Becoming two
by Sam Heeremans – The oldest transformative journey we know is birth. Going from a dark world surrounded by nothing but water and your mother’s warmth, entering the…
Tag: medische antropologie & gezondheid
Storytelling in Anthropology
By Romy de Vos – For my bachelor’s thesis, I conducted research among individuals and groups who are involved in initiatives to grant posthumous rehabilitation for people who…
Religion has left the hospital: the uneasy silence of professionalization
By Peter Versteeg – Have you ever wondered why something happened to you? I hope you haven’t because this question often arises when people are faced with something…
The Rebirth of Birthcare: An Enquiry on Midwifery Care
‘The midwife tells the woman in labour that she sees she is having a hard time during the contractions. “The strength of them is good, after breaking the…
Mourning for Aicha, Mourning for Yemen
By Marina de Regt. “Marina, if I die, will you then forgive me for all the trouble that I caused you?” my Yemeni friend Aicha wrote me ten…
A different perspective on “child marriages” among Syrian refugees in Jordan
By Marina de Regt For years, humanitarian organisations in Jordan and Lebanon have been concerned about the increasing number of “child marriages” among Syrian refugees. While early marriages…
Podcast #3 is online! Guest: Haiyue (Fiona) Shan
In this episode, Puck de Boer talks to Haiyue (or Fiona, her English name) Shan, a PhD student at the Sociology department of VU University. From a holistic,…
Venezuelans affected twice by COVID-19 actions in Latin America
Rigorous measures against the corona pandemic in Latin America affect the millions of Venezuelan migrants harder than local populations on the continent. The closure of borders with neighbouring…
‘Humanizing’ Indonesia’s COVID-19 Pandemic Response
While the rich industrial countries are simply readjusting their national budgets amid the COVID-19 outbreak, the fiscal options for the middle-to-low income countries seem to be strictly limited.…
COVID-19 in a war zone
“Marina, how are you? I am worried about you, how is the situation with Corona?” a Yemeni friend asked me last week via Whatsapp. It was not the…
The Madwoman
© Mary Evans Picture Library / Alamy By Georgette Veerhuis It was around 10AM on Friday 19 January 2018 when Dolores suddenly rushed downstairs. ‘The Netherlands has gone…
Beyond ABC: Sexual Mobility in Uganda
by Esther Platteeuw
Fighting a silent killer in the slums
By Vera van Rijn Although the media frequently reports on African children dying from malaria or HIV, it is actually pneumonia that is the biggest killer in…
Beyond ABC: sexual mobility in Uganda
Beyond ABC: sexual mobility in Uganda By Esther Platteeuw Quote on a classroom wall in Wairaka – From January to March 2017 I conducted my fieldwork in Uganda to…