A Day in the Vineyards
By Igor Von Rosenberg – At the start of 2025, I came to Fiambalá to study how the local population of this small town of approximately five thousand…
By Igor Von Rosenberg – At the start of 2025, I came to Fiambalá to study how the local population of this small town of approximately five thousand…
By Gijs Koopman – Paired with the failure to explain to my grandmother what it exactly is, I still wonder why I really chose anthropology. But when I…
By Sverre Beijne – It is a sunny autumn day when I visit the park for the first time. As I enter, I see a small sandy path…
By Elena Liberati – Debates on the commons have become increasingly central to analyses of grassroots struggles around mobility and borders in Europe. In the context of the…
by Sophie Leegwater – A few minutes before 4:30 pm on a Monday afternoon in early January 2024, I hop into the yellow cab that takes me to…
by Peter Versteeg, and the SpW team When it’s dark, where do we go? Where can we stand? Are we looking back, searching for a light we once…
Door Sam Heeremans – Ergens in hartje Jordaan woont een oudere, ietwat rommelige maar zachtmoedige man. De eerste keer dat ik er kwam om thuiszorg te brengen, lag…
By Marina de Regt – Since a month I am in Cairo as a visiting fellow at the Netherlands-Flemish Institute. I am here to finish a number of…
By Giulia Sinatti – Ten years since its last edition, the Medical Anthropology Europe (MAE) conference returned in September 2025 with a live (and online) four-day event in Vienna…
In this series we invite anthropologists to share stories of growth, change, and discovery throughout their careers. By reflecting on the life choices that shaped them, the unexpected…
by Sam Heeremans – Wanderer, there is no roadyou make the road by walking.– Antonio Machado Gloomy days beget a little life reflection. I bought a pumpkin a…
by Yvonne Zoethout – In Friesland, she is widely known. But, depending on who is asking, the question can cut deep: “Wêr komsto wei?” (“Where do you come…
By Pablo Ampuero-Ruiz – I remember very clearly the first lecture of my Master’s degree at Peking University in China. Professor Pan Wei was giving an introductory lecture…
In this series we invite anthropologists to share stories of growth, change, and discovery throughout their careers. By reflecting on the life choices that shaped them, the unexpected…
by Peter Versteeg (on behalf of the SpW team)— Between the blues and living easy, the summer break is at our doorstep. We asked the SpW team what…
By Yuli Ykitai – I have been drinking tea without sugar for as long as I can remember. According to family legend, it all began during the time…
By Beth Bento – The day began with the high stakes of a long-awaited interview. After nearly a month in Altamira, Pará, I finally felt more connected to…
By Beth Bento – The day began with the high stakes of a long-awaited interview. After nearly a month in Altamira, Pará, I finally felt more connected to…
By Maaike Matelski – Four years after the military coup of February 2021, Myanmar was hit by a massive earthquake on 28 March 2025. While the earthquake may…
In this series we invite anthropologists to share stories of growth, change, and discovery throughout their careers. By reflecting on the life choices that shaped them, the unexpected…
By Joost Blokker – Flower wreaths were placed at the Jewish Children monument in The Hague on Yom HaShoah, a day on which Jewish communities around the world…
By Aleeha Ali I fear there will be war. I, from a continent away, think of my parent’s house. My family lives in a large city near the…
By Marina de Regt – This morning three beautiful pictures of the Sahara showed up on my phone, sent by Ahmed, who I met a few weeks ago…
By Konstadina Naka – For the past three months, my master’s research has explored the complex world of the modern human-dog relationship in Amsterdam. This ethnographic journey took…