Archaeology at the Borders of the Refugee Crisis
Archaeological methods, which are typically used to study the past, can also illuminate the experiences of today’s displaced people. This article was originally published at Knowable Magazine and…
Tag: migration
Die Debatte über den Migrationshintergrund aus einer postmigrantischen Perspektive weitergedacht
Kommentar von Prof. Dr. Erol Yildiz, Universität Innsbruck – Einreichung am 10. August 2022 Alles in allem finde ich die Ideen, die Anne-Kathrin Will in ihrem Initialbeitrag entwickelt,…
Ergänzung, Spezifikation oder Ersatz des ‚Migrationshintergrundes‘ und damit verbundene Folgen
Kommentar von Dr. Thomas Kemper, Universität Osnabrück – Einreichung am 09. August 2022 Einleitung[1] Der Initialbeitrag von Anne-Kathrin Will liefert wichtige Impulse und stößt eine grun…
Why Do (Some) Humans Love Chili Peppers?
An anthropologist traces the origins and world travels of one of his favorite kinds of plants. ✽ As someone who grew up in the Philippines, I have always…
Book Review: The Digital Border: Migration, Technology, Power by Lilie Chouliaraki and Myria Georgiou
In The Digital Border: Migration, Technology, Power, Lilie Chouliaraki and Myria Georgiou explore how digital technologies are shaping experiences of migration today, focusing particularly on the 2015…
Migrationshintergrund überwinden reicht nicht: ein Appell für mehr Rassismusforschung und bessere Daten zu struktureller Ungleichheit
Kommentar von Dr. Merih Ateş, Deutsches Zentrum für Integrations- und Migrationsforschung (DeZIM), Geschäftsstelle Nationaler Diskriminierungs- und Rassismusmonitor (NaDiRa) Die Debatte um Kategorien …
„Warum schicken sie uns Schwarze in die Hölle?“ Die Logik hinter dem Massaker von Melilla
Am Grenzzaun von Melilla wurden am 24. Juni mindestens 37 Menschen getötet und Dutzende verletzt. Zum Großteil aus dem Sudan geflohen, hatten sie in der spanischen Exklave einen…
Die Messung von Zugehörigkeiten in der Migrationsgesellschaft: Ausblenden oder Analysieren systematischer sozialer Ungleichheiten?
Kommentar von Prof. Dr. Ludger Pries, Ruhr-Universität Bochum Mit dem Initialbeitrag „Anstelle des Migrationshintergrundes: Eingewanderte erfassen“ hat Anne-Kathrin Will einen interessanten Beitrag zu…
Focaalblog: New Times? Confronting the Escalating Crises of Global Capitalism
Karl Polanyi Research Center for Global Social Studies and the Commission on Global Transformations and Marxian Anthropology – IUAES, in cooperation with the Working Group for Public Sociology…
Céline Cantat: The reception spectacle: on Ukrainian displacement and selective empathy at Europe’s borders
Since the beginning of the Russian offensive on Ukraine on February 24th, over 5 million people have registered for temporary protection programmes and other schemes across Europe. By…
Khin Thazin and Stephen Campbell: How the Myanmar coup has impacted migrant workers abroad
The February 2021 military coup in Myanmar put an end to the country’s ten-year period of quasi-civilian electoral rule—the so-called democratic transition, as it was optimistically called. Since…
RfM-Debatte 2022: Anstelle des Migrationshintergrundes – Eingewanderte erfassen
Initialbeitrag von Dr. Anne-Kathrin Will (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) Hier finden Sie den Beitrag als PDF – Letzte Aktualisierung: 07.06.2022 Einführung Die Verwendung der Kategorie ‚Migrati…
What the Discovery of Denisovan Remains in Laos Means
The Tam Ngu Hao 2 Cave in Laos held Denisovan remains—the first ever found in Southeast Asia, showing the expansive geographical reach of this hominin species. Fabrice Demeter/University…
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Out now: Searching for Sweetness: Women’s mobile lives in China and Lesotho (2022)
Sarah Hanisch’s monograph Searching for Sweetness: Women’s mobile lives in China and Lesotho (2022) is out! The book provides a fascinating ethnography, linking rural-to-urban migration in China with …
„Nie wieder“. Migration, Sozialisation und Erinnerung in Westdeutschland
In den Debatten über die deutsche Erinnerungspolitik und das „Nie wieder“ werden die Verbindungen von antisemitischen und antimuslimischen Ressentiments in der Regel ausgeblendet. Postmigrantische Erf…
Profit over people? The ‘big business’ of tough immigration laws.
By Renata Carvalho As the new Nationality and Borders Bill sparks yet another wave of debates over the United Kingdom’s immigration tactics, it is important to ask: who…
Mobile Humanitarians: an afterword
This webinar series set out to explore the relationship between mobility and humanitarianism, and our speakers opened up several new areas for thought and discussion. Over four episodes,…
Mobile Humanitarians: Mobilities after Displacement
In this webinar series, we explore the relationship between mobility and humanitarianism in the course of four episodes. We – this is Till Mostowlansky, an anthropologist at The…
The Ukrainian Refugee Crisis’ Double Standard
Watching the war unfold in Ukraine due to the recent Russian invasion, I, like many others, have been gripped by heartbreaking images of refugees arriving to the borders…
Revealing an Ice Age Route for Indigenous Peoples
Research at British Columbia’s Topknot Lake and Little Woss Lake shows what the environment might have been like during the last ice age. Shanna Baker This article was…
Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies: Migrant Farmworkers in the United States (Book Review)
by Ellie Plumb In Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies: Migrant Farmworkers in the United States, Seth M. Holmes seeks to uncover the synergistic effects that citizenship, race, ethnicity, and…
Review: Nomadic Food
Isabelle Bianquis and Jean-Pierre Williot, eds. Nomadic Food: Anthropological and Historical Studies Around the World. Rowman and Littlefield. London. 2019. pp.272. ISBN 978-1-5381-5. Rich…