The Price of Death: Life Insurance in Black New Orleans Funeral directors probably know better than anyone that as long as we live, we are certainly going to die. Yet, for some, death may come at too high a price. How do people reckon financially with the biological fact of their mortality? Nikki Mulder • April 17, 2018
The Black Box in Bologna: A Short Documentary By portraying seven perspectives on the recent spread of the black box in the car insurance domain, this documentary sheds light on the much-debated relation between responsibility, privacy, and control. This is further explored in Moretti's PhD research. Irene Moretti • April 09, 2018
Creating a Story: Large-Scale Bioenergy Production and Its Critics in Sierra Leone ‘How thousands of farmers lost everything’ states the title of a recent Dutch newspaper article about the consequences of a large-scale bioenergy project in Sierra Leone. The narrative may sound strong and clear, but it is also partial and suggestive. Robert Pijpers • April 03, 2018 • 4 comments
Footage of Failure: Multimodality in Practice Failure is an unavoidable aspect of the ethnographic enterprise. And yet, failure should not be seen as a dead end. In the context of the FR&T program, we piloted a multimodal research collaboration that required embracing failure as a reoccurring theme. Sabine Luning and Mark Westmoreland • March 22, 2018
“Dance, Sister! Dance!” New Ways of Doing Ethnography in the City “Dance, sister! Dance!” Dina is prodding my side, encouraging me to stand up and dance. “My friend is asking you to dance!” She points at her smartphone, which is videotaping us. The word ‘live’ shows that we are broadcasting live on Facebook. Lennie Geerlings • February 19, 2018 • 1 comment
The Leiden School of Multimodal Ethnography? In this blog, Mark Westmoreland provides some insights into how the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology at Leiden University engages with multimodal teaching & research. This is part 2 of a blog series on multimodal anthropologies. Mark Westmoreland • January 10, 2018
A Christmas Story: Health Insurance in the Netherlands What do christmas and health insurance have in common? By using christmas as an example two underlying principles of health insurance become apparent: solidarity and consumer practices. Nikkie Buskermolen • December 22, 2017
Multimodal Anthropology? In his blog series, visual anthropologist Mark Westmoreland sets out to explore the new vibrant mode of scholarship called multimodal anthropology, and what it means for (visual) anthropology. This is part one. Mark Westmoreland • November 27, 2017
Learning and Belonging in Ladies-Only Kickboxing Kickboxing has been promoted to young Muslim and Moroccan-Dutch women as a tool for empowerment. How can we understand their participation in sports? How are their practices influenced by dominant discourses, policies, and media on the female Muslim body? Jasmijn Rana • October 24, 2017
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