Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
Pre-school age children in European contexts are known to use labels like ‘big’ and ‘small’ to orient to age differences, very often to highlight differences in physical and social competence (Häll 2022). This research report explores Datoog…
Concepts of seniority and elderhood were important structuring elements in many societies of precolonial Africa and were connected with social status. This changed with the European colonization of Africa, and strongly affected traditional c…
This article introduces the special issue “Becoming (Un)Equal in Age: Seniority and Superiority in African Societies”.