Digital Migration
Anthrodendum welcomes guest blogger Patricia G. Lange, an anthropologist and associate professor of Critical Studies (undergraduate program) and Visual & Critical Studies (graduate program) at Cal…
Tag: migration
At the Border of „Us“ and „Them“ – An Anecdote of a Korean International Student Going Through Corona Pandemic in France (#WitnessingCorona)
Hide Press Release (2 Less Words) Juhyun Lee With the spread of the coronavirus, social distancing has become a new imperative. The changes are indeed very fast-paced.…
Neanderthals Traversed Vast Distances
Chagyrskaya Cave holds clues about Neanderthal dispersals from what is today Eastern Europe to Southern Siberia. Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the Siberian Branch of the Russian…
#events: Diversity, Migration and the Future of Anthropology
Hello! This month we have found some great opportunities for you in diverse parts of the world, and given that broad theme of this month’s #events post is…
With My Life
“[…] I will preserve and protect The honour and independence of my country With my life!” First light: a deep purple over the edge of the camp, as…
Naked Anthropologist News: Bloody Brexit, Feb 2020
News from the many worlds of sex work, provided to Radio Ava in London, February 2020 by me, the Naked Anthropologist, Laura Agustín. The Naked Anthropologist celebrates…
‘The Lines of Destiny’: Leticia Barreto and the Fluid Mosaic
Introduction I met the artist Leticia Barreto in Lisbon, Portugal, during a visit to one of her collective exhibitions. In her contribution to “Fluid Mosaic”, she proposes two…
Grenzziehungsprozesse im Kontext einer Fußballmannschaft. Eine ethnographische Studie von Daniel Bräunling
Migration, Integration, Sport Obwohl Migration kein neues Phänomen darstellt (vgl. Düvell 2006), so unterscheidet sich doch die Art und Weise, wie mit Einwanderung wissenschaftlich, politisch und gese…
What Bacterial Cultures Reveal About Ours
Herder Dalaimyagmar and her husband, Byambaa, demonstrate how to press whey from curds in creating aaruul, a staple dairy product in Mongolia. Heirloom Microbes Project. In the remote…
“Porous Borders”: José Reyes on the Fluid Mosaic
Introduction José Reyes is a researcher and an activist. In his contribution here, he offers us an exercise of autoethnography (Adams et al.)[1], a research method in which…
Naked Anthropologist News for Radio Ava: Jan 2020
Since last spring I’ve been providing Naked Anthropologist News to Radio Ava, a sexworker project in London. Something between tweeting and blogging, these news-bits are meant to be…
What Frames? What Geopolitics? Photographing Afghan Kyrgyz Migration Routes
Following a photo exhibition on Afghan Kyrgyz migration routes staged at the Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies in Geneva, this virtual exhibition ponders on problems of…
Politically charged and morally provocative: A report from the German Anthropological Association’s (DGSKA) conference in Konstanz
Hide Press Release (2 Less Words) Piyush Pushkar I had the pleasure of attending the recent conference of the German Anthropological Association (DGSKA) in Konstanz, which invited panels…
Wer ist ein Flüchtling?
Grundlagen einer Soziologie der Zwangsmigration Autor*innen: Prof. Dr. Albert Scherr und Prof. Dr. Karin Scherschel Die Autor*innen analysieren Flucht im Kontext von Globalisierungsprozessen sowie a…
Functional multilingualism and the use of standard languages, by Bo Utas
With a description of the complex linguistic situation that characterized my father’s native village in the Ukraine as a starting point, I will try to demonstrate the multifarious…
Alle Jahre wieder?
Artikel zu entwicklungsorientierter Flüchtlingsarbeit vs. Geflüchtete als Akteur*innen Autorin: Dr. Ulrike Krause Der Beitrag beleuchtet die Genese der entwicklungsorientierten Flüchtlingsarbeit kri…
“From Zero to Hero”: The life of Sierra Leonean football players in Scandinavia, by Zora Šašková
Community league game in Lunsar, Port Loko District “Is Foday back home?” I asked Erik, a former Danish Superliga coach and owner of a second division club in…
Diskriminierung und soziale Position
Publikation über den Einfluss von Diskriminierungserfahrungen auf Bildungsprozesse und Lebenschancen Autor*innen: Prof. Dr. Albert Scherr und Helen Breit In der Publikation “Diskriminierung, Anerken…
How Names Tell Stories of Loss and Resilience
Bhutanese Nepali performers—including Shyam “San” Rai at center—pose at a cultural festival. Katie Reilly When Shyam “San” Rai was 8 years old, he and his family were forced…
Anthropology at, and of, the Limit
Where do we draw the line of separation? Who draws it, and for which purposes? When the former interior minister of Italy, Matteo Salvini, launched his little war…
No Go World: The Map of Danger, Reconnections and ‘Crimes of Solidarity’
Andersson’s new opus is a haunting and insightful examination of those remote zones of danger and insecurity that are distant yet at the centre of ‘our new world…
Agricultores Americanos “Made in Brazil”
O Brasil é o segundo maior produtor mundial de soja. Diego Giudice/Getty Images Leia este artigo em espanhol ou inglês. Nos arredores da cidade de Luís Eduardo Magalhães,…
Agricultores Estadounidenses “Made in Brazil”
Brasil es el segundo mayor productor de soya a nivel mundial. Diego Giudice/Getty Images Lea este artículo en inglés o portugués. En las afueras de la ciudad de…
No Go World: How No Go Zones Make the World a More Dangerous Place
As neo-nationalists gain strength across Europe and the promise of ‘strong’ borders continues to gain traction with electorates across the world, we need few reminders of the paradoxes…