Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
This article examines the role of media in the process of religious communalization (Vergemeinschaftung), drawing on the example of the Evangelical Association of Vineyard Churches. It argues that a direct connection between media production…
In this article, we examine the question of religious communalization on the micro-blogging service Twitter. Twitter has only relatively recently been adopted as a field of research by scholars of media and religion, and the question of reli…
Monasticism is characterized by community life in a specific place (stabilitas loci), but also by local and translocal networks that correspond to different functions of the monastery (religious, cultural, commercial, etc.). Although Max Web…
Drawing on the example of Jehovah’s Witnesses, in this contribution I will explore the role of media in the production of religious commitment. I will argue that, while providing important insights into the relationship between media interpr…
This article – framed within digital religion studies – analyzes the online religious activities of a non-denominational Christian multisite church, LifePoint Church (LPC). A multisite church is a church with a central location that serves a…
Since the rise of the Internet, traditional religious communities have either embraced or struggled with new media. At the same time, a significant number of believers turns to new media as a substitute for or supplement to offline communiti…
This article introduces the special issue, “The Dynamics of Religion, Media, and Community”. It examines the shifting faith in the concept of religious community in the social studies of religion and calls attention to the normative expectat…
Understanding a videogame requires attention to the social dimensions of its production, its material form and its reception. Games are produced in communities of designers, played by communities of gamers, and accepted into families, househ…
In an editorial, Museum Anthropology Review editor Jason Baird Jackson discusses the history of the journal as a context for explaining plans to reorient it to focus more closely on the work of the Mathers Museum of World Cultures and its museum and co…
This project report describes the planning, creation and touring of a 26-panel traveling exhibition about Indiana folk arts staged for the bicentennial of Indiana’s statehood. The exhibition, its catalogue, and related public programs were produced by …
In 1973, Indiana University’s Mathers Museum of World Cultures purchased a selection of works from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians’ Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual, one of the oldest Native American-owned art and craft cooperatives in the United Sta…
This project report describes Sensefield: An Exhibition of Experimental Ethnography, an event showcasing works at the intersection of art and anthropology held in October 2017 in Taipei, Taiwan.
This project report describes the research and presentation of Shapes of the Ancestors: Bodies, Animals, Art and Ghanain Fantasy Coffins, an exhibition focusing on the workshop of Ghanain fantasy coffin maker Paa Joe. The exhibition was on display at t…
This work is an exhibition review considering Beyond Compare: Art from Africa in the Bode Museum, a project of the Bode Museum.
Den moderne profesjonsutøveren synes å ha pådratt seg noen nye utfordringer med hensyn til forvaltning av egen myndighet som ikke var på langt nær like påtakelig bare for få tiår siden. Det er snakk om en form for ubehag eller en frykt som er knyttet t…
“Pedagogy of discomfort” was first introduced by Boler in 1999 as a teaching practice that invites educators and students to engage in critical inquiry regarding values and norms, and to examine constructed self-images and perceptions of others (1999, …
Taking its cue from Marx’ and Weber’s grand theorizing, a key narrative in Western modernity has been the inevitable dissolution of pre-modern identities. This thesis has informed both policy making and notions of global agency, and in effect caused a …
In the analyses of extremism, the focus has mostly been on ideology and sociological – or so-called vulnerability – factors. While these factors are important the relevance and weight of emotions in the extremisation processes have not received the att…
FLEKS – Scandinavian Journal of Intercultural Theory and Practice
Den moderne profesjonsutøveren synes å ha pådratt seg noen nye utfordringer med hensyn til forvaltning av egen myndighet som ikke var på langt nær like påtakelig bare for få tiår siden. Det er snakk om en form for ubehag eller en frykt som er knyttet t…
Working at Oslo Metropolitan University, which aspire to be a “university for professional education”, I often sense an expectation that my teaching should have “practical relevance” for the students. But does it need to, always?
FLEKS – Scandinavian Journal of Intercultural Theory and Practice
In the analyses of extremism, the focus has mostly been on ideology and sociological – or so-called vulnerability – factors. While these factors are important the relevance and weight of emotions in the extremisation processes have not received the att…
Taking its cue from Marx’ and Weber’s grand theorizing, a key narrative in Western modernity has been the inevitable dissolution of pre-modern identities. This thesis has informed both policy making and notions of global agency, and in effect caused a …
“Pedagogy of discomfort” was first introduced by Boler in 1999 as a teaching practice that invites educators and students to engage in critical inquiry regarding values and norms, and to examine constructed self-images and perceptions of others (1999, …