Akan Noun-Noun Compounds

This paper presents a discussion of Akan noun-noun compounds and a Construction Morphology account of their properties. Noun-noun compounds are the most studied type of compounds cross-linguistically, with studies revealing interesting issue…

Rwandans’ Attitudes Towards Swahili

This paper reports findings from a study examining Rwandans’ attitudes towards Swahili across different occupational groups. The study hypothesized that there would be a relationship between Rwandans’ occupations and their attitudes towards …

Beyond the Frontiers of Activism and Social Change

Fela Anikulapo Kuti (1938–1997) distinguished himself as one of the foremost Nigerian musicians in the Afrobeat genre by identifying with the masses in Africa. He achieved a populist appeal by critiquing social ills and advocating for the es…

Naming Semonpiru

This article presents an ethnographic and narrative portrait of Semonpiru, a middle-aged Bolivian Guaraní man who challenges social norms in various aspects of his life, including his sexuality and performance of masculinity. Drawing on ov…

Mandate of Invisibility

This article addresses ethical and methodological challenges I encountered while conducting fieldwork in the town of Camiri, between May 2023 and December 2024, as part of a research project on gender diversity in the Bolivian Chaco. Throu…

Narrative Events of Queerness

This article focuses on the description of an ongoing ethnographic process. It explores the researcher’s first encounter with a new environment and the initial reflections that emerge from a queer and decolonial perspective. Two portraits,…

Book Review: Fragile Hope

This submission is a review of Sandhya Fuchs’s Fragile Hope. Seeking Justice for Hate Crimes in India. The review argues that Fragile Hope shows the success of India’s Atrocities Act cannot be measured by legal outcomes like convictions, b…

Book Review: Children as Social Butterflies

This submission is a review of Ursina Jaeger’s Children as Social Butterflies. Navigating Belonging in a Diverse Swiss Kindergarten. The review critically examines Jaeger’s exploration of the shifting social belongings of kindergarten chil…

Walking, Experiencing, Conceptualizing

This article emerges from the raw material of an ethnographic process that seeks to remain faithful to the overwhelming nature of juxtaposed spaces and times. The reader is invited to engage closely with the details as an exercise in recog…