Introducing: Anthrocine
by Jasper Schotte Anthrocine is the film club of the anthropology department -for students, and organised by students and faculty members. An important film or documentary is screene…
Author: standplaatswereld
Unearthing a Fragile Root of Democracy
By Pia K. R. Beiermann, second-year student of CADS This Saturday I wake up slowly, a bit later than usual. Still in a morning fogginess best described as…
The Noise of Russian Silence
By Ekaterina Thor, second-year Bachelor student of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology Opening our daily news feed on the 24th of February, most of probably needed a second…
There and back again
by Shunita Gerritsen With a loud, blunt clonk the ferry arrives. The gate slowly comes down while the flashing lights and loud beeping alert the impatiently waiting passengers.…
Het doodlopend pad naar de brede avenue: Lithium in Bolivia
Door Ton Salman Je kunt de patstelling op meerdere manieren formuleren: je bent een land met een lange en wrange geschiedenis van plundering van je rijke natuurlijke hulpbronnen,…
Entering the World of Fieldwork: first experiences at the NDSM Wharf in Amsterdam
By Zoë Oosterveld Entering the field The first day in the field was nerve-wracking for me. Firstly, because this was my first time ever doing official fieldwork. Secondly,…
Who needs shopping malls?
By Ton Salman There are markets. There are big markets. And there is the superlative degree of market. Arguably, that is the Feria de 16 de julio, in…
Ethnographic Monographs – or now for something else?
By Herbert Ploegman; Didi Boldewijn, Maya Roettger and Lorenzo Horwitz; Alice Riva, Claudia Rapisarda, Elisabeth Jongmans and Jasper Schotte; Ashley Prather and Maira van Emden Two crumpled up…
Rituals to help us out, and beliefs one professes tongue in cheek – Part II
By Ton Salman This is part II of the blog “Rituals to help us out….” If you have not yet read part I, you can read it here.…
The meaning of crisis: reflections on doing fieldwork in Lebanon
By Viviane Hamans Almost anyone who has been ‘in the field’, will confirm that at some point, crisis is part of the process. The amounts of time that…
Why the world needs anthropology of religion
by Thijl Sunier According to Dutch media, the Netherlands has reached a milestone these days. For the first time in history, the country has a majority of inhabitants…
The flea, the canyon, and racism: Reflections on outrage
By Benjamin Koponen On January 22nd, 2022, an elderly white woman punched me in the arm while I, a black man, was biking to help a friend paint…
Rituals to help us out, and beliefs one professes tongue in cheek – Part I
By Ton Salman People celebrate, joke and banter. Hunger, disaster, conflict, violence, repression, all ruin people’s lives and cause enormous pain. But people will not cease to honor…
Vegan in Buenos Aires
Bondiola, matambre, chinchulines, choripan en milenasa napolitana zijn slechts een paar voorbeelden van de enorme keur aan vlees en worst in Argentinië. Vaak vergeten we de stapels pizza’s,…
Loneliness and Despair in the Field: Revisiting my First Fieldwork
By Marina de Regt. Recently, during a supervision meeting with three of my Master students (all of them women), one of them asked about my own experiences in…
Een mens heeft het recht van gedachten te veranderen
door Vivian Mac Gillavry In december 2021 zag ik dat een artikel van mij uit 2013 in de “Top Posts” stond, acht jaar na dato. Ik vroeg de…
Gotong Royong: a recent flood and strong leadership strengthen a system of solidarity in Lombok
By Jop Koopman On the 6th of December 2021, a massive flood happened in the area of Gunungsari in West Lombok. Floods are not rare in the rainy…
Van VMBO-kader naar een master Antropologie: Het verhaal van Rayn Ramkishun
Door Zoë Tjon A Ten. “Geinig, ik zal nooit weten wat die mensen hier doen, waar ze zich mee bezig houden, wat hun interesses zijn, hoe ze praten…
End of the year
It has been 70 years since a life-size Father Christmas doll was burned in Dijon in protest against the “paganization” of Christmas. A year later, Claude Lévi-Strauss published…
Unsung Heroes: Jakarta’s Waste Picker Women and Their Unpaid Care Work
by Rachma L Putri “I think, as long as I remember, I never felt happy about my life. There is always too much burden in my life” said…
Before you ‘Just Eat’
By Qusai Khwes I opened my eyes; waking up to my back hurting a bit, and my feet a lot. The day before, I spent more than fifteen…
Positioning your position
In the picture above, you see me reading along with Hebrew psalms and prayers during a synagogue (shul) service on simchat torah. Simchat torah is a festive day…
The black jaguar and the guardian of the forest
By Maycon Melo and Barbara Arisi In Brazil, a group of hunters killed a black jaguar. Not satisfied with the crime of killing an endangered animal, they made a video…