Some of the most recent articles from open access anthropology journals (beta)
The article analyses the role of women in the Afro-Brazilian religion of Candomblé, regarded by many scholars as a matriarchal religion, through the experience of the mãe de santo (ialorixá) Mãe Francis de Iemanjá. It also reviews the histor…
This article aims to problematize processes of critical interculturality in the context of university education, carried out with a view to promoting educational inclusion, through the voices of students in spaces of great cultural diversity…
The Chilean educational system, profoundly shaped by neoliberalism since 1973, is characterized by a tension between education as a social right and its treatment as a commodity. This exploratory case study analyzes how the inclusion of cult…
This article offers a critical reading of contemporary imaginaries surrounding borders, religions, and identities in the context of the third millennium. It explores the paradoxes that emerge between openness and closure, universalism and pa…
This chapter analyzes the multifaceted role of civil society in Ukraine’s European integration, emphasizing its innovative and cultural potential. It explores the interconnection between the development of civil society institutions, the con…
Comparative Cultural Studies: European and Latin American Perspectives
This article explores the perceptions of primary school teachers whose students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) participated in school-based mindfulness programs. Using a mixed-methods approach — including a questionnair…
This article presents a study on the voices of families facing social and economic vulnerability, aiming to: (i) analyze the life trajectories of families in situations of social and economic vulnerability; (ii) characterize families in situ…
The aim of this article is to analyze how the labor conditions of Mexican bracero migrants fluctuated between temporary work and “slavery,” and how this underpins the contemporary claims of elderly former braceros. In the context of the Unit…
Education as a right plays a significant role in the public agenda of Latin American countries, but despite its high normative recognition, the effectiveness of this right is low. This study includes qualitative techniques to analyze the sco…
The purpose of the study is to analyze the ethnic structure of Ukrainian society as a factor influencing national identity and sustainable state development under modern transformations. The research applies an interdisciplinary approach co…
Research on tolerance, education, and social cohesion is characterised by conceptual richness but structural fragmentation. Different disciplinary traditions operationalise these constructs at distinct levels of analysis and according to div…
Comparative Cultural Studies: European and Latin American Perspectives
Comparative Cultural Studies: European and Latin American Perspectives
This article analyses youth radicalization processes in a culturally diverse and socially marginalised context in northern Morocco. Radicalization is approached as a multidimensional process linked to identity construction, struggles for rec…
One of the great challenges we have to face as a society is the prevention of bullying. Peer victimization is a problem for the development of a sustainable and quality educational environment (SDG 4: “Quality Education”), with harmful conse…
This article analyzes the experience of Spaces for Change, an initiative developed in schools in the Canary Islands that promotes active student participation through citizen laboratories. Conceived and facilitated by the Social Innovation L…
The school is currently taking on a new social role as it faces increasingly complex demands that go beyond academic instruction, requiring comprehensive responses grounded in inclusive, democratic, and participatory approaches. This text ex…
The migration system affecting Latin American women without legal status during their transit through Mexico is analyzed from a decolonial feminist theoretical perspective. The study identifies the main risks and forms of violence these wome…
This study reviews the scientific literature on the relationship between participation in physical and sports activities and the psychological well-being of young people. Such activities foster self-acceptance, positive interpersonal relatio…
What is proposed here is an epistemological, ethical, and political commitment to inhabiting digital practices with awareness and creativity, with the intention of politicizing technologies without disembodiment. It is based on the premise t…
Youth participation is an essential pillar in democratic consolidation, as it promotes critical citizenship, civic habits, and institutional legitimacy. However, there are numerous structural obstacles that limit its real impact, such as adu…
This review essay undertakes a critical analysis of the work Social Education: theories and scopes for socio-educational research and intervention (Rebolledo-Gámez & Cárdenas-Rodríguez, 2025). The methodology is based on an in-depth revi…
Comparative Cultural Studies: European and Latin American Perspectives
Comparative Cultural Studies: European and Latin American Perspectives