Wives, Husbands and Lovers. Marriage and Sexuality in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Urban China
Social scientists have repeatedly looked at the institution of marriage, and at the pivotal role it plays in many societies’ […]
The Archaeological Study of Children
As a graduate student at the University of Michigan, I had to write what was called a “preliminary paper.” This
Recent Publications on #GENDER
Gone are the times when gender was a mostly female domain of enquiry. In our list of recent publications, two
‘EcoCentrix: Indigenous Arts, Sustainable Acts’ – The Making Of
Alive to the power of performance, Indigenous artists and communities communicate alternative ways of living on earth. Not better, nor
The Edge of Islam
The Edge of Islam is an in-depth and nicely written ethnography about Giriama and Swahili ethnic groups and their identification
Food and Identity in the Caribbean #anthrofood
This review on Food and Identity in the Caribbean is the first in a line of reviews from our „food“-list,
NATIONALISM, POLITICS AND THE EVERYDAY IN A PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMP
During the ‘Arab Spring’, one of the most puzzling enigmas of al-Wihdat – a Palestinian refugee camp set up in
‘Gender, Home & Identity: Nuer repatriation to Southern Sudan’ – Katarzyna Grabska talks about her book
Stories of war, violence, running and survival were a common narrative of many South Sudanese Nuer whom I met first
Lila Abu-Lughod on Colonial Feminism and Muslim Women #ANTHROISLAM
After the success of her article published in American Anthropologist in 2002 under the same title, Lila Abu-Lughod released her
Geographies of Culture(s)
As the European elections were taking place, with their horrific results in Greece, France, and the United Kingdom (to cite