Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
This article explores the intersection of national law and Bugis customary tradition through Dui’ Pappenre in marriage annulment cases. Using a normative legal approach, it identifies a legal vacuum: while Dui’ Pappenre symbolizes respect an…
Communal intellectual property on traditional knowledge, in the South Papua region, has not been adequately identified. This research focuses on the importance of digitized archives for the protection and preservation of traditional knowledg…
Norsk antropologisk tidsskrift, Volume 36, Issue 4, Page 255-271, December 2025.
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This essay rethinks Heimat through the figure of Heidi, not as a sentimental icon of Alpine innocence but as a conceptual prism through which to understand the contemporary weaponization of nostalgia. Drawing on theories of restorative nosta…
This film chronicles a two-day rite of passage known as Nuka Nua, or ‘Returning to one’s home village’ among the Ngadha people in central Flores, Indonesia. Nine years earlier, Ludis, a noblewoman and nurse, secretly married her beloved, Anis, a school…
This visual essay is an example of what I call an ‘ethnographic making-of’: a film that deconstructs the production of anthropological films (see The Image That Never Ends: A Journey Through Visual Anthropology, Berghahn Books, 2025). Wind and Words di…
‘50 years ago today they landed on the moon… and I’m still waiting for that future’. Jimmy’s Archive provides an intimate portrait of home, place and aging in a rapidly changing urban landscape. It also contributes to practices of multi-modal anthrop…
The vibration of machines echoes across the desert. Ever since Jordanian nomads settled in the spectacular landscape of Wadi Rum, they have grown dependent on complex water infrastructure. The source is right below their feet, yet they still struggle t…
Our Little Garden explores in the hustle of Santiago de Chile’s megacity how gardeners of different ages have found a respite, a connection to the soil and a community in an organic urban garden at the edges of the capital city. Organic gardening not o…
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Editor’s foreword Articles Comparing the main Ainu kinship terms with their Sino-Tibetan counterparts (Part II) Alexander Akulov, Tresi Nonno Ainu kinship terms “uncle”, “aunt”, “grandfather”, “grandmother”, “husband”, “wife” have clearly seen Sino-Tibetan counterparts. Late Jōmon Ainu (LJA) *ʔaca [*ʔatsa] “uncle” correlates with Balti ace· ”uncle (paternal)”, Sak acɨ́ “father’s brother” / “uncle”, Rengma achu ”uncle”, and Tsangla […]
Carrión, F.; Reinoso Naranjo, V.; Ramírez Kuri, P.; Abramo P. y Corti M. (Eds.), (2023), Ciudad, género y espacio doméstico. Tomo 1. FLACSO, Ecuador.