Diversity Ethnography and the work of the ancestors Fieldwork makes one think again about one’s own society. This blog is about how fieldwork taught me what ancestors mean in South Africa and forced me to think again about attitudes to ancestors in Europe. Erik Bähre • 18-04-2016
Digitalisation 1.000.000 views! Blogging, sharing, and countering clichés A million views in two years. The Leiden Anthropology Blog is a resounding success! Apart from these numbers, what goals have we achieved and what future do we see for blogging anthropologists? Erik Bähre + 1 other • 25-01-2016
Diversity Moralising misfortune: The morality of life insurance Erik Bähre has received an ERC Consolidator Grant for research on the morality of life insurance. What issues are raised when insurance companies define responsibility and solidarity? Has insurance changed since the crisis of 2007? Erik Bähre • 05-01-2016
Diversity From Beyoncé to Markets – Anthropologists Studying Elites What does it entail to study elites: How do we anthropologists approach the rich and powerful? In this conversation Erik Bähre and Zane Kripe share some experiences and ideas. Erik Bähre + 1 other • 27-05-2015
Diversity The Uncertainty of Help What role do local institutions of mutual security play in managing the growing economic and political uncertainties in African communities today? How do people in everyday life manage these economic and political insecurities? Erik Bähre + 1 other • 13-11-2014
Diversity Honorary jobs and working without getting paid Are you working for a company or organisation without getting paid? Then you are one of the many with an honorary job. Erik Bähre • 15-09-2014
Diversity 3 crucial issues in the upcoming South African elections The South African national elections take place on May 7 2014. What are they about? As the elections come closer, tensions intensify, rivalries become harsher, and scandals make headlines. Three concerns that run through everyday political rivalries: Erik Bähre • 23-04-2014
Diversity · Digitalisation A fictive birthday with real debts In Cape Town, the members of Zolani Club get together to celebrate the birthday of one of their members. The birthday is not real, but the debts are. Erik Bähre • 22-01-2014
Diversity Nelson Mandela and the politics of mourning Nelson Mandela has died at the respectable age of 95. But his political life is far from over: he will become a powerful ancestor. Erik Bähre • 09-12-2013
