Transformations: engaging anthropology: Being cosmopolitans, in the name of...
The image of a Japan as closed to foreigners was an image of people who warned me before I went to Japan the first time in 2010. This image made little sense to me during my first experience there. At...
View ArticleTransformations: engaging anthropology: Borderlands
You might have seen a photo like this one recently. Since the beginning of 2014, numerous similar pictures keep circulating in the media. The most viral one is a picture of sub-Saharan migrants stuck...
View ArticleTransformations: engaging anthropology: Engaged anthropology: Reality?...
The Transformations network is organizing a panel at the SIEF 2015 conference in Zagreb, Croatia, 21-25 June (SIEF is the International Society for Ethnology and Folklore). Under the title “Engaged...
View ArticleTransformations: engaging anthropology: Dreams beyond the border
“I have faced 3 deaths; The first death I faced was the disaster war in Syria…the second was crossing the sea which is a very dangerous journey and now, I am ready to face it again here in Greece” –...
View ArticleTransformations: engaging anthropology: From “being a scientist” to “being a...
“Listening and watching, that’s what it is about” said Martin with a Frisian accent, who together with Sven, was teaching me about the Frisian tradition of lapwing egg-hunting. Turns out that when...
View ArticleTransformations: engaging anthropology: From thieves to customers
Between 2002 and 2011, the northern half of the Côte d’Ivoire was controlled by the rebel group Les Forces Nouvelle. In contrast to other violent groups, the rebels did not hide in the bush, but...
View ArticleTransformations: engaging anthropology: Call for papers: Im/mobilities as...
How are peace and conflict connected to im/mobilities? We invite papers for the 5th Bi-annual meeting of the network ‘Peace and Conflict Studies in Anthropology’ (PACSA), held 2-4 September 2015 in...
View ArticleTransformations: engaging anthropology: What does poverty look like on social...
First, we should keep in mind that low income is not necessarily related to poverty in Grano. I will briefly explain why. Indeed, the unemployment figures for the local population seem to be close to...
View ArticleTransformations: engaging anthropology: Don’t let them drown!
I always enjoyed swimming, and I was even training to become a professional swimmer when I was in a primary school. It did not work out because I developed serious skin allergy to the swimming pool...
View ArticleTransformations: engaging anthropology: An unavoidable force: the Palestinian...
For decades, the Palestinian citizens of Israel had to cope with a life at the margins of both Palestine and Israel, were largely excluded from the ‘peace process’ and were ascribed an‘identity...
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