Beyond 'Trump or Hillary': a travelogue During a road trip across America in the summer of 2016, Janine Prins wondered how American citizens viewed their situation. Will the election outcome affect their daily life? Janine Prins • November 08, 2016 • 3 comments
Towards a heterodox and reflexive economics After the 2008 financial crisis, the call for a more heterogeneous approach to studying and teaching economics intensified. But how can heterodoxy take up a more prominent place in economic science? A Cultural Anthropologist offers three suggestions. Erik Bähre • October 25, 2016 • 8 comments
Subjunctivity: narratives, evidence, and uncertainty When dealing with trouble, people often entertain multiple possible narratives of things that happened and that may happen. Annemarie Samuels • August 24, 2016
Every sperm is sacred? (Re)productive struggles in the quest for sustainability Due to a number of factors, the issue of population growth has become removed from the discussion on sustainability. I explore some of the ethical presumptions that underlie the issues linking population growth and sustainability. Helen Kopnina • July 15, 2016 • 5 comments
How robots took over our lives and we failed to notice Robots taking over the human race: an apocalyptic future or everyday reality? From dystopian science fiction imagery to reflections on algorithm culture. Zane Kripe • July 05, 2016 • 1 comment
Studying World Heritage in the Netherlands - Part 2 What can one learn from three days of fieldwork on Texel? As it turns out, quite a bit. Visiting the exhibition “Garde Robe” at Kaap Skil museum, I came across a successful example of a museum sharing its authority with members of the community. Henrike Florusbosch • May 31, 2016
The Anti-Politics of World Heritage In the late 1990s, Mt. Kenya obtained World Heritage status for its unique natural features. Natural-scientific rhetoric underpinned the designation - and covered up the politics at play. Marlous van den Akker • May 23, 2016 • 1 comment
Street photography and ethnographic ethics With the accessibility of new technology and digital cameras, most of us anthropologists these days routinely make images in the field. But how do we handle the issues of trust, privacy and other ethics of ethnographic image-making? Mark Westmoreland • May 10, 2016
‘Walls of Peace’ and memories of conflict in Belfast Peace-building by building walls? In Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland, guided tours to a 3-kilometer-long wall have become a ‘must do’ on the tourist’s schedule. The memorial wall reveals the slow process of reconciliation. Gerard Persoon • May 02, 2016 • 1 comment
