Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
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’,…
The aim of this paper is to determine the social and discursive functions of Beja proverbs and the reasons why some of them are attributed to non-human enunciators. The discussion is based on oral texts of different genres (tales, poems, and…
The Elovena maiden is, for some, one of the most important cultural symbols of the Finnish identity. This character has traditionally been portrayed as a blond, blue-eyed white woman and repeatedly used in artistic and commercial contexts. I…
El artículo tiene como objetivo contribuir al conocimiento de las interacciones ciudad intermedia y universidad teniendo como marco geográfico la ciudad de Pamplona Norte de Santander y su incidencia como centro subregional-nodal con vocació…
Na pandemia, surgiram demasiadas reflexões relacionadas às urgentes formas de habitar eticamente o planeta. Propunham posicionamentos radicais que vislumbravam o fim do capitalismo. Porém, este salto centrou-se numa explanação verticalizada …
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 …
A importância que as análises referentes às dinâmicas urbanas das cidades médias ganharam é resultado da intensidade das relações estabelecidas nelas no contexto econômico da região em que fazem parte. Esta afirmação decorre principalmente p…
La ciudad es un espacio de controversias donde la segregación espacial es uno de los elementos que estructura el escenario urbano y que promueve la desigualdad social, lo que convierte a los capitales inmobiliario y financiero en los protago…
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print.
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print.
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. Why do politicians intervene in some chieftaincy succession disputes but not others? The key actors and their motivations in these processes remain understudied. In this article I leverage a comparative analysis of two …
Africa Spectrum, Ahead of Print. Why do politicians intervene in some chieftaincy succession disputes but not others? The key actors and their motivations in these processes remain understudied. In this article I leverage a comparative analysis of two …
Während wir in Städten derzeit die Aufrüstung der Polizei erleben, problematisieren zivilgesellschaftliche Akteur_innen die Polizei als ausführende Institution rassistischer Nekropolitik. Forensic Architecture, eine interdisziplinäre Forschungsagentur,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Nordic Journal of Migration Research
Nordic Journal of Migration Research
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.
A series of biodiversity conservation campaign since 1980s and the establishment of Siberut National Park on Siberut Island (West Sumatra, Indonesia) have seriously unsettled the relationship between the Mentawai and forest as well as between the Menta…
This article examines how the futures promised by the postcolonial state through various projects leave peasants sceptical about a new government project at the rural margin of India. Focusing on a car factory project undertaken in 2006 by the governme…
The Murle age system is often presented in a negative light in the South Sudan conflict reporting, which links age-set activities to communal violence, cattle rustling, and the abduction of women and children. Such assessments by outsiders overlook the…
The theoretical aim of this paper is to articulate a novel analytical framework that makes sense of our interlocutors’ apparently conflicting claims about the reality of meritocracy in China. The theoretical argument is rooted in ethnographic fieldwork…
A lectio præcursoria is a short presentation read out loud by a doctoral candidate at the start of a public thesis examination in Finland. It introduces the key points or central argument of the thesis in a way that should make the ensuing discussion b…