Får Johan jobbet oftare än Mohammed?
Två arbetssökande har samma utbildning, samma erfarenhet och lika välskrivna ansökningar. Den enda tydliga skillnaden är namnet. Den ene uppfattas ha ett svenskt namn, den andre ett namn…
Två arbetssökande har samma utbildning, samma erfarenhet och lika välskrivna ansökningar. Den enda tydliga skillnaden är namnet. Den ene uppfattas ha ett svenskt namn, den andre ett namn…
Høstens tema er BOBLE! Kanskje du har kjent på det selv? Vi inviterer DEG til å skrive dine tanker om en boble. Om det er en følelse av…
Somatosphere welcomes you to the September edition of “In the Journals.” Scroll through our monthly round up of new research across anthropology, STS and social science journals. Technology…
A gripping exposé of deception, cult power, and the long shadow of Carlos Castaneda, the man behind the biggest literary hoax of the twentieth century. Twenty years in…
One day in November 2022, I was meeting with Carolina, one of the main activists of the gig worker union Frente de los Trabajadores de los Plataformas Digitales…
by Kieu Sanculotte – To have many homes and none at all is like not having a favourite colour. It is hearing those around you go on about…
Digital tools, such as WhatsApp, have offered methodological opportunities for connection, data collection, and the democratization of knowledge production, in part because they are easily accessible …
Located near the end of Chapter 2, Page 99 of my dissertation features an interview with Director Byul Yun, a prominent K-pop music video director. This conversation highlights…
Hasn’t the sheer abundance of chit-chat made criticism, and even journalism you pay for, obsolete? Articles that would bug most people aren’t even read because something else more…
Poster del evento El pasado jueves 17 de septiembre de 2026 tuvimos una conversación con la Dra. Barbara Miller, profesora de antropología y relaciones públicas en la…
Auffallend häufig finden sich in der Gegenwartsliteratur Texte, die bereits Erzähltes revidieren und noch einmal von Neuem beginnen. Die Literatur setzt hierfür Verfahren des Zurücksetzens und Wiederh…
By Bogumila Hall and Marina de Regt – Recent clashes between the Houthis and anti-Houthi forces in Yemen have led to hundreds of “casualties”, thousands of wounded and…
Foguera de Sant Joan segons un gravat del segle XIX, recollit per Joan Amades al seu Costumari Consideracions per Stefano Portelli enviades l’agost …
This reflective essay examines the author’s experience conducting fieldwork while managing chronic illness and disability. The post Unhealthy at the Health Fair: A personal account of chronic illness…
This article introduces The New Ethnographer’s call for a “compassionate turn” in anthropology, extending the reflexive turn by foregrounding how fieldwork impacts researchers as well as interlocutors…
In this article, Nieves Galera reflects on the practical and emotional challenges of conducting ethnographic fieldwork with infants and their families. The post Through the looking glass: learning…
Richard McNeil-Willson critiques sensationalised and unethical approaches to researching so-called “extremist” groups, responding to popular accounts that celebrate deception, infiltration, and person…
Writing from experiences of harassment, surveillance, and sexualised misrecognition during fieldwork in a highly militarised context, Anya Evans foregrounds the ethnographer’s body as a central site o…
This article explores the ethical precarity of conducting anthropological research within contested conservation spaces, where moral boundaries are blurred and alliances are unstable. The post The eth…
Emanuelle Roth critically examines how institutional risk frameworks reshape ethnographic practice through her experience of being recalled from doctoral fieldwork in Guinea after disclosing a pregnan…
Drawing on her Master’s fieldwork in Leipzig, Salma Moustafa Khalil reflects on how orientalism, gender, and racialised assumptions shape ethnographic encounters when a Middle Eastern woman conducts r…
This post reflects on contemporary challenges in ethnographic research, foregrounding the everyday ethical, emotional, and institutional pressures that shape fieldwork practice. The post Gender and da…
Hareem Khan examines the fragility and fluidity of friendships formed during ethnographic fieldwork, focusing on trust, distrust, and rupture as constitutive elements of research relationships. The po…
In many parts of the world, there is an increasing discomfort with middlemen in the healthcare industry (Pearl, 2024). They are characterized as greedy, profit seekers and vilified…