Introduction: Studying Junctures of Motion and Emotion
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Modes and Moods of Mobility: Tourists and Commuters
What can we learn from comparing different modes and moods of travel, among, for example, tourists and commuters? This paper contrasts these two very different kinds of mobility, and the ways in which they organise both motion and emotion. It is not on…
(Re)Shaping History in Bosnian and Herzegovinian Museums
The current article explores how political changes in the past 130 years have shaped and reshaped three major museums in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The overall aim is to describe structural processes of national museum building in BiH and the ways t…
Body Image as Strategy for Engagement in Social Media
Worldwide, the use of digital communication networks has been a key strategy in activist events involving demonstrations. Its use was evident in the media’s repeated publication of pictures taken on demonstrators’ mobile phones during actions that have…
Persistent Cultures: Miskitu Kinship Terminological Fluidity
Kinship is understood dynamically and processually but kinship terminologies are remarkably stable idea systems. They provide cultural continuity over time and are more resistant to modification than many types of cultural instantiations. Miskitu speak…
The Archaeological Chess Set by Ezra B. W. Zubrow & Ted Banning
Chess is a game associated with thought. The game’s history has been related to war and peace, science and the humanities, as well as engineering and art. It has been […]
“When earth and sky almost meet”: The Conflict between Traditional Knowledge and Modernity in Polynesian Navigation by Luke Strongman
This paper provides an account of the differing ontologies of Polynesian and European navigation techniques in the Pacific. The subject of conflict between traditional knowledge and modernity is examined from […]
Caching, Money, Magic, Derivatives, Mana and Modern Finance by Niccolo Caldararo
This paper investigates aspects of economics in the context of animal caching and the nature of investment devices in cross-cultural comparison, placing special attention on the new global issues […]
Civilization, Transformation and Collapse by Kurt D. Springs, M. Litt
The subject of how civilizations, cultures, and states vanish has long been a topic of interest for historians, political theorists, philosophers, and archaeologists. It is also a subject of […]
Leisure & Young Married Women in Malta by Stephanie Borg & Marilyn Clark
The impact of leisure on personal development and subjective well-being makes it a critical issue in women’s studies. Leisure time gives women the space in which they can experiment […]
A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Practices Relating to Widowhood and WidowInheritance Among the Igbo and Yoruba in Nigeria by Dr. O.O. Fasoranti and Miss J.O. Aruna
Bereavement is a social fact in any culture but reactions and practices relating to this vary from culture to culture. The Igbo people live in the South Eastern part […]
The social construction of ‘self’’ and Womanhood in a Hindu village of Bangladesh by Ishrat Jahan
In order to understand the empowerment situation of the women exhibiting a rigid social setting cushioned by religious impositions, it is important to envisage how women as subjects construct […]
Intrasite Spatial Analysis of a Late Upper Paleolithic French Site Using Geographic Information Systems by Dustin Keeler
This paper is an analysis of site structure as it applies to social and behavioral organization within Paleolithic hunter-gather camp sites. A complete understanding of site structure requires the […]
Norsk antropologisk tidsskrift 01/2015
Annelin Eriksen, Kari Telle: Redaksjonelt
Halvard Vike: Likhetens natur
Kathinka Frøystad: Naturalisering på langs og tvers: Begrepshistorisk refleksjon med storm i kastene
Thorvald Sirnes: Unntakstilstand, det nakne livet…
A Comparison of the Cultural Heritage Laws in the State of New York and Province of Ontario by Kurt D. Springs
Prehistoric populations were not separated by current political or legal differences that currently separate national, state, or provincial laws, especially those regarding cultural and archaeological heritage. Indeed, the Iroquois nations, […]
Transethnic Sojourns for Ethnomedical Knowledge among Igbo Traditional Healers in Nigeria: Preliminary Observations by C. Otutubikey Izugbara & Emmanuel C.J Duru
Traditional medicine occupies a central place in healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa, serving the needs of up to 80% of the population in the region. More recent events including […]
20 | 2015 – Heritage Production in Turkey. Actors, Issues, and Scales – Part II
2.a. Emergence, forgetfulness and obstacles in heritage-making process
2.a Émergence, oubli et entraves dans les processus de fabrication patrimoniale
La Cappad…
Culture Unbound Vol. 7 Editorial
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Growing in Motion: The Circulation of Used Things on Second-hand Markets
From having been associated with poverty and low status, the commerce with second-hand goods in retro shops, flea markets, vintage boutiques and trade via Internet is expanding in Sweden as in many countries in the Global North. This article argues tha…
Introduction: Circulating Stuff on Second-hand, Vintage and Retro Markets
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Charity Shops and the Imagined Futures of Objects: How Second-Hand Markets Influence Disposal Decisions when Emptying a Parent’s House
This article explores the processes whereby things are donated, or not donated, to charity shops. I draw on in-depth interviews conducted with adults who have sorted through the houses of older family members who have moved into residential accommodati…
Reusing Textiles: on Material and Cultural Wear and Tear
Focusing on Swedish context, this article discusses contemporary practices connected to clothes and home textiles that are no longer in use, comparing them to reusing practices from the middle of the nineteenth century and onwards. The focus is on how …
Vintage, the First 40 Years: The Emergence and Persistence of Vintage Style in the United States
This paper historicizes when wearing vintage clothing first became fashionable in the United States. I trace when the trend emerges in the U.S. and explore various ways the press framed secondhand/vintage clothes and anachronistic dressing. I contend t…
Market Hydraulics and Subjectivities in the “Wild”: Circulations of the Flea Market
Since consumer researchers started paying attention to flea markets they represent common consumer and market research objects. Arguably, in the “natural laboratory” of the flea market, researchers can observe and theorize market and consumer processes…
Montreal Modern: Retro Culture and the Modern Past in Montreal
Through analyses of the retro scenes in Montreal, Canada, the article discusses retro culture’s role as cultural memory. It is shown how Montreal’s cultural identity is formed by memories of modern culture such as the Red-light and Sin City reputation …