Engaged Anthropology in and about Yemen
By Marina de Regt. The aim of my Talma Lecture, which I gave on 12 January at VU University Amsterdam, was to discuss the implications of the war…
Tag: Antropologie & Wetenschap
Masterclass: Migratie, Huwelijk en Zelfbeschikking
Door Edien Bartels. Naema trouwde toen ze vijftien was. Haar vader had haar huwelijk geregeld. Ze zag haar man voor het eerst op haar trouwdag. Ze dacht: “oh…
Schrijven – mooi en moeilijk
Door Ton Salman. Helder, goed onderbouwd, juiste bronvermelding, logisch opgebouwd, strak betoogd – we benadrukken het steeds: zó moet je schrijven. En dat geldt des te meer voor…
Online Open Research – A collaborative approach
By Matthias Teeuwen – Some time ago I wrote a blog about the possibilities emerging technologies offer to the practice of qualitative research. Back then, I wrote that…
Graduation speech Class 2016/2017
By Dominique van de Kamp During the pre-master of Social and Cultural Anthropology, we followed a course called “Core themes of Anthropology,” by Ton Salman.…
Dag van de Antropologie: over solidariteit, ethiek en epistemologie
Door Matthias Teeuwen Bij de openingsvoordracht van de ABv Dag van de Antropologie 2017 over solidariteit kreeg ik het gevoel dat ik dit allemaal eens eerder heb gehoord.…
The Anthropology of Mortality: Notes on the Amsterdam Anthropology Lecture Series (AALS)
‘The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living’ by Damien Hirst, photo by bloggers.it By Matthias Teeuwen We had the pleasure to listen to prof. Mi…
The dilemma’s of public anthropology. Notes on the Amsterdam Anthropology Lecture Series (AALS)
What is the role of the university in the public square? By Matthias Teeuwen On Earth Day last Saturday thousands of scientists in hundreds of cities worldwide took…
A day in Makata village (Malawi)
The neighbour baking mandasi early in the morning Liza Koch My day starts at 5:15 because of the noise outside. The sun is rising and people are…
Summer School: Hands-on Anthropology and Collaborative Storytelling
Everyone has a story to tell. For anthropologists, such accounts can reveal as much about the people and societies we study as more conventional research. But the process…
Aesthetics or Ethnography? Notes on the Amsterdam Anthropology Lecture Series (AALS)
Photography by Omar, one of Termeer’s respondents By Matthias Teeuwen When one thinks of a Muslim artist in the Netherlands one naturally thinks of someone who, with his…
Anthropology as post-hermeneutics
Bits & Pieces Put Together to Present a Semblance of a Whole, by Lawrence Weiner, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (1991). by Peter Versteeg The first thing that came…
Why is Anthropology so Critical?
Portrait of Giambattista Vico by Francesco Solimena By Matthias Teeuwen I want to thank Ton Salman for his insightful take on the question…
Anthropology as speculative realism
Photo by Ashley van Haeften on Flickr By Younes Saramifar In the following blog, Younes Saramifar responds to Matthias Teeuwen’s contribution to Standplaats Wereld of 13-2-2017, title…
Construction of Power – Het LaSSA Congres
Van een grote organisatie zoals de Verenigde Naties tot de relaties die men met familieleden heeft, macht is overal aanwezig. Maar hoe komen machtsrelaties eigenlijk tot stand? Deze…
Anthropology’s heterodoxy
“Flowers” by Claude Monet By Ton Salman In the following blog, Ton Salman reacts to Matthias Teeuwen’s contribution to Standplaats Wereld of 13-2-2017, titled “Is Anthrop…
Thin Description? Notes on the Amsterdam Anthropology Lecture Series (AALS)
Dr Paolo Favero giving his AALS lecture at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam By Matthias Teeuwen Last AALS lecture was an inspiring and thought-provoking presentation by Dr. Paolo Favero…
Is Anthropology the most Humanistic of the Sciences and the most Scientific of the Humanities?
Still Life with Flagon, Glass, Jug and Bridle, by Johannes Torrentius, 1614 By Matthias Teeuwen The epithet in the title, commonly attributed to Alfred Kroeber, is often used…
Being engaged with the Middle East
Sheila Carapico (chair), Marina de Regt and Erika Cortes. By Erika Cortes. Anthropology is a way of life. It, if I may, is life. It can present us…
Another Answer to the Question “What is Anthropology?”
Photo by David Barnas on Flickr By Matthias Teeuwen As a student of cultural anthropology you are invariably confronted with the question: what is anthropology? It can briefly…
Rereading Jorge Luis Borges’ “The Ethnographer”
Jorge Luis Borges 1951, by Grete Stern By Matthias Teeuwen I have read “The Ethnographer” and “Dr. Brodie’s Report” without thinking much of it. Sure, I had…
Over de doden niets dan goeds: historici over het Nederlandse geweld in de vrijheidsoorlog van Indonesië
Balinezen geven zich over aan Nederlandse militairen, 1906. © Museum Bronbeek, via creative commons Door Freek Colombijn De afgelopen maand is er in verschillende media…
Squeezing one year of fieldwork in New Zealand in three months
By Vivian Mac Gillavry Photo: A. Martineau During the first year of my Bachelor study in anthropology, we were told that the best field research should take at…
Glocalising Social Media
Image: UCL Press By Jordi Bok As anthropologist Daniel Miller takes place behind the microphone to start his lecture, a whistle blows through the lecture room. It is…