Call for reviews – Refugees and Migration
This week saw a week of fascinating posts by anthropologists working in the field of refugees and (forced) migration. To continue their work, we…
Read MoreThis week saw a week of fascinating posts by anthropologists working in the field of refugees and (forced) migration. To continue their work, we…
Read MoreBy now many of our devoted Allies may have gathered that ‘something’s up!’ The changing Facebook profile, hints of ‘something to come’… Combined it…
Read MoreRachel E. Black 2012. Porta Palazzo: The Anthropology of an Italian Market. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012. 232 pp. ISBN 978-0-8122-4406-9 This is…
Read MoreRachel E. Black. Porta Palazzo: The Anthropology of an Italian Market. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012. 232 pp. ISBN 978-0-8122-4406-9 The book under review,…
Read MoreIn his epilogue to the series of papers of the centenary symposium, Immo Eulenberger, a native of Leipzig who had his first encounter with…
Read MoreMy commentary takes up the following questions: What are the theoretical, methodological and pragmatic challenges for an anthropology of the twenty-first century? How can…
Read MoreThe following paper [in German] was presented during the symposium ‘The Future of German Anthropology’ at the University of Leipzig, November 2014. English abstract: Collaborative research. Anthropology…
Read MoreLeisurely Islam seeks to offer a different perspective on youth culture in the Middle East. In their book on the burgeoning café culture of…
Read MoreCharles Hirschkind. The Ethical Soundscape: Cassette Sermons and Islamic Counterpublics. 288 pages, ISBN: 978-0-231-13819-2. Hirschkind’s The Ethical Soundscape, which traces the use and spread…
Read MoreThis review on Food and Identity in the Caribbean is the first in a line of reviews from our „food“-list, curated by our review…
Read MoreThe institute of anthropology was founded in November 1914 as “Sächsische Forschungsinstitut für Völkerkunde” (Saxonian Research Institute for Ethnology). It was the first anthropological…
Read MoreThis post represents the third and final installment of our special review section on Muslim Networks from Hajj to Hip Hop, Islamic Civilization and Muslim…
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