Announcement: Change in Publication Month

Dear Readers and Contributors, We would like to inform you of an important update regarding our journal’s publication schedule. Starting 2025, we will be changing the publication cycle, with the issues published in February and August instead of January and July. This decision has been made to ensure that we continue to deliver the highest … Continue reading

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L’ENNUI DES SYRTES OR THE BOREDOM OF EMPIRES

The paper presents the phenomenon of boredom in Julien Gracq’s novel Le Rivage des Syrtes (The opposing shore). The book describes Orsenna, oligarchic city-state loosely based on Venetian republic and empire, which is in a state of phoney war with Farg…

Rethinking Language

The importance of language is consistently ignored within teacher training across Africa, with training designed based on the assumption that learners are fully competent in the medium of instruction (MOI). This causes widespread challenges and often m…

Gender within the Pursuit of Doctoral Education

This study investigates the challenges faced by female PhD students in the pursuit of their doctoral education in Zimbabwe. The study’s broad aim was to explore female PhD students’ experiences within their doctoral studies. The study sample…

The Poetics of Second Liberation

This article examines Césaire’s The Tragedy of King Christophe as a fundamental text for understanding the complexities of decolonization in postcolonial contexts. The essay rereads the play, focusing on the concepts of ‘bad decolonization’,…

Ouvidorias comunitárias

O artigo apresenta análise da fragmentação socioespacial na cidade de Santa Cruz do Sul/RS – Brasil e aspectos do Plano Diretor diante do atual debate sobre o espaço urbano conforme expresso na “Nova Agenda Urbana” (ONU/Habitat III-2016). A …

¿Salud intercultural en Chile?

Este articulo explora la medicina indígena, enfocándose en el Pueblo Mapuche. Destacando la importancia de entenderla como distinta de la medicina tradicional. Abordando la salud intercultural, mediante el Programa Especial de Salud y el Con…

"Borracha de tatuaje"

El tatuaje se ha analizado como herramienta de resistencia, reivindicación y empoderamiento. El régimen de Franco (1939-1975) implicó una poderosa política corporal que moldeó profundamente las experiencias corporales de las mujeres española…

¿Salud intercultural en Chile?

Este articulo explora la medicina indígena, enfocándose en el Pueblo Mapuche. Destacando la importancia de entenderla como distinta de la medicina tradicional. Abordando la salud intercultural, mediante el Programa Especial de Salud y el Con…

Gabriel García Márquez

El presente texto buscar dar cuenta de la experiencia de infancia en el Caribe colombiano en la primera mitad del siglo XX a través de la memoria de Gabriel García Márquez (1927-2014), nuestro premio Nobel de Literatura, quien reconoce la in…

Editorial Note

It gives me great pleasure to present a new issue of Suomen antropologi: Journal of the Finnish Anthropological Society. This issue contains four peer-reviewed articles, an essay, and four research reports.