano, que funciona como lugar de encuentro para la pob…
Música, corporalidad y recreación diaspórica en el candomblé
Este artículo analiza cómo y por qué el cuerpo y la danza desempeñan un papel central en la transnacionalización del candomblé entre afrodescendientes y, cada vez más, entre los europeos en Alemania. Examina cómo un artista afrobrasileño y pad…
Celebrar la nostalgia cantando: música, memoria y la producción de un sentido de pertenencia en la diáspora cubana de Barcelona
Este artículo explora el papel de la música en la producción de un sentido de comunidad en la diáspora cubana de Barcelona. A través de un acercamiento etnográfico a un pequeño restaurante cubano, que funciona como lugar de encuentro para la pob…
Who Needs a Man When You Got a Gun?
What does gun ownership mean to armed women in a city in the Midwestern United States? Gun culture is an aspect of American life which has been neglected in anthropological literature. I examine how armed women I met and shot with told me how carrying …
Coming to One’s Senses
My paper is concerned with decolonising contemporary museological practice, specifically in relation to ethnographic collections at the Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver. I propose that display practices can be reformed through Indigenous collaboration…
From ‘Taroosh’ to ‘Tom Jones’
This essay explores how student members of an LGBTQ+ rights organisation discursively navigate queer identifications and concepts of belonging, based on fieldwork conducted in Quezon City, Philippines. I argue that elements of ‘gay lingo’, one of many …
(dis)connection
Mobile phone use and social media have become the norm in modern societies around the world. In an attempt to connect with the world out there, people sometimes neglect present time and immediate environments. For some, this is a way ‘in’ and for other…
Coming to One’s Senses
My paper is concerned with decolonising contemporary museological practice, specifically in relation to ethnographic collections at the Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver. I propose that display practices can be reformed through Indigenous co…
(dis)connection
Mobile phone use and social media have become the norm in modern societies around the world. In an attempt to connect with the world out there, people sometimes neglect present time and immediate environments. For some, this is a way ‘in’ an…
Who Needs a Man When You Got a Gun?
What does gun ownership mean to armed women in a city in the Midwestern United States? Gun culture is an aspect of American life which has been neglected in anthropological literature. I examine how armed women I met and shot with told me ho…
From ‘Taroosh’ to ‘Tom Jones’
This essay explores how student members of an LGBTQ+ rights organisation discursively navigate queer identifications and concepts of belonging, based on fieldwork conducted in Quezon City, Philippines. I argue that elements of ‘gay lingo’, o…
Different dimensions of diligence in the contemporary Polish rural areas
For farmers, work is not merely making a living but also a valid component of their identity, therefore diligance is a highly-valued trait among farmers. There are, however, many ways to realize this trait. We tried to understand what it meant to be di…
Questioning Bacteria. How Farmers in North-Eastern Poland Resist Forced Progress
This article is based on ethnographic fieldwork Poland and concerns lack of trust towards expert knowledge amongst farmers living in a rural municipality in north-eastern Poland. It investigates farmers’ accounts on fraud concerning supposed frauds rel…
Producing Truth?
An extract of fieldnotes is presented from the first ethnographic research I participated in: a transect walk with Mormon missionaries on Middle Meadow Walk. In a short reflection I look at some of the issues that arose when leaving the books and lectu…
The Power of Cough Syrup
During my time working at a clinic in rural Haiti, I noticed one of the doctors was engaging in a rather odd practice: prescribing cough syrup at completely inappropriate times. I attempt to analyze such a practice, revealing how it can control how pai…
The Power of Cough Syrup
During my time working at a clinic in rural Haiti, I noticed one of the doctors was engaging in a rather odd practice: prescribing cough syrup at completely inappropriate times. I attempt to analyze such a practice, revealing how it can cont…
Producing Truth?
An extract of fieldnotes is presented from the first ethnographic research I participated in: a transect walk with Mormon missionaries on Middle Meadow Walk. In a short reflection I look at some of the issues that arose when leaving the book…
14 | 2019 – Jahresausgabe 2019
Tagungsberichte
Conference Reports
Comptes-rendus de conférences
Multiple Religious Identities: Students’ Interviews with Keynote Speakers of…
Work Bitch
Ballroom culture (created by queer, transgender, black and latinx communities in America) has gained popularity throughout Europe in past decades. These photographs depict the community currently growing ballroom culture in Scotland. This queer …
Talking About Tiny Houses
This piece is a snippet of an interview from a larger research project titled: “The Social Practice of Living and Travelling in Small Mobile Living Structures”. Using a style popularised by Studs Terkel in his book ‘Working’ (1974), I have used the int…
Work Bitch
Ballroom culture (created by queer, transgender, black and latinx communities in America) has gained popularity throughout Europe in past decades. These photographs depict the community currently growing ballroom culture in Scotland. …