Roundtable: Answers by Chiara Bortolotto
For more than ten years I have been exploring UNESCO policies in the field of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH). My […]
Roundtable: Answers by Giulia Scalettaris
Are these developments, usually condemned as corrupting us as scholars and leading to the death of pure research, introducing some
On the flexibility of tattoos
Thus far in this thread we have discussed images as powerful communicative links between individuals and society around it. In
Visualising the past: crafting respectability in Seychelles and London
In some research contexts, it is all but impossible to neglect the visual. Prior to beginning research on knowledge and
Mixed Kernels, or What We Don’t See in Ads
You know how a common criticism of politicians is that they’re out of touch with the real world? “Does your
Images Matter
Though the visual is well established in areas of study like anthropology, many other social science disciplines have been slow
How can we talk about our relationship with images?
Why do images matter? How is it that these assemblages of pixels and ink come to shape not only our
Dwelling Among Walls: An Artist prepares for MMTW Berlin
One may recall a house with nostalgia, but the feelings of joy or melancholy with it have much to do
When Anthropologists Act as Artifacts
This post is the third installment of our thread on the Moving Matters Traveling Workshop (MMTW), a project that explores
Some Thoughts on Movement and the MMTW
It was the moment that the sociologist from University of Amsterdam Olga Sezneva announced “I will be a talking artifact”