The Spinners of Boyanese Bhavacakra
by Danang Nizar Long outside the radar of anthropology, there was an ethnic group in a secluded island called Bawean, located in the middle of Java Sea, Indonesia,…
Tag: migration
A Demagogue’s Words Matter
Trump’s immigration metaphors set a divisive tone from the top. Trump wields demagogic rhetoric like a marketing tool, ramping up prejudicial appeals in the closing days of the…
Why Are So Many Guatemalans Migrating to the U.S.?
On May 23, a bystander filmed 20-year-old Claudia Patricia Gómez González after a U.S. Border Patrol agent shot her in the head. The young woman had recently crossed…
Prof. Dr. Thomas Faist über Trends und Herausforderungen der Migrationssoziologie
In unserem Gespräch auf dem 39. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie zum Thema Komplexe Dynamiken Globaler und Lokaler Entwicklungen sprach unser Redakteur Andreas Schulz mit Thomas Fais…
Healing Landscapes in Berlin: Seven Film Portraits of Healers in the City
Hide Press Release (6 Less Words) Hansjörg Dilger, Kristian Petersen, Werkstatt Ethnologie Viviana Ponce de León. Photo credits: Miriam Tamayo. The anthropological film project “Healing Landscapes in B…
Art is a Movement – This Anthro Life
“Money cannot be the reason why you make art. Artwork can be sold and should be sold because artists need to make a living. But they should not,…
Symposium: Urbane Transformation und Migration
15. Oktober 2018 in Erkner Wie verändern sich Städte durch Migration? Wie gehen Städte mit den Herausforderungen um, die sich durch Migration stellen und wie wird Migration lokal…
The Mastodon in the Room
[no-caption] David Williams/SAPIENS Humans may have been in North America much earlier than previously thought. Here’s the evidence: chipped rocks, crushed mastodon bones, and reliable da…
Deutschsprachige Flüchtlingsforschung in sozialwissenschaftlichen Fachjournals und wissenschaftlichen Netzwerken: Eine Sammelbesprechung der psychosozial Bände 149 und 150 verfasst von Andreas Schulz
Nicht nur der Diskurs innerhalb der Zivilgesellschaft, Mainstream Medien und Politik hinsichtlich der sogenannten Flüchtlingsthematik hat sich seit den rezenten Fluchtmigrationen 2015 aus West- und Ze…
The End of the World As We Know It
[no-caption] David Williams/SAPIENS Listen to the companion episode of SAPIENS: A Podcast for Everything Human! Back in 2008, Chad Huddleston was driving home from work when he saw a stra…
Peeling Back the History of the Banana
[no-caption] Kevin Gorton/Getty Images This article was originally published at The Conversation and has been republished under Creative Commons. In a globalized world, we routinely move …
Sammelband „Postmigrantische Perspektiven“
Pressemitteilung vom 24. August 2018 Neuerscheinung: Bei gesellschaftlichen Konflikten geht es nicht nur um Migration Aktuell zeigt sich eine Polarisierung der Gesellschaft: Während viele Menschen sic…
Introduction: #Displacement and New Sociabilities
In this thematic week we aim to think through the notion of displacement. At a time that is marked by unprecedented movements of refugees and migrants on the…
Queueing for wine – Queueing for nothing #EASA2016/2018
Reflections on the EASA Conference at the University of Milano-Bicocca, 20-23 July, 2016 : “Anthropological legacies and human futures” It was the last day of the 14th biannual conference…
As Seas Rise, Ancient Footprints Are Revealed
Archaeologists are uncovering footprints on beaches from Canada to South Africa. The oldest human footprints, one of which is shown here, were found in Tanzania and date back…
Book Review: Race, Education and Citizenship: Mobile Malaysians, British Colonial Legacies and a Culture of Migration by Sin Yee Koh
In Race, Education and Citizenship: Mobile Malaysians, British Colonial Legacies and a Culture of Migration, Sin Yee Koh offers a study of the migratory trajectories of tertiary-educated mobile Malays…
Senegalese Football’s Impossible Dream
After a sixteen-year absence, Senegal’s football team returned to the World Cup, but their sporting success belies the risks and uncertainties of an unequal global sports industry. A…
Streamline(d) – “Time Served”
This post is the beginning of an experiment. Recent ethnoGRAPHIC work like Lissa: A Story about Medical Promise, Friendship, and Revolution by Sherine Hamdy and Coleman Nye, as well…
The Trauma of Helping Asylum-Seekers
The United States’ detention of asylum-seeking women and children brings additional trauma to immigrants, such as this woman from El Salvador, who already carry many painful stories. Legal…
Calais: Eighteen Months On
by Elisa Sandri Calais has frequently made the headlines in the last two decades. The history of this border as a focal point for migration dates back to…
The Race to Recover South America’s Ancient Past
Archaeologist Kurt Rademaker feared his field season was over before it had even begun. It was July 2017, and he was scanning Quebrada Jaguay, a desert site on…
How ICE’s Bogus Science Is Violating Human Rights
Teeth and bones can tell us something about age—but not someone’s birthday. Journal of Forensic Dental Sciences This article was originally published at The Conversation and has been repu…
Review: Food Parcels in International Migration
Food Parcels in International Migration: An Intimate View. Diana Mata-Codesal and Maria Abranches (Eds.) Palgrave 2017. Rhian Atkin (Cardiff University) The prospect of a book dedicated to research…